The Age-Well Project

PERFECT JOY, SUPPLEMENTS AND SARDINES

One of the books I read over the summer was a biography of Karen Blixen/Isak Dinesen, the Danish author best known for her memoir, Out of Africa. She was more extraordinary as an older woman than as a younger women, blossoming in spite of the frequent pain that came from syphilis (passed to her by...

Is this the world’s best longevity diet?

Move over Medi – there’s a new heritage diet in town. It’s from Tanzania, and I’m very lucky to have just visited that glorious country. So I was fascinated to read new research naming the diet of northern Tanzania as one of the healthiest in the world. Researchers from the Netherlands and Tanzania evaluated the...

HOW MANY STEPS SHOULD WE – REALLY – BE WALKING?

Here in the UK, it’s HOT. And when it’s this warm, it’s tempting to find a shady spot and do very little. However, can I politely suggest you continue to get your daily steps in? I’ve been enjoying evening ambles and dawn saunters. Get to the sea, a forest or mountains/hills if you can –...

Lymphatics and longevity – what you need to know

Are you stimulating your ‘Big 6’? Strange question, I know, but bear with me because this could help you age well. The ‘Big 6’ is the name coined by lymphatic drainage specialist, Ksenija Selivanova, for the six key points in the body we should massage daily to help stimulate the lymphatic system. I’ll come back...

The secrets of Swedish longevity – and how we’re all ageing now

Annabel and I went to Stockholm last weekend. What a beautiful city! It was a long-planned trip to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the book group we belong to. 20 years is a lot of books – and a lot of talking! Six of us met up in Stockholm (one of our number is Swedish)....