My Blueprint For Successful Ageing

<p>Would moving to a Blue Zone guarantee a long and healthy life - or is the secret closer to home? In a country as amazing as Australia our seniors should be looking forward to healthy active longevity - not facing a sedentary future characterised by decrepitude.</p><p></p><p>In this powerful and practical guide newly minted octogenarian Dr Gary Shiels - urban planner healthy ageing researcher and lifelong advocate for active living - unpacks what it really takes to age successfully. Drawing on first-hand interviews with healthy Australian Elders and inspired by the world's longest-lived people he challenges the myths that keep older Australians sedentary over-medicated and resigned to decline.</p><p></p><p>Instead he offers a new approach to ageing: where a positive attitude exercise nutrition and staying connected are the critical parts of ageing successfully. Dr Shiels asks you to embrace a new paradigm where 60 is your new 40 80 is you new 60 and 100 is your new 80. Finally he shows you how to select a 'successful ageing curve' so you can lower your biological age even as you grow older.</p><p></p><p>From exercise to mindset diet to social connection this book is both research and roadmap - a blueprint for retaining strength avoiding falls and thriving in your 80s 90s and beyond.</p><p>This is not a medical manual. It's a personal evidence-based manifesto for taking control of how you age - written by someone who has lived the lifestyle he champions and has the biological age physical strength and hard-won wisdom to prove it.</p><p></p><p>Enjoy the journey! </p>