While many individuals may find the reading is too classic textbook and dry for their liking, as one who has studied behavioural psychology, I found the book extremely mind-absorbing. The book closely follows a study of 824 individuals from birth through to old age and shows us how we can prolong our years and health.While genetics do play a role, there is little we can do to change our genetic make-up.What we can do is change our habits and day-to-day way of living.Easier said than done, but a choice, from a health perspective, that may yeild benefits as the years slowly slip by.One may think that avoiding alcohol and smoking, eating a healthy diet, exercising and maintaining a healthy weight are old hat issues, but the author shows just how dramatically those things can and do affect our remaining years.He also shows how sharing a happy, loving relationship can enhance our feeling of well being.Continuing the education process can also increase our state of health by challenging our mind and keeping it active and alert.
Hopefully, younger, health conscious individuals will take avantage of reading this book in order to prevent many of the pitfalls we fall into as we age.Some of us wait until that magic middle-age crisis hits before we realize what we should have been doing years ago.However, it is never too late to change and many readers will find valuable information here that may make the aging years more fulfilling, healthy and enjoyable.A book, also highly recommended, is "The Wisdom of the Ego" by the same author.
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