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ANOTHER COMPELLING REASON TO FAST? HORTA ON TOAST

May 11, 2018 8 Comments

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… 

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WHAT YOUR DOCTOR SHOULD TELL YOU, AND MISO COD

April 6, 2018 5 Comments

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… 

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WHY I GOT VERY, VERY HUNGRY ON YOUR BEHALF: FASTING DIETS

February 16, 2018 2 Comments

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… 

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VITAMIN D – TO SUPPLEMENT OR NOT TO SUPPLEMENT?

January 26, 2018 11 Comments

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… 

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WHY WE’RE NOT DOING DRY JANUARY (AND MAYBE WE SHOULD)

January 19, 2018 13 Comments

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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WHY WE NEED TO SPICE UP OUR LIVES and SPICED PARSNIP SOUP

January 12, 2018 6 Comments

I was flicking through The Times earlier this week, when I spotted – buried away on page 14 – a short piece about pharmaceutical giant, Pfizer: Pfizer gives up on dementia research. Pfizer has said it will no longer be researching treatments for Alzheimer’s. The company has also stopped investing in a cure for Parkinson’s…. 

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MAKE YOUR 2018 RESOLUTION TO CUT CANCER RISK

January 5, 2018 Leave a Comment

  How are those new year’s resolutions going then? Just a few days into 2018 and mine are already feeling a little shaky. But my resolve has been bolstered by a new report – published with immaculate timing – that shows our most common resolutions could save our lives. The research shows that a healthy… 

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CHRISTMAS STRESS – AND HOW TO BEAT IT

December 8, 2017 4 Comments

Right now I’m sitting at my laptop thinking I can’t possibly find time to write a blog post: I need to order the turkey, work out what to give my impossible-to-buy-for brother-in-law, get the dishwasher fixed, wrap presents, find the tree decorations, actually buy a tree….you get the picture. It’s Christmas stress time and we’ve… 

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HOW TO AVOID BOWEL CANCER & BEST EVER SQUASH SOUP

December 1, 2017 16 Comments

In my distant youth, I was a vegan.  Not for health reasons but for animal welfare reasons. Those were the days when there was no such thing as organic or free range.  The Body Shop (a British cruelty-free cosmetics chain) had recently opened in my home city of Brighton and the cruelties of factory farming… 

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FIVE FACTS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SUGAR AND CANCER

November 24, 2017 2 Comments

Never mind Black Friday, you know it’s nearly Christmas when the Quality Street and mince pies start circulating in the office. And don’t get me wrong – I’m rarely the person who says ‘No’ to a mid-afternoon sweet treat at this time of year. But we know that refined sugar is no friend to healthy… 

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WHY I’VE THROWN OUT ALL MY BEAUTY PRODUCTS (nearly…)

Why Alzheimer’s Is A Women’s Issue

HOW HAVING A DOG CHANGED MY LIFE

GREEN SPACE IS GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH

SUGAR, CHOCOLATE, SADNESS AND BRAIN-BOOSTING BISCUITS

WHY ‘INFLAMM-AGEING’ COULD START IN THE GUT AND HARISSA-ROASTED VEGETABLE SALAD

POLYAMINES – THE NEW SECRET WEAPON FOR AGEING WELL & MOROCCAN SPINACH AND CHICKPEAS.

THINNING AGEING HAIR – WARM CHICKEN LIVER SALAD

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How your brain changes in menopause, the impact of How your brain changes in menopause, the impact of HRT and lifestyle factors, the role of the blood-brain barrier, the best vegetables for cognitive health AND a delicious recipe…. 

……featuring @davinamccall @dr_mosconi #robertadiazbrinton #richardisaacson and many more…

… all on the blog - link in bio

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We’re celebrating The Age-Well Project’s 3rd b We’re celebrating The Age-Well Project’s 3rd birthday this month! 🎈🎉🎈🥳🎈

We've got two copies of the paperback version (the smaller version - it's very cute) to give away here on Insta.

To win, make sure you follow us, tag a friend  in the comments below and if the Wheel of Names picks you out, you'll both win a copy.

Giveaway closes at midnight BST on Tuesday May 24th. Good luck!

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Interested in how our ancestors cooked? Annabel wi Interested in how our ancestors cooked? Annabel will be talking about the food and cooks of Victorian England at @britishlibrary in London next Wednesday with the #BLFoodSeason founder @prussell777 … a few tickets still available! Book via British library food season website #agewell #eatwell #healthyeating #eatlikeyourancestors #foodhistory #culinaryhistory
Who should invest in a pair of walking (sometimes Who  should invest in a pair of walking (sometimes called trekking) poles?

Well, those of us  who enjoy hiking. Or those of us with lower back pain, obesity, Parkinson’s or general frailty.  Or those of us that want a more youthful gait. Or those of us that want to work all our muscles without going to a gym or messing around with weights. Or those of us that want our exertions to feel less … exerting! 

Sooooooo pretty much anyone who wants to age well! 

But which poles, and what do we do with them? It’s all on the blog - link in bio

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RIP Kane Tanaka, the world’s oldest living perso RIP Kane Tanaka, the world’s oldest living person who died last week aged 119. She spent her last years playing the strategy board game, Othello, apparently. Asked for the happiest moment in her life, she replied ´Now’. She has been ‘replaced’ as the oldest person alive by a French nun who is currently 118 and survived catching Covid last year. Asked if Covid had frightened her, she replied ´no… because I wasn’t afraid to die.’ Draw your own conclusions (if you want to)!

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