The Age Well Project

Product Description '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 Way 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, including: 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. The Age-Well Project is an essential handbook for making the second half of your life happy, healthy and disease-free. Review 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 User-friendly . . . with lively consideration of the evidence and a series of distilled "to do lists and easy life hacks ― Daily Express An educational and informative read ― Woman's Way Getting older may be beyond our control, but ageing better isn't. For top tips, order a copy of The Age-Well Project ― Scotsman Watching their relatives die, too soon, of heart disease, cancer and dementia, two women in their late-40sbegan to wonder if they still had time to avoid a similar fate. The mass of research information they collected inspired this conversational guide to a longer and happier life. -- Marcus Berkmann ― Daily Mail Book Description How two busy women read hundreds of reports and changed their lifestyles to promote healthy ageing - and how you can do it too. From the Back Cover 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, including: 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.The Age-Well Project is an essential handbook for making the second half of your life happy, healthy and disease-free.www.theagewellproject.com About the Author Annabel was a founder member of an award-winning marketing company, advising the chief executives of companies such as Sony, Reuters and the Financial Times. After four children, and at breaking point, she sold her company. Following a stint studying photography and producing a community cook book, she changed tack and wrote an award-winning novel The Joyce Girl which sold in 14 countries and was selected for the 2017 Berlin Film Festival. Since then she has written regularly for a range of titles including the Daily Telegraph, Psychologies, The Author, the Guardian, The Irish Times, Elle, Australian Weekend Review, Sydney Morning Herald etc. After a career in magazine journalism (Woman, Time Out and The Independent among others) and with two cookbooks under her belt - A Survival Guide to the Student Kitchen (Foulsham 1995) and Fun Food Gourmet Games ( with Johnny McCune, Kyle Cathie 1999) - Susan switched to television. She directed Gordon Ramsay