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EAT LIKE A FOUNDLING: SICILIAN CHICKEN WITH POTATOES & ARTICHOKES

December 13, 2016 3 Comments

I spent this morning at the Foundling Museum.  For those you that don’t know it, the Foundling Museum is one of London’s best kept secrets, with a lovely newly opened café (which I whole-heartedly recommend).  The museum currently has a small but intriguing exhibition (hurry – ends 8th January) on the food fed to its… 

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FIGHTING FIT WITH FAT, THE HEALTH GAP AND A RECIPE FOR MEATFREE WEEK

July 30, 2016 Leave a Comment

For those of us who came of age in the last century the idea that fat is a health food used to sound like crazy talk. But there’s been report after report in recent years on the benefits of fat (and we’ve covered many of them on Kale & Cocoa) and I’ve finally got the… 

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WHY STRESS MATTERS – FREEKEH WITH ARTICHOKES

July 1, 2016 2 Comments

It’s been a stressful time in British politics.  Our political elite appear to have disintegrated in the space of a week.  As I’ve watched Tony Blair, David Cameron, Barack Obama and a host of other politicians on screen, I‘ve distracted myself with close scrutiny of their appearance.  And I’ve been struck by how quickly they’ve… 

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ROSEMARY FOR REMEMBRANCE: WHITE BEANS WITH MUSHROOMS

February 27, 2016 11 Comments

My short-term memory has been appalling during the last few weeks.  I like to think it’s because I’ve run out of green tea and been too busy to replace it.  But I suspect it’s the busy-ness that’s caused the problem.  At a recent party I was barely able to have a fully-functioning conversation and spent… 

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INFLAMMATION, TURMERIC AND A SIMPLE FISH CURRY RECIPE

February 21, 2016 13 Comments

The more I read about turmeric the more I want it in my life. A natural anti-inflammatory, it’s been linked to a reduced risk of Alzheimer’s, cancer, liver disease. It’s also anti-septic, anti-bacterial and packed with anti-oxidants  – that’s a lot of anti!  In India, where the spice is consumed far more than here, less… 

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FIGHTING BACK AGAINST CANCER, AND A FAMILY RECIPE

February 7, 2016 2 Comments

It was World Cancer Day on Thursday so this horrible disease has had a lot of attention this week. The good news, according to Cancer Research UK, is that the number of people in the UK dying of cancer is decreasing: 284 out of every 100,000 people in the UK died from cancer in 2013… 

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BOWIE, BOOZE AND TOMATO & COCONUT CASSOULET

January 15, 2016 8 Comments

I shed a tear for Bowie this week – for him, for his family, for my lost youth. Iconic, fearless, creative, brilliant, he spoke to so many of us with his endless reinventions. His death seemed untimely and unfair.  Then Husband and I toasted him with a glass of bubbly – which was both more… 

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2016: THE YEAR TO CUT YOUR CANCER RISK AND PLAY PING PONG

January 3, 2016 5 Comments

So. Now we know: 70-90% of cancers are caused by lifestyle choices.  That’s scary.  But it’s also hugely empowering.   And we think it’s a great note on which to start the new year!  We’re not fans of dieting and detoxing, but by making a few lifestyle changes and sticking to them (yes, that means to… 

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AGEING WELL: 12 LESSONS FROM 2015 – AND VEGETABLE TARTLETS FOR CHRISTMAS DINNER

December 18, 2015 7 Comments

The end of the year means it’s time to review all the reports on healthy ageing we poured over in the last 12 months. As ever, some of the research seemed (to us) a little ho hum, but every now and then along came a study that made us sit up and take note. I… 

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CHAMPAGNE, FIBRE AND THE BEST WAY TO EAT BRUSSEL SPROUTS

December 11, 2015 2 Comments

With Christmas only two weeks away and the party season in full swing, health may not be top of your mind. But we have good news today. Read on to find out why champagne may help fend off dementia and how fibre may be a more effective tool for weight loss than dieting…. And a… 

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We’ve always been a little wary of brain training We’ve always been a little wary of brain training exercises. There’s certainly plenty of them out there. They’re well researched, but the ultimate conclusion is often that they make you really good at playing that particular game with no substantial real-world benefits.
We’d usually rather read a book, play a board game or do a puzzle for a little cognitive sharpening. 

But new research linked specific cognitive training designed to improve speed of processing to a 25% lower risk of developing dementia across 20 years, compared to the control group. 

There’s more on the blog - link in stories and agewellproject.com 

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You’ll have heard that sitting is the new smoking, You’ll have heard that sitting is the new smoking, our sedentary lifestyles are killing us etc etc 

But is all sitting equally bad? it appears not. ‘Active sitting’ - where we’re engaged in a brain-healthy activity like reading or playing stimulating games, doesn’t have the same detrimental impact as slumping in front of the TV. 

It’s what we do when we’re sitting that counts. 

There’s more on the blog - linked in stories 

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It is - finally - starting to get a little lighter It is - finally - starting to get a little lighter in the UK. 

But our lives are still full of artificial light, causing our body clocks to drift. The end result? Circadian disruption linked to higher risk of metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, depression, and cognitive decline.

That light-dark imbalance also results in worse sleep and therefore also potentially poorer glymphatic clearance (the brain’s overnight clean up).

But there’s so much we can do to bring light into our lives - at any time of year.

There’s more on the blog - link in stories and agewellproject.com 

And are you enjoying the lighter mornings?! 

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Some of our favourite activities - reading books, Some of our favourite activities - reading books, drinking tea, eating cheese (yes, we know how to live!) - have been linked to a longer, better life. 

A new study suggests that cheese  can lower our dementia risk – although no one is quite sure how or why. This new study found that eating 50 grams (1.76 ounces) or more of high-fat cheese a day correlated with a lower risk of developing dementia.

A recent summary  of previous studies which concluded that regular reading improved brain connectivity and function, consolidating neural connections and enhancing brain connectivity, while also improving memory and concentration and slowing down cognitive decline.

And a study published just before Christmas found that tea-drinking protects against osteoporosis.

All good things! There’s more on the blog - linked in stories 

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