Younger You: Reduce Your Bio Age - and Live Longer, Better

by Kara Fitzgerald

Based on the groundbreaking study that shaved three years off a subjects' age in just eight weeks, discover a proven, accessible plan to prevent diseases and reduce your biological age.It's getting older is inevitable and your chronological age can only move in one direction. But you also have a biological age, which scientists can measure by assessing how your genes are expressed through epigenetics. Exciting new research shows that your bio age can actually move in reverse-and Dr. Kara Fitzgerald's groundbreaking, rigorous clinical trial proved it's possible. By eating delicious foods and establishing common-sense lifestyle practices that positively influence genetic expression, study participants reduced their bio age by just over three years in only eight weeks!Now Dr. Fitzgerald shares the diet and lifestyle plan that shows you how to influence your epigenetics for a younger you. In Younger You you'll It's not your genetics that determines your age and level of health, it's your epigenetics- How DNA methylation powerfully influences your epigenetic expression- The foods and lifestyle choices that most affect DNA methylation- Simple swaps to your daily routines that will add years to your life- The full eating and lifestyle program, with recipes and meal plans, to reduce your bio age and increase vitality- How to take care of your epigenetic expression at every life stage, from infancy through midlife and your later decadesWe don't have to accept a descent into disease and unwellness as we age as when you reduce bio age you reduce your odds of developing all the major diseases, including diabetes, cancer, and dementia. With assessment tools for determining your bio age, recipes, and plans for putting it all into practice,Younger You helps you repair years of damage, ward off chronic disease, and optimize your health-for years to come.

513 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 18, 2022

Reviews

[Ruth · Rating 3 out of 5]

Overall, I found this an interesting book. The suggestions about how to sleep well, do moderate exercise and meditate daily are useful and achievable. The science behind the approach is well detailed and interesting (although worrying too). The author goes into a considerable amount of detail about diet and nutrition. One disadvantage of reading on the kindle is that the charts are not formatted properly making it virtually impossible to understand the information at times. The 8 week diet that she suggests starting with is fairly restrictive. As is the case with many of these diets, it requires cooking and making everything from scratch which would be very time consuming. It does look good though if you have plenty of time - I would find this virtually impossible when I work full time, especially because I would have to cook separately for the children who wouldn't enjoy most of this. As well as the intensive 8 week programme, she also details an everyday programme. She includes a meal plan for the every day programme which is useful. Although she includes a shopping list for the intensive programme, I couldn't see the actual meal plan to use this shopping list with.
There is a large section of recipes, and these do look very tasty. I will certainly be trying some of them. There are also links to an app and a website, where you can pay to join a programme. This was fairly expensive, so it's not something I would be signing up to. If there had been a detailed meal plan for the intensive programme, I would have given this book 4 stars. If there had been some easier meals on both of the plans, including some ready to buy and eat ideas, and the book had not linked to an expensive online programme, I would have given it 5 stars.
Note: I received a digital review copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley.