The secrets of women who live long, healthy lives
The longer your exposure to unhealthy things, the unhealthier you will be. Healthy ageing has two components. One is prevention and minimisation of disease, the other is quality of life and optimisation of ability – put simply, finding ways to make the most of what you have. Age is not a measure of years, it’s also a measure of your exposure to bad habits. The longer you eat poorly and are inactive, the greater your chances of getting degenerative diseases.
Luckily, for those of us who worry a ‘healthy lifestyle’ involves difficult regimes, the women we studied were not fanatical. You do not need
