The Age-Well Project

HOW TO WALK TO IMPROVE YOUR MOOD

Last week was Mental Health Awareness Week and, in preparation for my guided walks, I binge-read lots of the latest studies. During the pandemic, depression and anxiety were experienced by an additional 28% of us. Sadly, we’ve not yet returned to pre-pandemic levels. In this post I’ll cover what’s new and what’s emerging. And I’ll...

THE LATEST ON TAKING CARE OF YOUR BRAIN

Did you watch Davina McCall’s latest menopause documentary last week? If you missed it, you can catch up on All4 here. It seems to have caused both celebration and some alarm. Celebration that discussion of menopause happens in prime time, that fabulous women come forward and share their stories and that knowledge about HRT continues...

HOW WALKING POLES CAN HELP US AGE WELL

It’s nearly May, which is National Walking Month – an initiative started in 2007 by the American Heart Association to encourage more people to … walk! And so this month I’ll be examining some of the latest studies into various aspects of walking. If you’ve read 52 Ways to Walk you’ll know that I went...

A ‘longevity library’, and Easter recipes

If you came to our Age-Well Conversation last week (and the recording is here if you missed it) you’ll know that I sit at my desk surrounded by books on ageing: every book that was mentioned during the webinar was within reach! Books – both reading them and writing them – have always been central...

MICROPLASTICS AND OUR HEALTH: SHOULD WE BE WORRIED?

Thank you to everyone who joined our webinar last night. For those of you that missed it, here’s the link to the replay. You’ll see Susan and I discussing the many different ways of walking and how they benefit us, the challenges of ancestral eating, and the weird and wonderful things we’re currently experimenting with...