{"product_id":"growing-young-how-friendship-optimism-and-kindness-can-help-you-live-to-100-9780525610182","title":"Growing Young: How Friendship, Optimism, and Kindness Can Help You Live to 100","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA smart, research-driven case for why optimism, kindness, and strong social networks will help us live to 100. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDeeply researched and expertly reported, \u003ci\u003eGrowing Young\u003c\/i\u003e will dramatically change the way you seek a longer, happier life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarta Zaraska is a Canadian-Polish science journalist. She has written about nutrition and psychology for the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eScientific American\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Scientist\u003c\/i\u003e, and several other publications. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eMeathooked: The History and Science of Our 2.5-Million-Year Obsession with Meat\u003c\/i\u003e (Basic Books, 2016), which has been translated into Japanese, Korean, simplified Chinese, Spanish and Polish, and chosen by the journal \u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e as one of \"the best science picks\" in March 2016. \u003ci\u003eMeathooked\u003c\/i\u003e has also been praised in \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDiscover Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNatural History Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, etc. She has also contributed a chapter to the recently published \u003ci\u003eThe Reducetarian Solution\u003c\/i\u003e (TarcherPerigee, 2017) alongside Mark Bittman, Michael Shermer, and Peter Singer.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Appetite by Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50434362966290,"sku":"9780525610182","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b2640afd-9e6d-44dc-a04e-6da20148374b.jpg?v=1729599791","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/growing-young-how-friendship-optimism-and-kindness-can-help-you-live-to-100-9780525610182","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}