Longevity
The importance of eating plants is increasingly at the forefront of our minds as we take in the daily information that we are exposed to in our magazines, newspapers or on a scroll on the internet. Consequently, we are becoming more aware that there are health benefits to be had from focusing on plant-based foods…
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There is an abundance of information on the internet about the healthiest way to eat, some of it questionable and some offering well-founded evidence-based knowledge. How is one to know who to listen to? When it comes to eating for health, the goal is not simply about long lifespan. Even more essential is healthspan, lifelong…
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Around the year 2000, a new human hormone came to light. It is a “fibroblast growth factor”, and the 21st one found, so was logically named FGF21. Its emergence is still the cause of much excitement in the health field because this hormone appears to positively influence many processes that promote long-term health. The main…
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A new study out of Norway, published in February 2022, has presented more evidence that what we eat can give us extra years of healthy living. Using data from the Lancet 2019 Global Burden of Disease Study, researchers assessed the impact of food types on life expectancy by creating a model to illustrate the result…
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We may have more control over aging than we think. New research is revealing that lifelong exercise can have a huge impact on what happens to our bodies as we age. In the UK in 2014, a group of scientists interested in aging, from the Centre of Human and Aerospace Physiological Sciences, King’s College London…
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My name is Debra Harley (BScPhm) and I welcome you to my retirement project, this website. Over the course of a life many lessons are learned, altering deeply-rooted ideas and creating new passions.
