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WHAT WE’VE LEARNT IN THE LAST 10 YEARS: BRAIN HEALTH EDITION

May 10, 2024 6 Comments

Annabel and I went out for a slap-out lunch last week to celebrate both 10 years since our blog was born, and five years (to the day!) since The Age-Well Project book was published. Both significant milestones for us. We ate lots of sea food, vegetables and chicken livers, reminisced about the early days and… 

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WHAT WE’VE LEARNT IN A DECADE (PART 2)

April 26, 2024 52 Comments

It’s ten years this weekend since Susan and I set up our Age-Well Project – read to the end for our birthday giveaway!  Has it worked and have we aged well? We like to think so (ahem).  One thing is for sure: we know a hell of a lot more than we did a decade… 

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10 years of The Age-Well Project! What we’ve learnt (part 1)

April 12, 2024 8 Comments

It’s hard to believe, but this month The Age-Well Project celebrates its 10th birthday! What started as a small-scale blog to help Annabel and I track our own health has spawned a decade of writing, a worldwide community of many thousands (thank you!), multiple books and new careers. Annabel and I became friends when two… 

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SUPPLEMENTS FOR MOOD, OILS FOR SLEEP, AND THE POWER OF YOGA NIDRA

March 29, 2024 10 Comments

I subscribe to a brilliant website called Examine.com where a team of researchers comb through hundreds of scientific studies and reports to find which food supplements really work. So when a friend recently asked for suggestions to lift her low mood, I turned to this trusty website. As we’ve written here before, headlines, TikTok and… 

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Fantastic fascia and how to help it age well

March 15, 2024 12 Comments

A question for you: are you keeping your fascia flexible and doing all you can to help it age well? If you’re thinking ‘Susan, what IS fascia?’ don’t worry. That’s exactly where I was a few months ago. But I’ve been busy learning more about this fascinating connective tissue – pronounced ‘fasha’ – that supports… 

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ON BEING OUTDOORS, DREAMING AND KEEPING REGULAR HOURS

March 1, 2024 Leave a Comment

Last night I came across a few lines from Thomas Jefferson (US president, diplomat, architect, lawyer, philosopher – why don’t they make them like that now??) written over 200 years ago and was struck by how they chimed with a few medical studies I’d just read: ‘Walking is the best possible exercise,’ he wrote, ‘A… 

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Get spicy to age well!

February 16, 2024 12 Comments

There’s something immensely satisfying about cleaning out a spice drawer, isn’t there? It’s purposeful, practical and is a reminder that these pungent substances can transport us to exotic locations with just a whiff.  I gave mine an early spring clean this week and it conjured thoughts of delicious recipes and faraway places. (But why is… 

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Let’s rest to age well

February 9, 2024 4 Comments

I often say that rest is the forgotten piece of the longevity puzzle. It benefits us physically, mentally and cognitively. But compared to many of the Age-Well protocols we write about here, there’s very little research on it. Possibly because it’s so difficult to quantify. How do you put ‘taking time to look out of… 

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DISCOVERING THE POWER OF YOUR NIGHT SELF

January 26, 2024 4 Comments

My last few weeks have been spent in a deluge of podcasts, radio appearances and interviews, following the UK launch of Sleepless: Discovering the Power of the Night Self, my new book (and – excuse the brag – The Times Book of the Week!!). Interestingly, almost every interviewer has approached the subject through their own… 

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HRV, the power of NO and mouth taping to help us age well

January 19, 2024 19 Comments

It’s a truism, health-wise, that we can’t change what we don’t track. So keeping on top of our stats is an important part of the Age-Well journey for Annabel and I. I keep an ongoing record of routine tests like cholesterol levels, blood pressure readings, blood glucose and Vitamin D levels. In addition, I have… 

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Here you’ll find easy changes for a longer, happier life. We’ve immersed ourselves in the science of longevity and distilled the research to make it work in our everyday lives. You can change the way you age: here’s how.

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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 

Find it, as always, agewellproject.com or at the link in bio 

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New research has named the diet of northern Tanzan New research has named the diet of northern Tanzania as one of the healthiest in the world.

Researchers from the Netherlands and Tanzania evaluated the diet traditionally eaten by arable farmers in the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro. They consume many fibrous, polyphenol-rich plants and a fermented banana beer called mbege. Fibre intake can be up to 90g a day, three times more than that recommended here in the UK. And Brits only average around half that amount. The fibrous Tanzanian diet has a hugely beneficial impact on gut health, and is linked to better immunity, reduced inflammation and - of course - ageing well. 

There’s more on the blog - link in bio or agewellproject.com 

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There’s a piece in @telegraph online today about S There’s a piece in @telegraph online today about Susan’s coaching programme Better Brain Framework. Journalist @msmirandamcminn watched her mother battle dementia for 10 years. Determined to reduce her own dementia risk, Miranda worked with Susan for three months. 

She said, ‘I am convinced that we could all benefit from following this programme…. [it] has given me better clarity than I had at the age of 30”

The article is behind a paywall but we’ll put a link in stories, in case you’re a subscriber or fancy a free trial 

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How many steps are you walking in summer? When it’ How many steps are you walking in summer? When it’s warm, it’s tempting to find a shady spot and do very little, we know 

However, can we politely suggest you continue to get your daily steps in? We’ve been enjoying evening ambles and dawn saunters.  Get to the sea, a forest or mountains/hills if you can.

What about that magic 10,000 steps number? After all, recent studies suggest that somewhere around 7,000-8,000 daily steps is perfect for older people, with benefits tailing off after that.
Moreover, everyone now knows that the 10,000 step ‘rule’ was devised by a Japanese marketing company who liked the neatness of the  (untested) 10,000 number.

But it seems that 10,000 steps a day banishes inflamm-aging…. want to know more? It’s all on the blog - link on bio and in stories 

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