Younger You

Reverse Your Bio Age and Live Longer, Better

By: Kara N. Fitzgerald ND ND

Narrated by: Rachel Perry

Discover an accessible plan to prevent disease and reduce your biological age with this groundbreaking and informative book.

It’s true: getting older is inevitable and your chronological age can only move in one direction. But you also have a biological age, which scientists can measure by assessing how your genes are expressed through epigenetics. Exciting new research shows that your bio age can actually move in reverse. By eating delicious foods and establishing common-sense lifestyle practices that positively influence genetic expression, study participants have reduced their bio age by just over three years in only eight weeks!

Now Dr. Kara Fitzgerald shares the diet and lifestyle plan that shows you how to influence your epigenetics for a younger you. In Younger You you’ll learn:

• How your epigenetics determine your age and level of health
• How DNA methylation powerfully influences your epigenetic expression
• The foods and lifestyle choices that most affect DNA methylation
• Simple swaps to your daily routines that will add years to your life
• Recipes and meal plans to reduce your bio age and increase vitality
• How to take care of your epigenetic expression at every stage of your life

We don’t have to accept a descent into disease and unwellness as we age as inevitable. With assessment tools for determining your bio age, recipes, and plans for putting it all into practice,Younger You helps you repair years of damage, ward off chronic disease, and optimize your health—for years to come.

Critic reviews

"Finally a well-explained, dynamic, science-backed guide to optimizing your health by affecting the core of what makes all of us tick—our genes. I’ve been using Dr. Fitzgerald’s program in my practice for years and I’m so pleased this information is now accessible to all."—Mark Hyman, MD, fourteen-time New York Times bestselling author and founder and director of The UltraWellness Center

"After years of working alongside Dr. Fitzgerald on reaching and maintaining optimal health, I can safely say she is one to look out for to not only live a longer life, but a healthier and more vibrant one."—Amy Myers, MD, New York Times bestselling author of The Autoimmune Solution and Thyroid Connection

"A lifestyle program has never been more worthwhile or more revolutionary than Dr. Fitzgerald’s in Younger You. She shows how the simple things like nutrition, exercise, and daily routines can profoundly affect your quality of life—and that it’s never too early or too late for the whole family to start thinking about optimizing their epigenetic expression.”—Sara Gottfried, MD, three-time New York Times bestselling author of The Hormone Cure

"Younger You challenges the long held notion that we are helpless as it relates to the seemingly inexorable decline in our physical health as time marches on. Dr. Fitzgerald makes it clear that we can absolutely change our destiny as it relates to various parameters associated with aging and provides a straightforward program for achieving this important goal."—David Perlmutter, MD, author, #1 New York Times bestseller, Grain Brain, and Brain Wash

"It is a new era—aging 'backward' is no longer a fantasy, it is now a fact proven by clinical trial. Dr. Kara Fitzgerald, lead author of this paradigm-shifting trial, now describes her approach in her new book, Younger You. This is the first book in the new era of 'aging reversal' medicine and health, and for all of us who are aging, this is a must-read."—Dale Bredesen, MD, professor and author of the New York Times bestseller, The End of Alzheimer’s

"Younger You leads us through a compelling narrative linking food, genes, epigenetic programming of genes by life experiences and how this guides us to take control of our own lives. The book provides an engaging, clear and understandable presentation of the complex science of epigenetics and the developmental origins of health and disease for the general audience."—Moshe Szyf, McGill University Medical School

content

There's lots of great info, resources, and sample questionnaires. The case studies were also helpful.

narrator is annoying

I'll just buy the book. the annoying fake happy kindergarten teacher narration is too much for me. please read for adults, I'm not 3 years old

New, simple and evidence-based

What I like the most is the simplicity of the program and the possibility of applying it in real life on a daily basis. One can jump into the program or take steps towards a new way of living younger. I am learning a lot, thanks Dr. Fitzgerald and team.

GROUNDBREAKING!!

I re-purchased the book, before the audio was corrected (I believe it has been corrected now). I skipped Chapter 3 but was able to listen to the rest of the book without any audio issues.

The book is AMAZING! I've been following various functional medicine Drs via podcasts and books for years and this is the first time I've heard about DNA methylation and its impact on health span. The fact that we can impact our gene expression via food and lifestyle is incredible! And this book provides the framework for what to do.

The nutrient appendix and the explanation for WHY the recommendations have been made are powerful. This gives the reader the information needed to make individual adjustments based on each person's unique circumstances.

I love the emphasis on whole foods and lifestyle! The plan is achievable! It may take a while to figure out how to adjust your diet to align, but it is totally worth it. Without health, what do we have?

As a prior vegan (who also ate omega-3 rich fish), based on this book I added eggs and liver to better support my body and overall health. I'm very careful about my food choices, so did not take these changes lightly. Information has the power to change behavior, and this book did just that for me.

Read/listen to the book and implement the plan. This is powerful, empowering information!!

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FORMER REVIEW: I am unable to listen to this book. In Chapter 3, around minute 29, the sound is not audible. There are two people talking over each other. I returned the book and hope the author fixes the audio soon. I am eager to listen to this book!!

Pretty good, but messed up recording and PDF

Overall this is a pretty good book. However, the recording for Chapter 3 is messed up with two recordings superimposed on top of each other. It is unlistenable and just has to be skipped. There is a PDF to go along with the book, but it is 185 pages long with no table of contents. SERIOUSLY!?! It's impossible to find what you're looking for. Who includes a 185 page document without a table of contents? It makes it practically worthless.