![]() ![]() ![]() Keeping fit can ward off conditions including stroke and osteoporosis, but certain types of exercise can actually turn back your body clock. One way to keep your memory sharp is by learning a second language – a University of Edinburgh study shows this can actively slow brain ageing. In fact, a long-running US study on memory and ageing revealed that the over-60s who believed they would have memory problems actually suffered a 30% decline in their memory performance compared with those who didn’t think a poor memory was inevitable. Many of us worry about losing our memory as we get older, but it’s not something we have to accept as a normal part of ageing. Here are nine simple tweaks you can make to your lifestyle today to help you age happily and healthily. Dr Elizabeth Blackburn, co-author of The Telomere Effect, says, “The foods you eat, your response to emotional challenges, the amount of exercise you get… all these factors and more appear to influence your telomeres and can prevent premature ageing at a cellular level.” Scientists now believe we can slow the ageing process by looking after our telomeres, the protective tips at the end of our DNA that work like the plastic caps on shoelaces. Models are still hitting the catwalk in their 80s, while actors perform well into their later years and Olympians are still competing at peak performance in middle age. Here are nine proven ways you can age well There’s a big difference between getting older and feeling, or looking, older. ![]()
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