Worried about pollution? We are too. This week, researchers announced that air pollution is now killing more people than smoking. The new study focuses on ozone and PM2.5 (they’re the tiny particles of Particulate Matter invisible to the naked eye but able to penetrate our lungs and – possibly – cross into our blood). The…
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…
WHY I’VE THROWN OUT ALL MY BEAUTY PRODUCTS (nearly…)
Trawling through the mountains of research for our book has made us think long and hard about the many factors involved in ageing well. We usually focus on what goes into our bodies, either through what we swallow or what we inhale. But what about all the things we put on our bodies? Researchers still…
HOW TO CREATE A BODY THAT REPELS CANCER & MISO SALMON TRAY BAKE
I’ve been watching a brilliant series of films on the subject of longevity. Each one features a range of doctors and researchers exploring an aspect of ageing. The films are rather long and a little pricey (more at www.humanlongevityfilm.com) but one of the best is on cancer and how to build a body able to…
IS ALCOHOL GOOD FOR YOU? GINGER KOMBUCHA
It’s June and, in the UK, that means party-time. June has always been the month of weddings, big parties, Ascot, Wimbledon, Henley Royal Regatta and so on. This year – in my household – June has featured a celebratory bash every weekend, with several more during the week as my daughters celebrate the end of…
ANOTHER COMPELLING REASON TO FAST? HORTA ON TOAST
So far, the only intervention able to dramatically extend healthy life appears to be … fasting, otherwise known as Caloric Restriction (CR). Studies – on animals – suggest that regular fasting can extend healthy life by up to 30%. Susan recently wrote about her experience of fasting after trialling Professor Longo’s Longevity Diet, and we wrote…
WHAT YOUR DOCTOR SHOULD TELL YOU, AND MISO COD
It’s no secret that a healthy lifestyle greatly improves our chances of a healthy old age. That’s what this blog is about, after all! Living disease-free for as long as possible is a goal for all of us, and would be enormously beneficial for the NHS, as I blogged here a few weeks ago. Yet…
WHY I GOT VERY, VERY HUNGRY ON YOUR BEHALF: FASTING DIETS
The things we do for Kale & Cocoa! Annabel and I see ourselves as human guinea pigs, testing out (as far as we can) the latest recommendations for healthy ageing. Which means we end up trying all sorts of things on your behalf. So, recently, I have been VERY VERY HUNGRY. AND ANGRY. SO HANGRY…
VITAMIN D – TO SUPPLEMENT OR NOT TO SUPPLEMENT?
As readers of this blog will know, I take no vitamin supplements. Except in December when I normally take a vitamin D supplement for a few months. But this year I didn’t. Until yesterday, when I did. Confused? I was too. And that’s the point. We are bombarded by constantly changing and often opposing information…
WHY WE’RE NOT DOING DRY JANUARY (AND MAYBE WE SHOULD)
Are you doing Dry January? If so, well done – and how’s it going? Let us know – I hope you’re feeling great. Annabel and I aren’t doing it – more on our age-well reasons for having the occasional glass of wine below. But some compelling evidence for giving up the booze altogether was published…
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