This summer I spent an unforgettable fortnight in Finland, land of lakes and forests and some of the cleanest air in the world. And land of the sauna! Saunas have become big in the American world of longevity, with many longevity gurus now regularly taking saunas. Why? Because a growing number of studies attest to…
LOOK AFTER YOUR FEET THIS SUMMER
Look after your feet and they will look after you. Fair enough. Especially as it’s full-on walking season. On which note, I hope you’re all managing to get out each day if only for a short walk. Ideally, for a long walk. Preferably an hour a day. We all know that movement is good…
Why I’m – finally – glad to be grey
I found my first grey hair at 16. Technically, I didn’t find it – the girls sitting behind me in French class did. ‘Oooh Susan, you’re going grey’, they squealed. I felt bemused, and slightly embarrassed. Surely it was just an anomaly in my dark chestnut locks? But no, by the time I was at…
SMELL, STRESS, POETRY AND THE BRAIN
It’s national walking month, apparently. For me, every month is a walking month but I’ll admit that May is a particularly enchanting time to walk in Britain – hawthorn blossom, bluebells, birdsong in abundance. And air drenched in perfume. Making May the ideal month in which to walk more. And to walk differently. We know…
How to build better bones
‘What do you want to achieve for your bones?’ This rather surprising question came from Rebekah Rotstein, who had worked with the Royal Osteoporosis Society and is founder of movement system Buff Bones®, when I interviewed her for my new book The Power Decade. My answer was that I wanted them to be dense, because I…
KEEP COOL AND EAT FAVA BEANS
I’m just back from Jordan where we celebrated The Husband’s Big Birthday – rather belatedly, thanks to Covid-19. I always take great interest in how other cultures eat and live, and what they can teach us. The Jordanians (who have much lower rates of dementia and cancer than we do) eat beans for breakfast. Not…
Grab some GABA – and your invitation! + Easter recipes
Annabel’s post a couple of weeks ago about how interrupted sleep may benefit our brains struck a chord with so many readers who experience broken nights. Sleep becomes increasingly elusive as we age, so the idea that night waking benefits cognition is extremely reassuring. Our reproductive hormones can shoulder some of the blame for this…
IS WAKING AT NIGHT GOOD FOR THE BRAIN?
‘Insomnia is not bad itself. You can lie awake and think,’ wrote Muriel Spark in A Far Cry from Kensington. It’s a sentiment that’s been much on my mind over the last few years. A multi-billion pound sleep industry has done its very best to make us fear for our lives if we’re awake for…
How hormone health impacts ageing – and a thank you!
Annabel and I have been emailing each other back and forth about menopause recently as we’re both writing books that cover the topic, in very different ways. Annabel’s book about creative women and insomnia, touches on the subject, because menopause can impact sleep dramatically. Her book is out next year. My book is much more…
WHY WE SHOULD BE WALKING … BACKWARDS
There’s been lots of good news for walkers recently. A study published last month found that over-60s who walked between 6000 and 9000 steps a day cut their risk of heart disease (including strokes and heart attacks) by 40-50 percent, when compared to a more typical 2000 steps a day. In fact this study found…
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