Why do some people age in failing health and sadness, while
others grow old with vitality and joy?

In this
revolutionary book, bestselling author John Robbins presents us with a
bold new paradigm of aging, showing us how we can increase not only our
lifespan but also our health span. Through the example of four very
different cultures that have the distinction of producing some of the
world’s healthiest, oldest people, Robbins reveals the secrets for
living an extended and fulfilling life in which our later years become a
period of wisdom, vitality, and happiness. From Abkhasia in the
Caucasus south of Russia, where age is beauty, and Vilcabamba in the
Andes of South America, where laughter is the greatest medicine, to
Hunza in Central Asia, where dance is ageless, and finally the southern
Japanese islands of Okinawa, the modern Shangri-la, where people
regularly live beyond a century, Robbins examines how the unique
lifestyles of these peoples can influence and improve our
own.
Bringing the traditions of these ancient and vibrantly
healthy cultures together with the latest breakthroughs in medical
science, Robbins reveals that, remarkably, they both point in the same
direction. The result is an inspirational synthesis of years of research
into healthy aging in which Robbins has isolated the characteristics
that will enable us to live long and–most important–joyous
lives. With an emphasis on simple, wholesome, but satisfying fare, and
the addition of a manageable daily exercise routine, many people can
experience great improvement in the quality of their lives now and for
many years to come. But perhaps more surprising is Robbins’
discovery that it is not diet and exercise alone that helps people to
live well past one hundred. The quality of personal relationships is
enormously important. With startling medical evidence about the effects
of our interactions with others, Robbins asserts that loneliness has
more impact on lifespan than such known vices as smoking. There is
clearly a strong beneficial power to love and
connection.
“We all have the tools to live longer lives,
and to remain active, productive, and resourceful until the very
end,” Robbins writes. Healthy at 100 strives to improve
both the quality and the quantity of our remaining years–no matter
how old or how healthy we might currently be–and to reverse the
social stigma on aging. After reading this book, we will never think
about age–or life–in the same way again.
“John
Robbins has inspired millions of people with his eloquent, clear,
compassionate, and insightful guidance on the path to health and
fulfillment. Healthy at 100 may be his finest work to date. If you are
interested in extending your health span as well as your life span, read
this book! Healthy at 100 is a masterpiece.”
–Dean
Ornish, M.D., president and director of the Preventive Medicine Research
Institute, author of Dr. Dean Ornish’s Program for Reversing
Heart Disease
“This is a remarkably open and heartfelt
book full of wisdom and love by an extraordinary man who has been
teaching us how to live more healthy and compassionate lives for over
twenty years now. John Robbins has created a new vision of aging for
American society.”
–John Mackey, CEO, Whole
Foods
“John Robbins is one of the most important voices
in America today. He cuts through nonsense like no one else does. He
gives hope like no one else does. His words are lifelines for both the
body and soul. This book can literally save our
lives.”
–Marianne Williamson, author of A Return to
Love and A Woman’s Worth
“Healthy at 100
is a marvelous blend of wisdom, hope, courage, and common sense. John
Robbins gives us caring, science, and inspiration–a beautiful diet
for the heart.”
–Jack Kornfield, co-founder of the
Insight Meditation Society and Spirit Rock, author of A Path with
Heart
“As the low-carb diet craze is gone, John Robbins
proposes a far healthier approach that leads not just to a healthy
weight but also to a joyful and fulfilled life. Healthy at 100 is packed
with informed and heartfelt wisdom.”
–Jorge Cruise,
author of The 3-Hour Diet, creator of
JorgeCruise.com

“John Robbins inspires me on every
page. His unique experiences and viewpoints were the reasons I wanted
him to be in my film Super Size Me. This book only reinforces my
faith in him as a thought-provoking
humanitarian.”
–Morgan Spurlock, producer and director of
Super Size Me