The Age-Well Project - Change the way you age

WHY YOU’RE NOT GOING TO BED, AND WHY YOU SHOULD

What was your bedtime routine last night? A well-planned wind-down and lights out on schedule? Or a drawn-out process of reading just one more chapter/email/text message followed by putting a wash on, talking to the dog and prepping breakfast? All of which I did last night after the time I’d planned to go to bed....

WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL ABOUT SELENIUM?

The talk in geroscience circles over the last fortnight has been all about selenium: can selenium supplements give us the longer healthier life we want? The excitement was sparked by an experiment that found mice given selenium supplements had an improved health span (a longer disease-free period at the end of their lives). How does...

OUR 12 COMMANDMENTS FOR AGEING WELL, PRINCE PHILIP AND MORE

The team at Noon – a new online platform for women in midlife and beyond – recently asked us for our manifesto on ageing well and our top 10 tips. We couldn’t keep it to 10, but did manage to whittle the list down to 12. If you’ve recently signed up after reading about us on...

MYSTERIOUS REASONS FOR WORKING OUR MUSCLES

A doctor friend recently messaged me to check I was still doing the odd plank or lifting the occasional weight. I confessed that I’d missed a few days in the aftermath of my father’s death. But explained that I’d also felt a strange compulsion to do bicep curls as I grieved. Lifting weights, I added,...

HOME-COOKING, EGGY MUFFINS AND EASTER RECIPES!

Spring is springing and Sunday brings one of my favourite days of the year – right up there with my birthday – Daylight Saving. I love the clocks going forward, bringing lighter evenings and the promise of warmer days ahead. The move into spring, and the approach of the Easter break, is particularly pertinent this...