The Age-Well Project: Easy Ways to a Longer, Healthier, Happier Life

by Annabel Streets, Susan Saunders

'The essential mid-life mum makeover. From fitness to sleep and even your social life, a brilliant new book by two 50-something mothers reveals how to protect your health and happiness' Daily Mail'Educational and informative' Woman's WayAn essential handbook for making the second half of your life happy, healthy and disease-free.Diseases of older age take root decades before symptoms appear. For a longer, happier life, we need to plan ahead - but what exactly should we do?For five years, Annabel Streets and Susan Saunders immersed themselves in the latest science of longevity, radically overhauling their lives and documenting their findings on their popular blog.After reading hundreds of studies and talking to numerous experts, Annabel and Susan have compiled almost 100 short cuts to health in mid and later life, how, when and what to eat; the supplements worth taking; when, where and how to exercise; the most useful medical tests; how to avoid health-threatening chemicals; the best methods for keeping the brain sharp; and how to sleep better.

Genres: Health, Nonfiction, Science

339 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 2, 2019

Reviews

[Pille Kruus · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ma lugesin seda tegelikult eesti keeles ("Hea pika elu projekt") ja väga asjalik raamat. Hea kohe lugeda mõistlikku juttu, mis tugineb teadusele ja annab samas igasugu häid nippe, kuidas end vaimselt ja kehaliselt vormis hoida, et ei peaks keskeast edasi ägama igasugu hädade käes.

[Jess Theworddegree · Rating 5 out of 5]

Finished this fantastic book over the weekend and can not recommend it highly enough! I requested this book because I am terrified of Alzheimer’s disease and wanted to know more about prevention. This book is meticulously researched, even the common sense (eat more organic veggies ect) are back up with research. If there are conflicting views the author includes them which results in an exceptionally well balanced book. There’s also recipes in the back! I purchased the audiobook (highly recommend the narrators British accent is a delight) to read on the go but I definitely want to go back through an annotate the physical copy kindly sent to me by the publisher

[William Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

A productive, succinct repudiation of some health myths, reinforcement of prior conclusions, and expansion in speculative regions of positive diet. Fundamentally, have a diverse diet resembling the 'Mediterranean diet' and take advantage of genetic screening to modulate your diet to minimise future harms. Just as good and informative as How Not to Die by Gene Stone and Michael Greger.

[Gabrielle Caesar · Rating 5 out of 5]

I so enjoyed reading this book -who doesn’t want to continue to live a longer, healthier, happier life? I loved how Annabel & Susan have done their research and were changing their lives for the better and were happy as role models to share. Thank you!!

[Anand · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is meant for middle aged people wanting to implement changes in their lifestyle for a healthy and prolonged life.
The book stresses on the following key points:
1. Diet - avoiding processed food, excess sugar, including more green leafy vegetables, fruits, fish , probiotics and occasional meat. Their stance on moderate alcohol intake as acceptable surprises me and I think it needs more research.
2. Exercise- regular exercise is the single most important factor and has multitude of benefits in a lot of different ways like enhanced sleep, muscle strength, body reserve, secretion of endorphins and the list goes on…
3. Keeping your brain active- by learning new skills, reading books, learning new language
4. Being socially active with good interpersonal communication and having a good sense of purpose in life and being resilient to the vagaries of life .
5. Effective sleep of 7-8 hours

I would recommend this book to anyone who is looking to bring about a positive change in their life , with good suggestions on simple daily modifications which can be done by anyone if one has the will to follow it regularly.

[Maxine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Taking ownership of the aging process

As a prolific list maker and obsessive organiser I love the idea of being able to take some control over the aging process. It helped me to see this book as a pick and choose menu. Some of the recommended changes I'll take up at once and others I would never consider (I hate fermented foods and meditation). The Age Well Project is a message of hope, a beautiful vision of hiking in my 90's and living my entire life in my own home.

[Charlotte Burt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nothing contained within was earth shatteringly new information but this book does aggregate all the new research into ageing and what we can do to improve our longevity and quality of life when we reach a rip old age. It has made me more aware of the importance of our diet, avoiding processed food and eating a varied diet, being active and keeping an active social life and how to find a purpose that keeps us going long after most people have retired and put their feet up.

[Hui Xiao · Rating 5 out of 5]

Broad coverage of physical, mental, social and intellectual aspects in human ageing. Detailed and practical information, instructions, case-based research examples that are well explained and easy to follow.

[Nidya · Rating 3 out of 5]

Set off from family medical history, both Streets and Saunders made a join project to live a longer, healthier and happier life. The book explain in details the components of each tips with the words easy to understand and easier ways to adapt into our daily lifestyle.

[Amanda Youngs · Rating 5 out of 5]

Literally life-changing - the latest research on ageing as well as possible. A must-read for anyone over 40.

[Hermione Ireland · Rating 5 out of 5]

So useful and inspiring.

[Alexandra Brooks · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fantastic read for a neurotic middle aged woman now needing to worry just how far into the middle I am. Great practical - and clear - advice and bright and breezy to read.

[Keely · Rating 5 out of 5]

Practical and easy to read - love this book!

[Jane · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bought this for 99p so was excellent value for money.

Have some things to try, some to find out more about, some to make into a habit.

Worth a read

[Meelis Nõlvak · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it !

[Lesley-Jane · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very informative book well researched and written

[Marilyn Gardner · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing. Easy read and ideas well explained.