Live Well to 101 - Softcover

Harper, Dr Dawn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1472248651 ISBN 13: 9781472248657

Publisher: Headline Home, 2019

Synopsis

In Live Well to 101, Dr Dawn Harper, from Channel 4's Embarrassing Bodies, urges you to start investing in your health now to improve your chances of enjoying your latter years to the full. This book is for anyone who enjoyed and learnt from The Longevity Book by Cameron Diaz or The Optimum Nutrition Bible by Patrick Holford.

We are living longer than ever before. So it's more important than ever that we take good care of our bodies and our health - and enjoy those extra years by keeping fit and well for as long as possible.

Leading media medic Dr Dawn Harper has gathered together scientific research, her eight years' experience on Channel 4's Embarrassing Bodies and over twenty-one years as a GP for the NHS and on Harley Street to give the latest advice on the diet, exercise habits and lifestyle changes which have been clinically proven to improve longevity and quality of life.

* If longevity is pre-programmed in your genes, is there anything you can do to change it?
* Do people who have more sex live longer?
* Does where you live make a difference?
* What really makes up a healthy diet?
* Is it worth paying for private healthcare or expensive medical scans?
* What secrets can we learn from people who are living well to an older age?
* Will getting a dog or cat add years to your life?

In this fascinating, life-changing book, Dr Dawn gives you a variety of simple tips to help give yourself the best chance to live a long and happy life. There are steps that we can all take, starting now, no matter what age we are each are.

About this title

About the Author

Dr Dawn Harper works as a GP in Stroud, Gloucestershire. She studied at Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School. Since 2007 she has been one of the presenters on the BAFTA award-winning Embarrassing Bodies on Channel 4 and presented Born Naughty?. She has also appeared regularly on ITV's This Morning, Channel 5's The Wright Stuff and was on the celebrity series of The Island with Bear Grylls. She is a regular on LBC, Talk Radio and Woman's Hour and works closely with Public Health England on a wide variety of health campaigns and with Jamie Oliver on the SugarSmart campaign.

From the Back Cover

"Full of practical tips that are achievable and sustainable." Daily Mail

"This is a book for every household." Cotswold Life

Whether you are picking this book up for yourself, for your parents or even for your children, Dr Dawn Harper will show you how achievable changes on a daily basis really can alter your future. Assessing the major factors that determine how long we live, she gives practical advice on the measures we can all take to beat the odds and live significantly longer. The earlier you start to invest in your own longevity, the more likely you are not just to live longer but to live your later years in good health, with a better quality of life.

Alongside the practical tips in each chapter, she will also introduce some wonderful centenarians, for whom age really is just a number. Drawing on the wisdom of those who are living the latter stages of their life with joy, health and happiness, we will hear first-hand the secrets to their thriving old age.

In short, Dr Dawn will tell you how to live well not just today and tomorrow and next year but all the way to age 101!

Edition details

• Publisher: Headline Home
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1472248651
• ISBN 13: 9781472248657
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288