Super Ager: You Can Look Young, Have More Energy, a Better Memory and Live a Long and Healthy Life

Filled with science, suggestions for gentle daily movement, natural remedies and modern wisdom, this is a practical and concise guide to optimal aging. Yoga instructor, nutrition expert and healthy living blogger Elise Marie Collins has compiled a comprehensive look at what “Super Agers” are doing to live long and prosper, from movement at any age, brain fitness and memory maintenance, foods, vitamin and mineral content cues and clues, and what they do to promote health, prevent disease, and decrease and reverse symptoms of illness.In this revolutionary book, Collins presents us with a bold new paradigm of aging, showing us how we can increase not only our lifespan but also our health span. Through a journey of cultures that have the distinction of producing some of the world’s healthiest, oldest people, Collins reveals the secrets for living an extended and fulfilling life in which our later years become a period of wisdom, vitality, and happiness. From India to Japan, northern Europe and the Greek Island if Ikaria “where people forgot to die,” she shows how the unique lifestyles of these people can influence and improve our own. Are these healthy centenarians and elders living like ascetics, nibbling spare meals to extend their years? While healthy grains and greens along with cups of herbal tea are often a factor, one of the most important factors across the board was a sense of community, of belonging. In the case of the Greek island of Ikaria, this involves drinking copious amounts of red wine into the wee hours of the night, gabbing with friends. One gentleman with Stage 4 cancer was told he only had 6 months to live from his American doctor. He went back home to live out his remaining days and not only outlived his prognosis, he also outlived his doctor and is still up late enjoying his favorite vintage with his favorite vintage friends. Love long and prosper!