This book was both a fun and comprehensive read. It contains a lot of great advice for improving health. There are more supplements recommended than are reasonable to integrate and while supplementation can be beneficial, the book would have benefited by greater indication of who may need to supplement with each. Menus and recipes are also included and while they sound good, there are no pictures, mainly liquid based, and contain quite a lot of ingredients. Overall, this book was enjoyable and informative! I especially enjoyed the studies integrated into the recommendations.

Thank you to the publisher and to Net Galley.

I enjoyed reading this book and found it helpful in some areas. The emphasis is on slowing down our aging process with many sensible suggestions and some not so sensible. To many supplements were recommended and no one would be able to afford them all. Its a helpful look at many facets of aging and the daily fight we face to maintain health and well being. This is a very intensive read so you will want to take time to absorb what you are reading and find helpful.

There is a lot to unfold in this book. Every page you are learning something new and it was a great read. Make sure you read it multiple times to get the best out of this book.

This is an extremely thorough book about what sabotages our health in our older years, covering everything from sex life to skin and bones to Alzheimer's. Gittleman gives us 7 rules to live by in order to slow down aging and reverse age-related issues, then gives us chapters telling us the best foods, supplements, lifestyle changes, etc. for our brains, joints, bones, skin, and so on. It's heavily researched and footnoted with a huge amount of information. My only gripe is that she recommends so many supplements that it seems that nobody could take that many, and she makes nearly every one sound imperative. She also recommends a brand that she's an "ambassador" for ad nauseum, which ended up feeling like an ad pretty quickly. Even the product recommendations in the end have affiliate codes for things like water filtration systems. To her credit, she also lists brands of many other products that she's not financially tied to, but it did take away from the professionalism of the book at times. Despite that, it's an extremely thorough book with great suggestions to extend our health far longer in life.

I read a digital ARC of this book via NetGalley.

This was a very interesting read. It really opened my eyes. I will be taking everything into consideration now, after reading this insightful book. I am excited to look at things differently now, with open eyes and an open imagination.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own

This book is intense. But I want to add, in a good way. Here you have an expert on health and wellbeing that is embracing the idea of aging gracefully. I love it. Ann Louise Gittleman, PhD, CNS, approaches head on the notion that we can live to a hundred and beyond in vibrancy, if we are willing to listen to what our bodies are saying. Read more...https://booksuplift.com/radical-longevity-the-powerful-plan-to-sharpen-your-brain-strengthen-your-body-and-reverse-the-symptoms-of-aging/

Based on her latest book, Ann Louise Gittleman shows no signs of slowing down in her early 70s. She has been busy reading material on health issues that often occur as we age, especially in the “third trimester of our lives.” Her goal with Radical Longevity is to give the reader strategies that answer your body’s “distress calls immediately and effectively” before they progress into disease and illness. She covers a broader range of topics than her other books I am familiar with, as she covers such areas as our skin, brain, bones, hair, and heart. She has updated material she covered before on toxins, parasites, copper, and cell phones. She looks at “factors” and “rules” that should be addressed if we want be proactive and not just tolerate health changes that occur as we age.

Fortunately, Ann Louise has a self-diagnostic quiz early on so you can concentrate on the areas you want to target within the book. Otherwise, looking at all her suggestions could be overwhelming, if you haven’t worked with a health care professional on supplements, food and health habits or aren’t familiar with her other books and what she says on social media. She includes some recipes as part of her plan, but unfortunately, there is no nutritional information included for those of us who like to track our foods on an app.

I appreciated her “selected references,” but would have liked some others to determine where she got some of her recommendations I haven’t heard about, such as what she says about kombucha. Don’t be surprised with some of her controversial suggestions that aren’t mainstream and haven’t appeared in major medical journals. You might not agree with everything she says, but there is some food for thought that may help you. I would assume her followers won’t be surprised at what she suggests, but to the traditional medical establishment, some of her recommendations, without their references, may be suspect to them.

One chapter especially stood out to me as being really valuable. Her chapter on optimizing the gut-brain connection is really needed for those facing their later years. She covers the dangers of suppressing your emotions, and how this behavior is related to grief and pain. She introduced me to the work of the late neuroscientist Dr. Candace Pert as part of this discussion. She also mentions the temporary heart condition known as Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (broken-heart syndrome). This is the first book where I have seen it written up for the average person to understand. She mentions its connection with grief, but I am also familiar with it happening after intense stress that is unconnected with the loss of a loved one.
I also appreciated what she had to say in her brain section about Alzheimer’s disease, anticholinergic substances, and memory loss. I would have liked a little more research material covered about keeping our eyes healthy, since that is such a huge area of concern for many in their later years.

Ann Louise has many suggestions for putting her Radical Longevity plan to work so we can “put the brakes on the aging process.” It may take some of our stimulus checks to integrate changes in our house environment, foods, supplements, and other areas she suggests for our optimal health. To her credit, she has a lot of material for her readers to ponder and review as to what they feel is appropriate to put into action in the future.
Finally, this book is good for those who want to manage their health and not sit back and wait for something bad to happen to them. Those who know Ann Louise from her other books and/or are 50+ may welcome non-medication suggestions and her take on increasing longevity. Thanks to NetGalley and the Hachette Book Group for allowing me to read an advance copy of the book in exchange for an honest, unbiased opinion.

This book was interesting but it left me wanting more. Still thankful for the chance to read it before publishing.

Radical Longevity packs an awful lot of information into one book. Definitely need to read this slowly and in chunks in order to absorb all the new s presented. The author breaks the info down into 7 rules to make it more manageable for the reader, which I appreciated.

This book includes seven rules to increase your longevity, a diet plan and recipes and specific suggestions for certain areas such as brain health, heart health, skeletal system, and skin. This book has good advice but it so comprehensive that it might be overwhelming for the average person. If you are well versed in health and want to target one or two areas for improvement, this book might be helpful.
One concern I had was the volume of supplements that were recommended. The list was too long and, as a nutritionist that all would be needed. Gittleman did give recommended ranges for a variety of health markers (fasting insulin, fasting glucose, ferritin, cholesterol, triglycerides among others) that could be useful.
I received a complementary copy from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.