The Longevity Book: Live stronger. Live better. The art of ageing well.

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Cameron Diaz. The Longevity Book: Live stronger. Live better. The art of ageing well.

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Dedicated to your journey

– PAOLO COELHO, THE ZAHIR

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There are plenty of methods to make ourselves look like we’ve shaved off a few years, of course. American women spend $30 billion a year on cosmetics, and I am no different from most women. I’ve applied makeup to my face for more than a quarter of a century. I’ve spent hours in salons getting my hair coloured and cut. I’ve visited my fair share of dermatologists’ offices exploring their anti-ageing arsenals, from creams to lasers to Botox and fillers, all for the sake of maintaining a look of youth and beauty. Many beauty products and procedures really do live up to their promise. They make us feel a little shinier, a little plumper, a little smoother, a little bit better about ourselves. They help us look younger on the outside, which can make us feel like we are younger on the inside. There’s nothing wrong with that.

But while a fancy treatment can make you look like you’ve had eight hours of sleep a night for the last decade, your cells know the truth about how you’ve been spending your waking and sleeping hours. Looking younger is not the same thing as “anti-ageing”. The ability to colour our hair and smooth our skin doesn’t change the fact that every part of our body is ageing every single day.

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