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MAY YOU WALK, EAT WALNUTS AND HEAR A NIGHTINGALE…

May 24, 2024 Leave a Comment

It’s May – my favourite month for walking in Great Britain, and (apparently) National Walking Month when school children everywhere are encouraged to walk to school.  The bluebell woods are in bloom, wild roses are flowering, birdsong is at its most vocal, the swallows and nightingales have returned. Which is to say, our parks and… 

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WHY WE SHOULD BE WALKING … BACKWARDS

February 24, 2023 10 Comments

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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NEW YEAR, NEW MUSCLES, NEW ME!

January 6, 2023 25 Comments

It’s that time of year … for looking forward to a new year and, perhaps, a new becoming.  Most of us  have something we want to change, amend or improve (health-wise), particularly as we’re not getting any younger. I like to start with a long-range vision and a simple outcome. In fact my resolution each… 

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HOW WALKING POLES CAN HELP US AGE WELL

April 29, 2022 36 Comments

It’s nearly May, which is National Walking Month – an initiative started in 2007 by the American Heart Association to encourage more people to … walk! And so this month I’ll be examining some of the latest studies into various aspects of walking. If you’ve read 52 Ways to Walk you’ll know that I went… 

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WALKING, APPETITE, PURPOSE AND A WEBINAR

June 3, 2021 6 Comments

It’s a week to the publication of my new book on walking in nature. To celebrate, my next few posts will be on some of the astonishing (and often little-known) benefits of walking.  We hope you’ll also join our free book launch webinar – details below. May and June are our favourite months for moving… 

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WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL ABOUT SELENIUM?

April 19, 2021 Leave a Comment

The talk in geroscience circles over the last fortnight has been all about selenium: can selenium supplements give us the longer healthier life we want?  The excitement was sparked by an experiment that found mice given selenium supplements had an improved health span (a longer disease-free period at the end of their lives). How does… 

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MYSTERIOUS REASONS FOR WORKING OUR MUSCLES

April 2, 2021 5 Comments

A doctor friend recently messaged me to check I was still doing the odd plank or lifting the occasional weight.  I confessed that I’d missed a few days in the aftermath of my father’s death. But explained that I’d also felt a strange compulsion to do bicep curls as I grieved. Lifting weights, I added,… 

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FOLLOW THE DATA: MUST WE? AND AN ESCAPIST GIVEAWAY…

June 19, 2020 12 Comments

I don’t know about you but I’ve become increasingly disillusioned with science – facts, data, graphs. Funny really, because this blog was predicated on a belief in science. To be honest, my loss of faith began before COVID. I suspect the pandemic merely confirmed what I was beginning to suspect. Of course there are lots… 

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BRAIN-BUILDING, PREVENTING OSTEOPOROSIS, WHAT CARDIOLOGISTS DO FOR HEART HEALTH… AND THE NEW CANADIAN EATING GUIDELINES

January 11, 2020 11 Comments

I was at a boxing day party of cardiologists this year, many of whom had come straight from the local hospital where they’d been treating Christmas day heart attacks as well as looking after the usual heart-diseased in-patients. I noticed (glumly) that none of the cardiologists were drinking or snatching at the canapes, so I… 

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BUILD MUSCLE OVER 50, LIVE LONGER

September 8, 2019 33 Comments

How are your muscles? If yours are anything like mine, they could do with a little work. Yesterday England’s Chief Medical Officer (CMO) weighed in on the state of the nation’s musculature, recommending strengthening exercises twice a week to help us age well. The guidelines advise that we build strength and improve balance to help… 

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We went to Stockholm! And, of course, it didn’t We went to Stockholm! And, of course, it didn’t escape our notice that the Swedes have a fantastically age-well lifestyle and a greater life expectancy than us here in the UK (although only by a year). 

The Nordic diet of foods traditionally eaten in Scandinavia plays a role in this: whole grains, fish and game. I brought some smoked reindeer meat home with me, not sure I would recommend. Vegetables, berries, ferments, oily fish and sea food are all longevity superfoods - we ate some incredible lumpfish roe and oysters while we were there. And Annabel had one of her favourites, nettle soup, not once but twice.

Coffee intake, clean air and the concept of ‘lagom’ - balance - all play a role too. Find the lowdown on the blog agewellproject.com and linked in stories 

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Excerpts from Annabel’s new book, The Walking Cu Excerpts from Annabel’s new book, The Walking Cure in today’s @dailymail … find out where to walk to help heal mind, body, spirit.
Fascinating interview with our very own @annabelab Fascinating interview with our very own @annabelabbs in today’s @guardian on the astonishing impact of a city walk on our mental and physical health. Just make sure you walk among old buildings and avoid traffic pollution where possible … 

#agewell #citywalk
Annabel will be talking about the little known eff Annabel will be talking about the little known effects of landscape and walking on our mental and physical health this Saturday (5 April) in Canterbury. 3.30 pm in the Augustine Hall, Canterbury Christ Church University. We love meeting fellow Age-Wellers so do come and say hello….
Celebrating the launch of Annabel’s new book, Th Celebrating the launch of Annabel’s new book, The Walking Cure! Such a fun and inspiring event 💚💚💚
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