The Age-Well Project

YOGURT, YOGURT AND MORE YOGURT

Back in March, shortly after she died at the age of 117, we reported on the longest living woman, Maria Branyas. So I was intrigued to read a full study of her genes, microbiome and other relevant ‘body-parts’ published at the end of September – this examination resulted in a comprehensive analysis of her biological...

Ageing well and the quest for immortality

This is definitely the first, and – I suspect – the last, blog post I write inspired by Vladimir Putin. Bear with me. I know it’s strange, and we’ll have to side step, if we can, the horrors of the war in Ukraine, and keep this focussed on ageing well. I was struck by unguarded...

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 –...