Body Composition, not Body Weight

You may think being on top of age means being weight obsessed. But in reality, it is the quality of what your body consists of that is important in terms of limiting ageing.

The key is having a sense of how much muscle [positive] you have and how much central fat [potentially damaging] you have gained.

So the number on the scale is less important  as long as you are travelling in the right direction.

Sleep Basics: New ideas on treatment for insomnia

The definition of 'Chronic' Insomnia is 3 nights poor sleep per week persisting for 3 months. It means problems in initiating sleep, or staying asleep, or returning to sleep after waking early in the morning. 

This effects 10-15% of men and women over 50, affects most women at menopause and continues after that if they are not on HRT. It affects some individuals chronically for many years, with severe health consequences.

Inflammation and CVD

Everyone understands that there is a  connection between ‘cholesterol’ and cardiovascular disease (CVD) and that it is the pattern of all the blood ‘lipoproteins’ not just the total cholesterol that determines the risk. 

Some of us have been mislead into thinking that dietary fat intake increases cholesterol. In fact most of our cholesterol is manufactured in the liver not eaten and eating good fats is beneficial. Abnormal blood lipids are a sign, mainly, of disordered carbohydrate metabolism and the dietary requirement is limiting sugar and refined carbohydrate intake. 

How old do you feel, Box-fresh or Antique Roadshow?

My message is simple

You can slow the negative aspects of ageing and have a good quality of life right up until you die – if you do what has to be done! So where are you on the slippery slope, now?

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