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MEAT-FREE WEEK AND THE BEST VEGAN BLACK BEAN CHILLI

March 22, 2015 4 Comments

Why does the world of nutrition have to be so polarised? On one hand, the hard-core vegans (or near vegan) like Dr Joel Fuhrman (SuperImmunity) and Dr Neal Barnard (Power Foods For The Brain) and on the other, the low carb carnivores like David Perlmutter (Grain Brain) and William Davis (Wheat Belly). At Kale &… 

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WHY COFFEE IS YOUR NEW BEST FRIEND – COFFEE & CHOCOLATE BRAINIES

March 13, 2015 14 Comments

Coffee.  To drink or not to drink? That is the question. 2015 kicked off with another spate of headlines on the benefits of coffee.  Once demonised, coffee is increasingly proving to be the good guy when it comes to healthy ageing.  Yes, one more of those irritating u-turns that makes us want to give up… 

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CHOLESTEROL AND COMFORT FOOD

March 6, 2015 2 Comments

We’ve been thinking a lot about fat recently at Kale and Cocoa – reporting here on news that eating plenty of natural fat could be the key to living a long and healthy life and here on how the food pyramid is being re-written in the US by advocates of the Low Carb High Fat… 

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RUSHING WOMAN’S SYNDROME AND THE PERFECT LENTIL SALAD

February 27, 2015 3 Comments

Just over a decade ago, I turned up at my Doctor’s surgery in tears.  I had two toddlers, was six months pregnant, had a cold I couldn’t shift and was working a sixty hour week – all on four hours of sleep a night. As I sobbed into a tissue, my mobile phone blinked and… 

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SMOOTHIES, SMOOTHIES, SMOOTHIES

February 20, 2015 4 Comments

I came late to the smoothie craze. In fact, by the time I’d really noticed it is a thing, doctors and nutritionists were warning us off them – citing sugar spikes and rotting teeth as payback for too many fruit-filled smoothies. If only I could make my own, I sighed, and pack in some veg,… 

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WHY CHOCOLATE AND BUTTER RULE & CHOCOLATE CHESTNUT ORANGE CAKE

February 13, 2015 4 Comments

It’s official – fat is good for us!  This week’s British Medical Journal tells us that a diet of ‘real food’ containing plenty of natural fat could be the key to living a long and healthy life.  Wowza!  Where did that medical u-turn come from? Apparently our obsession with low-fat food has contributed to the… 

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WHY MY 2015 CHEESE BOARD WILL BE ALL SWISS – JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE SOUP WITH SWISS CHEESE

February 6, 2015 8 Comments

  You know that healthy glow Swiss people always have?  Well, it turns out their über radiance comes not from the pure Alpine air they imbime, nor from their relentless hiking and ski-ing in sub-zero temperatures. Oh no – nothing as dramatic as that! It’s actually the cheese they eat.  Yes, I know we’re all… 

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A BLUEPRINT FOR AGEING WELL AND BUCKWHEAT TABBOULEH

January 30, 2015 Leave a Comment

We love our growing Kale and Cocoa community and particularly love your comments and input. So thank you. And a particular thank you to Lynn Dell for leading us to some of the most fascinating research on healthy ageing we’ve read in a long time. It’s a report by Dr Dale Bredesen at the Mary… 

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WILL CARBOHYDRATES KILL ME? WHOLEGRAINS AND MILLET PANCAKES

January 23, 2015 4 Comments

To carb or not to carb, that is the question – particularly when it comes to age-related, degenerative disease. The battle lines are being drawn in the fight for our health. If that sounds melodramatic, bear with me. The traditional view of our nutritional needs is encapsulated in the NHS-approved food pyramid, with plentiful portions… 

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WHY TEA AND CAKE WILL IMPROVE YOUR MEMORY AND HELP YOU LIVE LONGER

January 15, 2015 16 Comments

No doubt you’re dieting, detoxing or drying out – it is, after all, the month of penitence, atonement  and resolutions (read ours here and here).  But it’s dark n’ cold out there and my body’s begging for sugar and carbs.  To top it all, my eldest daughter is mid-exams and comes home starving and exhausted. And… 

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And a belated ‘merry everything’ from us! We hope And a belated ‘merry everything’ from us! We hope you had a marvellous Christmas, and 2026 will be a year of ageing well. There’s a new post on the blog about - among other things - art, peanuts and Dick Van Dyke. Lots of thoughts on longevity for these last days of the year. Linked in stories and on agewellproject.com
How much should we worry about digital dementia? How much should we worry about digital dementia? 

The term isn’t new. It was coined by German neuroscientist and psychiatrist Dr. Manfred Spitzer in 2012.

He argues that outsourcing memory to search engines, the constant ‘pings’ of notifications, and multitasking, can weaken memory consolidation and reduce attention. He also suggests this can lead to a decreased ability for deep thought, reduced self-control, and  social issues.

How can we protect the brain? Research published a few weeks ago found engaging in creative pursuits, like dance, music or visual arts, is associated with a measurable slowing of brain ageing. You’ll have heard this before, but what’s interesting in this study is that the research team looked at how this might happen.

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Annabel’s just spent a month working and walking i Annabel’s just spent a month working and walking in the Swiss Alps. So that meant a lot of time climbing a lot of mountains! 

Unsurprisingly, she found herself drawn to the latest studies of movement. She wanted to know what all the uphill huff and puff was really doing, not to mention the downhill drag on knees and limbs, and the slipping and sliding through mud and snow. 

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We’ve been very remiss about telling you that ther We’ve been very remiss about telling you that there are some fascinating new posts on the blog - from the quest for immortality to the power of yoghurt to help us age well. 

And from profound questions about who gets access to the cutting edge longevity technology to the secrets of the world’s longest lived woman, we’ve been trawling the latest research on ageing well, so you don’t have to.

Find us, as always, at agewellproject.com whenever you want a deep-dive into what’s really going to make a difference to your longevity

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The latest research into omega-3 fatty acids, supp The latest research into omega-3 fatty acids, supplements and joy 🥳all on the blog now 

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