Are you good to your gut? We do hope so. The link between gut health and longevity is key to our Age-Well Project, so we’re excited about THREE new pieces of research providing simple ways to boost both. A quick refresher: when we say ‘gut health’ we mean the variety, quality and quantity of our…
A new puppy and a new recipe
Meet Monty, the newest Age-Well Project dog. This little pup has taken over my life this week, so this blog post will be short and sweet. We’ve blogged before about the Age-Well benefits of dog ownership, and devoted a chapter in our book to the subject. Of course, dogs mean walks, and daily walking is…
AIR PURIFIERS AND THE PERFECT SAUCE TO PEP UP STEAMED GREENS
We’ve been promising to write about air purifiers for a few months. Thank you to the readers who reminded us to get on with it! As it happens, our timing is good: experts have just called for air purifiers to be installed into the schools most affected by air pollution. And because green veggies have…
THE OILS AND FATS WE KEEP IN OUR AGE-WELL KITCHENS
Which oils do you keep in your kitchen? Do you fry with olive oil? What’s the controversy around coconut oil? What about ghee? At our Guardian Masterclass on Tuesday night there were lots of questions about which oils and fats we use, and their age-well properties. We’ve made no secret of our love of olive…
ENHANCING MEMORY, AND AN ICE CREAM TO HELP YOU SLEEP!
Why did nobody tell me that midlife would be a constant battle to get enough sleep?! I took sleep for granted until I had children, but since then it’s been a scarce commodity. The broken nights of early parenthood have given way to the broken nights of middle age, menopause and beyond. A steady stream…
NATURE PILLS AND JAMMY EGGS: how to age well this Easter
It’s been quite a week for us – the first part of the serialisation of our book appeared in the Daily Mail on Monday and the book shot straight into the Amazon best-seller lists, which was an incredible feeling. So if you’ve just joined us here at The Age-Well Project, welcome! And if you missed…
EAT MORE MUSHROOMS: ITALIAN MUSHROOM SALAD
A study in last month’s Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease had me googling frenziedly for several hours. Could I really reduce my chances of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) by 50% merely from eating a few more mushrooms? There are moments when I’m quite sure I already have mild cognitive impairment (MCI, defined as the stage between…
EAT MORE ONIONS TO KEEP BOWEL CANCER AT BAY: ROAST RED ONIONS WITH ROSEMARY & ROQUEFORT
Onions, leeks, garlic and garlic stems, shallots, chives and spring onions (alliums) appear to prevent the development of bowel cancer. A new study involving 830 participants and reported in the Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology found that the odds of having colorectal (bowel) cancer was 79 percent lower in adults who consumed high amounts of…
TURKISH RED LENTIL SOUP
With this week’s news focusing on the link between junk food (ultra processed food) and cancer, diabetes, heart disease and … death, we thought the best thing we could do was provide a recipe that’s almost as simple and convenient as a ready meal but brimming with nutrients, fibre and anti-oxidant-rich spices. I was introduced…
WHY WE NEED MORE LUTEIN: GREEN BUTTERBEAN SOUP
To lose one’s sight as one gets older seems terribly cruel. Can you imagine not being able to enjoy a painting? Or missing the splendour of February’s first crocuses? Or not being able to see your first grandchild? But there’s good news: researchers now think many cases of age-related macular degeneration (AMD, better known as…
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