Do you keep a journal? Many of us do. Indeed, I do. Over the last couple of months I’ve become obsessed with reading the published diaries of writers and artists. These have included the diaries of English writer Sylvia Townsend Warner, the collected diaries of Australian writer Helen Garner, the war diaries of Simone de…
Should we worry about ‘digital dementia’?
The first time I came across the term ‘digital dementia’, it gave me pause. I spend a lot of time coaching people to reduce their risk of dementia, working to reduce my own risk, talking and writing about the topic. It takes up a lot of space in my brain! But am I causing long-term…
WHY WALK IN WINTER?
I’ve just spent a month working in the Swiss Alps (yes, I know, lucky me!). As my accommodation was at the bottom of a valley surrounded by mountains, and as I had no car and there was no bus service on the valley floor, I spent a lot of time climbing a lot of mountains….
Shorter days, diets and dementia
It’s very autumnal in London right now, and the clocks ‘fall’ back this weekend. (It happens here a week earlier than in the USA and Canada – so don’t panic if you’re on the ‘other’ side of the Atlantic). While some, like my young adult daughters, welcome the extra hour in bed on Sunday, this…
YOGURT, YOGURT AND MORE YOGURT
Back in March, shortly after she died at the age of 117, we reported on the longest living woman, Maria Branyas. So I was intrigued to read a full study of her genes, microbiome and other relevant ‘body-parts’ published at the end of September – this examination resulted in a comprehensive analysis of her biological…
Ageing well and the quest for immortality
This is definitely the first, and – I suspect – the last, blog post I write inspired by Vladimir Putin. Bear with me. I know it’s strange, and we’ll have to side step, if we can, the horrors of the war in Ukraine, and keep this focussed on ageing well. I was struck by unguarded…
PERFECT JOY, SUPPLEMENTS AND SARDINES
One of the books I read over the summer was a biography of Karen Blixen/Isak Dinesen, the Danish author best known for her memoir, Out of Africa. She was more extraordinary as an older woman than as a younger women, blossoming in spite of the frequent pain that came from syphilis (passed to her by…
Is this the world’s best longevity diet?
Move over Medi – there’s a new heritage diet in town. It’s from Tanzania, and I’m very lucky to have just visited that glorious country. So I was fascinated to read new research naming the diet of northern Tanzania as one of the healthiest in the world. Researchers from the Netherlands and Tanzania evaluated the…
HOW MANY STEPS SHOULD WE – REALLY – BE WALKING?
Here in the UK, it’s HOT. And when it’s this warm, it’s tempting to find a shady spot and do very little. However, can I politely suggest you continue to get your daily steps in? I’ve been enjoying evening ambles and dawn saunters. Get to the sea, a forest or mountains/hills if you can –…
Lymphatics and longevity – what you need to know
Are you stimulating your ‘Big 6’? Strange question, I know, but bear with me because this could help you age well. The ‘Big 6’ is the name coined by lymphatic drainage specialist, Ksenija Selivanova, for the six key points in the body we should massage daily to help stimulate the lymphatic system. I’ll come back…
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