I hardly need to remind any of our readers that movement is the single most important thing you can do for your future health, surpassing every supplement, every sleep aid and almost every dietary intervention. As the days shorten and darken, exercise is sometimes the first thing to go. And yet barely a week goes…
WHEN TO FALL ASLEEP – AND FOR HOW LONG?
I’ve been thinking about sleep recently. We all know it’s important. But how important? And what else should we know? Three years ago, when I met Professor Hornberger, an expert in dementia and ageing, he was adamant that the quality of sleep mattered most – not the quantity. He explained the importance of slow-wave sleep…
LOOK AFTER YOUR BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER TO REDUCE ALZHEIMER’S RISK
We know that multiple factors – from diet to genetics – are implicated in our risk of succumbing to dementia as we age. And we know that the brain isn’t a separate entity to the rest of our bodies – how we look after one affects the other. We also know that a disease like…
CANCER, DEPRESSION, MEMORY: THE LATEST RESEARCH
Thanks to COVID a record number of people are waiting for hospital appointments. In fact, the waiting list is the longest it’s been since records began. Worryingly, 28% of cancer patients are currently waiting over two months for their first treatment. Some of you will know what that endless terrified waiting feels like. I can…
Alzheimer’s risk latest: noise, exercise and HRT
If you’ve read this blog for a while, you’ll know that Annabel and I spend a lot of time fretting about the fact that we both live close to a main road. We’ve reported on links between pollution and increased dementia risk, and the best air purifiers to try to mitigate the problem. And…
WHY WE NEED TO CULTIVATE OUR CURIOSITY
Novelty, as we often remind ourselves at the Age Well Project, is fuel for the brain. Our brains thrive on things that are new, whether that’s meeting a new person, starting a new course, looking at a new landscape. Sadly the COVID-19 pandemic wiped away many of our usual opportunities for novelty. Thank goodness these…
IS IT ACTUALLY POSSIBLE TO REVERSE AGEING?
We’re back! We love the summer but are keen to get cracking with autumn projects – researching a new book on post-menopausal health for me, a book on the less-known benefits of walking for Annabel. But just because we haven’t been posting, it doesn’t mean we haven’t been keeping up with our usual trawl of…
WHY THE TIMING OF OUR EATING AND MOVING MATTERS
No sooner have we mastered exercise and eating – by which I mean we’re eating the rainbow, walking daily and lifting a few weights – than those pesky scientists discover it’s timing that matters. OK I exaggerate. But recent studies suggest that when we move is almost as important as how we move, with new…
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)…
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