The Age-Well Project - Change the way you age

ALZHEIMERS: THE LATEST RESEARCH YOU NEED TO KNOW

If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you’ll know that the starting point for my own Age-Well Project was my mother’s diagnosis with dementia 18 years ago. At that point, there was no effective medication or treatment, I simply had to watch her decline for the next 12 years, while trying to provide...

HOW TO LIVE TO (NEARLY) 99 IN FULL HEALTH…

We’ve written before about the remarkable power of art to fuel our brains. Not only does it nourish our imagination, but looking at art has been found to activate critical parts of our brain, helping fend off cognitive decline and dementia. Actually making art brings additional benefits, reducing stress (and the inflammation kindled by stress)...

TAKE YOUR EYES FOR A WALK

How are your eyes? Your night vision? Your short-range sight? Eye experts now predict that by 2050, half of the world’s population will suffer from myopia. Sixteen months of living, working and learning on screens has exacerbated our deteriorating eyesight. One poll found that 38% of Britons believed their eye sight had worsened as a...

WHAT REALLY HAPPENS WHEN WE WALK?

Are you sitting down? You won’t be sitting for much longer. I can guarantee that by the time you’ve finished reading this, you’ll either be on the move, or itching to get up and … walk. Yes, I’m back to my favourite subject: the extraordinary power of being on foot (there’s still time to sign...

WALKING, APPETITE, PURPOSE AND A WEBINAR

It’s a week to the publication of my new book on walking in nature. To celebrate, my next few posts will be on some of the astonishing (and often little-known) benefits of walking. We hope you’ll also join our free book launch webinar – details below. May and June are our favourite months for moving...