The Longevity Book: The Science of Aging, the Biology of Strength, and the Privilege of Time by Cameron DíazMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Loved it :) Feels like you're sitting down with Cameron Diaz and she really cares about your well being and wants to help you. I imagine us sitting in her chic apartment overlooking New York with a glass of red wine in our hands and she's teaching me a million things about ageing. (Inspired vision from the movie The Other Woman haha).
She discusses the social and psychological impact of growing older as well as biological statistics and biological scientific facts and explanations on why and how we age and what can go wrong and what to watch out for. She gives great tips all along the way to stay healthy.
The beginning was all about really accepting your age, don't be focused on being vain and how you look because it's all about how you feel and what you radiate into the universe that others find beautiful. You can't compare the beauty of a 60 year old to a 20 year old because it's not apples to apples. Everyone is beautiful in there own way and at their own age.
Stem cells is the future of regenerative health in the future! Stem cells can transform themselves into any cell the body offers! Whichever cell is needed! This is so interesting haha maybe one day we can actually be Shape Shifters and change ourselves into someone or something else. Or at least slow or stop the aging process.
A positive attitude in general increased your life expectancy, especially if you're positive about the ageing process.
Zygotes and cellular respiration and cell duplication and antioxidants oh my..
This book shows all the possible degenerative diseases (osteoporosis), cancers (breast cancer), etc that women are specifically at risk for and at what age.
Ultimately if you eat balanced nutritious meals, exercise, don't smoke, get restful sleep, don't stress too much, and are socially connected on a daily basis you'll live a healthy long life :) If you have a nice genome too :P
This book is like a textbook and I'm a student in Mrs. Diaz's class haha This past chapter was all on menopause. 99% of the chapter on menopause I had no idea about so that was really interesting.
STOP SMOKING
Manage stress by meditating daily. There's many types of meditation and it's important to find the one that suits you. Clear your mind from the constant chatter about past and future and just be in the now.
Learning and new experiences help the brain to grow, develop and to prevent Alzheimer's and dementia. So go learn a new language, go travel, try axe throwing lol keep that brain actively creating new neurons and neurotransmitters and synapses. Oh and listen and play music too ;P
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