The Age-Well Project

Superagers, book recommendations and better brains

Annabel and I make no secret of our aspiration to be superagers. After all, that’s what ageing well is all about – living a long life in good health. And, of course, that’s not just physical health, but cognitive health too. We know that superager brains atrophy slower and experience less neuroinflammation than those of...

SHOULD WE CHANGE OUR LED LIGHT BULBS?

This morning, the sun was shining and I was lucky enough to wake up extremely early – so I went straight out for a dawn walk in my local park. Here at the Age-Well Project we’ve long advocated walking within an hour of waking up. But this morning as I walked, I wasn’t thinking about...

Trends, longevity and proprioception

Annabel and I were discussing last week how the world of health and longevity has changed in the (almost 12!) years since we started writing this blog. Back then, when Annabel mentioned to a doctor that she thought her health issues were related to her gut, she got very short shrift. Now, we know that...

WALKING POLES: WHY WE ALL NEED A PAIR

Our most viewed post — written nearly four years ago — was about walking with poles . Since I’ve recently been doing a great deal of pole-assisted walking (thanks to endless mud, relentless rain and a month in snow-locked Switzerland), it feels the right moment for an update. Because walking poles can help all of...

Libraries, brain training and tennis: help your brain age well

Annabel and I have always been a little wary of brain training exercises. There’s certainly plenty of them out there. They’re well researched, but the ultimate conclusion is often that they make you really good at playing that particular game with no substantial real-world benefits. We’d usually rather read a book, play a board game...