Tag Archives: longevity

Diet and weight control- which diets work?

| June 16, 2020

 Diet and weight control- what works and what’s dangerous? Dietitian Sophie Medlin explains. Social media is flooded with diets that promise to shed pounds off you instantly or help you live longer – but what do the experts think? Dietitian Sophie Medlin, founder of City Dietitians in London says fads come and go but very few are effective and some can even damage your health. Some of us may have long term issues with our weight and others may be worried after adding a few extra pounds (or kilos) during lockdown. But, as Sophie says, we are in the middle…

Blue zones: what they can teach us about aging well?

| March 26, 2017

Into the Blue Zones: Dr Anna Spellman unlocks the secrets of longevity from those communities that live longest. Blue Zones are areas of the world where people are reported to live longest, and more often than not reach the ripe of age of 100 years of age. Initial interest in these centarians was prompted by scientists from Sardinia who noticed that some villages in the island’s interior had a lot of very old men and women. They used a blue marker to outline spots on the map where the long-lived clustered – hence the term ‘Blue Zones’. The idea was taken up…