Kate Marie - Fast Living, Slow Ageing: How to Age Less, Look Great, Live Longer, Get More

The human body is not built for an unlimited lifespan. Yet there are many ways in which we can improve and prolong our health. Fast Living, Slow Ageing is all about embracing those opportunities.

Robin Holliday, author of Understanding Ageing and Ageing: The Paradox of Life

Today in Australia, we eat too much and move too little. But it is our future that will carry the cost. Our current fast lifestyles will have their greatest impact on our prospects for healthy ageing. This book highlights many of the opportunities we all have to make a difference to our outlook, at a personal and social level.

Professor Stephen Leeder, AO, Director of the Menzies Centre for Health Policy, which leads policy analysis of healthcare

Healthy ageing cant be found in a single supplement, diet or lifestyle change. It takes an integrated approach across a number of key areas that complement to slowly build and maintain our health. Fast Living, Slow Ageing shows how it is possible to practically develop these kind of holistic techniques and take control of our future.

Professor Marc Cohen, MBBS (Hons), PhD (TCM), PhD (Elec Eng), BMed Sci (Hons), FAMAC, FICAE, Professor, founder of www.thebigwell.com

SLOW is about discovering that everything we do has a knock-on effect, that even our smallest choices can reshape the big picture. Understanding this can help us live more healthily, more fully and maybe even longer too.

Carl Honor, author of In Praise of Slow

We all know about the dangers of fast food. But food is not the only fast thing that is ruining our lives. Slow ageing is about finding important connections in the diet and lifestyle choices we make every day and embracing the possibilities for making real changes to our own lives in our own way.

Sally Errey, best-selling author of the cookbook Staying Alive!

Ageing is a complex process with many different factors combining to determine health and longevity. To slow ageing optimally, we also need to combine a range of lifestyle changes, supplements and other activities. This practical book steers us through the many opportunities we have to change our futures for the better.

Prof Brian J Morris, PhD, DSc, Professor of Molecular Medical Sciences, Basic & Clinical Genomics Laboratory, University of Sydney

Fast Living, Slow Ageing delivers a combination of well researched strategies from both Western medicine and complementary therapies to enhance your wellness.

Dr Danika Fietz, MBBS, BN (Hons), GP Registrar

Forget the plastic surgeons, Botox and makeovers! Slow ageing is really about the practical choices we make every day to stay healthy, fit and vital, to look great and to feel great today and in the years ahead.

Dr David Tye, GP, Kingston Family Clinic, South Brighton, SA

We all hope that growing old will be part of our lives, although we dont really want to think about it. In fact, old is almost a dirty word in lots of peoples minds! Fast Living, Slow Ageing takes you down the path of doing something about how you age, while at the same time providing you with choices and igniting an awareness to start now and take control of how you can age with grace.

Ms Robyn Ewart, businesswoman, mum and household manager

Ageing is a natural and beautiful process which, all too often, we accelerate through unhealthy attitudes and lifestyle choices. Fast Living, Slow Ageing is all about redressing that balance by making a commitment to mind, body and spirit; to live the fullness of life, while ageing with grace and beauty.

Stephen Penman, President of the Yoga Teachers Association of Australia

We all want to live longer and healthier lives. Fast living, Slow Ageing shows how this is really possible with minimal fuss and easy ways to incorporate real and long-lasting changes.

Jennifer Aikman, Senior HR Business Partner (MCIPD) and mother of a 7-year-old

Ageing is determined by the opportunities we take and those we neglect. Fast Living, Slow Ageing is about making the most of these opportunities.

Dr Joe Kosterich, author of Dr Joes DIY Health: Putting You in Charge of Your Health

I dont know about you, but finding any way to be the best I can be as I age is of great value. I enjoyed applying the practical suggestions and gained immediate benefits from making small, convenient changes in my life.

Margo Field, 53-year-old mother and businesswoman, founder of www.goandseemargo.net

Ageing starts at the cellular level, so we need to look at the cause of ageing and modify this as much as possible. Fast Living, Slow Ageing does this and explains the principles in everyday language.

Richard Stenlake, B.Pharm, MPS, MRPS

We spend all our life working for the day when we can slow down, only to find that we havent taken sufficient care of our body/mind along the way! If we want to live the dreams we have worked so hard for, it is best to do whatever we can NOW to Slow Ageing.

Carolinda Witt, author of The 10-Minute Rejuvenation Plan, founder and developer of T5T, just 10 minutes per day for health, vitality and wellbeing (www.T5T.com)

This book is well researched and offers practical suggestions that are easy to put into practice by anyone who is determined to make the right choices to stay healthy and age with dignity.

Rosemary Boon, psychologist, nutritionist and teacher

When first approached to review this book, I worried it was going to be about all the negatives that many people associate with ageing how to stop it, prevent it or hide it but it turned out to be a celebration of what we can do to make our ageing a rich and rewarding experience.