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LIVE LONGER, LIVE WELL

IF EXERCISE WERE A DRUG, EVERYONE WOULD BE QUEUEING UP TO TAKE IT

LIVING to a ripe-old age is something most of us aspire to: spending time with grandchildren, doing self-indulgent things, watching golden sunrises as the day stretches magically ahead.

Dreamy, isn’t it? However, if we don’t take care of ourselves, not only will those days never happen but the years leading up to them could well be plagued by poor health.

A new book called Ageless: The New Science of Getting Older without Getting Old by biologist Andrew Steele says the potential dividends of living a healthy lifestyle are huge.

“Around 40% of cancer

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