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…
DELETE DAMAGING STRESS IN 2024
Happy new year to you all! Here at the Age Well Project, we love a new year. It’s a chance to reflect on all that we’ve done, and to ponder any alterations we might want to make in the future. If the previous year was good, we can mumble, sing or shout a Thank You. …
Simple steps for longevity, Christmas recipes and 2024
Annabel and I both enjoyed Dr Rangan Chatterjee’s recent podcast with Professor Rose Anne Kenny who is, among other roles, Chair of Medical Gerontology at Trinity College Dublin. You can find the podcast on the usual platforms and Dr Chatterjee’s website here. It’s two hours long so might be one to save for a lengthy…
SLEEP LESS, SLEEP BETTER?
The other evening, Susan and I were lamenting our threadbare sleep. Whenever I’m out with a friend, we discuss our sleep. Yesterday I spent the day walking with a friend who had just mailed some sort of antihistamine crossed with an opioid (only available in the US apparently) to a desperately sleepless friend. Actually, my…
BRAINS AND BONES: HOW THEY CAN BOTH AGE WELL
There’s a fascinating correlation between brain health and bone health. In theory they don’t have much in common, do they? But research published earlier this year revealed low bone mineral density is linked to higher dementia risk later in life. Of course, this doesn’t mean one causes the other: correlation, as we always say, is…
How ‘liquid gold’ helps reduce dementia risk
In recent days news broke that dementia rates in England and Wales are expected to double by 2040. That’s a shocking increase in a short time, isn’t it? It seems that researchers had under-estimated the numbers due to a fall in dementia cases between 2002 and 2008. But between 2008 and 2016 there’s been an…
LANDSCAPES, PAIN, ROSEMARY, SLEEP AND MORE
Thank you so much to everyone (hundreds of you!) who entered the give-away for copies of 52 Ways to Walk and The Age-Well Project. Thank you to those who sent photographs and memories – and so much beautiful descriptive writing. It was an absolute joy to read them – although my feet were itching the…
WHY YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT KYNURENINE AND PF4 AND AN AUTUMN GIVEAWAY
The body is a complicated thing. Even the most knowledgeable scientists are still frequently baffled by its curious and complex workings. Hence, we still have no cures for autoimmune disease, cancer, dementia etc etc And despite the billions being pumped into potential longevity medications, there is still nothing as effective as movement for our brains…
What we learnt about reducing dementia risk this summer, and smoked quinoa salad
Hello, from me. I’m back from an extended summer break and embracing, as always, la rentrée and the invigoration it brings. There’s lots to catch you up on in the world of Alzheimer’s research and dementia risk reduction. This is always my particular field of interest – so without further ado…… Many people have asked…
THE ART OF SAUNA – AND MORE
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…
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