Growing Young, Marta Zaraska
Growing Young, Marta Zaraska
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Growing Young
How Friendship, Optimism, and Kindness Can Help You Live to 100

Author: Marta Zaraska

Narrator: Athena Karkanis

Unabridged: 8 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/16/2020

Synopsis

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

A smart, research-driven case for why optimism, kindness, and strong social networks will help us live to 100.

From the day her daughter was born, science journalist Marta Zaraska fretted about what she and her family were eating. She fasted, considered adopting the keto diet, and ran a half-marathon. She bought goji berries and chia seeds and ate organic food.

But then her research brought her to read countless scientific papers and to interview dozens of experts in various fields of study, including molecular biochemistry, epidemiology and neuroscience. What Marta discovered shattered her long-held beliefs about aging and longevity. A strong support network of family and friends, she learned, lowers mortality risk by about 45 percent, while exercise only lowers it by about 23 percent. Volunteering your free time lowers it by 22 percent or so, while certain health fads like turmeric haven't been shown to help at all. These revelations led Marta Zaraska to a simple conclusion: In addition to healthy nutrition and physical activity, deepening friendships, practicing empathy and contemplating your purpose in life can improve your lifespan.

Through eleven chapters that take her around the world, from catching wild mice in the woods of central England to flower arranging with octogenarians in Japan, from laboratories to "hugging centres," Marta embarks on an absorbing, entertaining and insightful journey to determine the habits that will have the greatest impact on our longevity.

Deeply researched and expertly reported, Growing Young will dramatically change the way you seek a longer, happier life.

About The Author

Marta Zaraska is a Canadian-Polish science journalist. She has written about nutrition and psychology for the Washington Post, Scientific American, The Atlantic, The Los Angeles Times, New Scientist, and several other publications. She is the author of Meathooked: The History and Science of Our 2.5-Million-Year Obsession with Meat (Basic Books, 2016), which has been translated into Japanese, Korean, simplified Chinese, Spanish and Polish, and chosen by the journal Nature as one of "the best science picks" in March 2016. Meathooked has also been praised in The Wall Street Journal, Discover Magazine, Time, The Washington Post, Kirkus Reviews, Natural History Magazine, etc. She has also contributed a chapter to the recently published The Reducetarian Solution (TarcherPerigee, 2017) alongside Mark Bittman, Michael Shermer, and Peter Singer.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Leah on January 16, 2021

My second fav longevity book next to The Longevity Paradox by Steven R. Gundry. Growing Young has more lifestyle practical advice with related studies proving their effectiveness. White The Longevity Paradox has more medical practical advice like nutrients from different foods. The only issue I have......more

Goodreads review by Julia on August 30, 2020

We are being constantly bombarded these days with the latest diet that promises ultimate health and longevity and quality of life. It can be confusing to know what to believe, and then throw in exercise to the mix and one questions what kind of exercise, how much is enough and what intensity is need......more

Goodreads review by Maciek on May 22, 2020

For many of us, the thought that we are mortal really hits us somewhere around late 30s to early 40s. Before that, it is there, but we don't really embrace it fully. Once it hits, we suddenly start paying attention to what we eat, how much exercise we do, and we start scheduling those doctor visits......more

Goodreads review by Monika on April 06, 2022

Książka popularno naukowa o tym, jak nasze relacje z innymi i z samymi sobą, a także nasze nastawienie do świata i przydarzających się nam rzeczy wpływają na nasze zdrowie. Nie ma zaskoczenia - pozytywne relacje i pozytywne nastawienie zwiększają nasze szanse na długie i zdrowe życie. Autorka pisze......more

Goodreads review by Sharon on November 10, 2020

Such a refreshing read that growing young is so much more than the food we eat. We all know the importance of eating well and incorporating movement in our day. We want to include healthy whole superfoods in our eating plans, but not to the expense of everything else. The biggest investment we can m......more

Quotes

“An unusually intriguing and useful read about how our psychology affects our longevity. If you care about the length and quality of your life but can’t stomach yet another diet or workout routine, this book is for you.” —Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Originals and Give and Take, and host of the TED podcast, WorkLife
 
“Finally, a lifestyle book that transcends diet and exercise as solutions for living longer. This well-researched book shows us the subtle power of community and connection as tools for a quest to live to 100.”  —Dan Buettner, National Geographic Fellow and New York Times bestselling author of The Blue Zones

“The more we learn about the human body, the more we realize how powerful the connection between happiness and health is. Research-based, practical and insightful, Growing Young makes this relationship come to life. A must-read.” —Shawn Achor, New York Times bestselling author of Big Potential and The Happiness Advantage

“Growing Young is one of the best books I have read on the topic of the mind and its interconnectedness with our body and other human beings.” —Emeran Mayer, author of The Mind-Gut Connection
 
“Friendship is the most important journey we ever venture on. Read Marta Zaraska’s Growing Young and find out why.” —Robin Dunbar, evolutionary psychologist and author of How Many Friends Does One Person Need?
 
“Growing Young is a smart, fresh take on longevity. Deeply researched, fascinating and engaging, it offers readers useful advice on how to maximize their lifespan, in easy, practical and unexpected ways.” —Joshua Becker, author of The More of Less: Finding the Life You Want Under Everything You Own
 
“Growing Young tells us how to have a long and happy life: Never stop learning and growing. Marta Zaraska’s recipes may come from the frontier of research, but it is based on such an elegant distillation of the science that Growing Young is as fascinating as it is persuasive.” —Richard Wrangham, professor of biological anthropology at Harvard University and author of The Goodness Paradox

“Marta Zaraska’s Growing Young shows that what matters most is what helps us live the longest! This accessible, well-researched, and thoughtful book is essential reading.” —Greg McKeown, author of the New York Times bestselling Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

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