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A definitive guide Your body’s two inter-connected control centres are your heart and brain. Nothing is more important than protecting them to stay in control and age well – with a high quality of life as you get older. Here we explore the best strategies, supported by very latest scientific evidence, to safeguard your brain … Read more
As we age, cell damage increases while protective function declines From the age of about 50, most people experience a decline in immune function, DNA repair ability, cellular energy and the hormones testosterone and oestrogen over time. As all these decline, cell damage increases in parallel. If we superimpose the rise of diseases like cardiovascular … Read more
A fascinating 2021 study shows it can be done And with the nutrients and lifestyle advice we have been recommending for years. [Ref: Potential reversal of epigenetic age using a diet and lifestyle intervention: a pilot randomized clinical trial – PMC (nih.gov)] As I reported in the book Delay Ageing: Healthy to 100 there are … Read more
There is near universal agreement amongst health researchers that low level but continuous (chronic) inflammation in cells and tissues is a key factor in ageing itself and almost all age-related illnesses (Ref.) So much so that longevity researchers use the term ‘inflamm-ageing’. That inflammation can be caused by excess blood sugar, malfunctioning of the immune … Read more
A gene is a strand of DNA – the area between the arrows. A gene determines a characteristic (like eye colour) – or controls a biological action. Your genome – the genes that make you unique – are fixed at conception. But not all genes are switched on – the biological term is ‘expressed’. In … Read more