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WHY WE NEED MORE LUTEIN: GREEN BUTTERBEAN SOUP

January 18, 2019 3 Comments

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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WHY YOU MIGHT NOT BE AS OLD AS YOU THINK – PEA & WATERCRESS PUREE WITH SMOKED MACKEREL

October 30, 2015 6 Comments

I recently had a (very basic) health check – the free one you’re offered when you reach a certain age (if you’re lucky enough to live in the UK).  I went in rather smugly, having been on the Kale & Cocoa diet for 18 months now – and came out a little less smugly.  It… 

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WHY EATING WELL NEEDN’T COST A FORTUNE – SARDINE AND WATERCRESS PÂTÉ

October 27, 2014 14 Comments

As I stood in line at a supermarket checkout recently, I overheard a young couple in front of me querying the cost of their weekly shop.  The checkout lady confirmed her till was working properly and she hadn’t put any items through twice.  Then the young woman’s face crumpled.  “We were just trying to be… 

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HOW TO CHANGE YOUR GENES – FARRO, WATERCRESS AND MUSHROOM SALAD

August 1, 2014 3 Comments

  Slaves to our genes?  Not any more!   A few months’ ago, world-renowned geneticist, Dr Sharon Moalem, published a ground-breaking book.  Inheritance: How Our Genes Change Our Lives And How Our Lives Change Our Genes reinforces much of what we believe, here at Kale and Cocoa, namely that taking control of your diet can change… 

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Here you’ll find easy changes for a longer, happier life. We’ve immersed ourselves in the science of longevity and distilled the research to make it work in our everyday lives. You can change the way you age: here’s how.

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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?! 

#longevityblog #womeonover50 #agewell
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 

#longevityblog #agewell #womenover50
And a belated ‘merry everything’ from us! We hope And a belated ‘merry everything’ from us! We hope you had a marvellous Christmas, and 2026 will be a year of ageing well. There’s a new post on the blog about - among other things - art, peanuts and Dick Van Dyke. Lots of thoughts on longevity for these last days of the year. Linked in stories and on agewellproject.com
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