What happens to your neurons as you age? As we get older it is common to experience difficulties in remembering words, a reduced attention span and ability to focus on more than one task at a time. These...
A comprehensive guide to DNA tests: explaining the different types of tests and what they do DNA testing has come a long way since its debut in the 1980s. Long associated with forensics and paternity testing, we are now able to determine anything from your ancestral...
Mitochondria – your cellular power stations Mitochondria are vital structures that are found in most cells in your body. These organelles are responsible for several functions including one of the most well-known of creating energy to...
The impact of sugar on how you age Can you get too much of a good thing? When looking for ways to improve health and age well, good nutrition is often one of the first areas that people...
How does UV affect your aging journey? Your skin is a major safeguard tissue, and it is susceptible to damage from external stressors. If you look at the back of your hand and compare it to an...
Setting the record straight on free radicals Free radicals are much maligned molecules, blamed for causing many of the diseases we suffer from and even the aging process itself. We are regularly reminded of this in the...
Keeping Mobile - What happens to your joints as you age? Movement Trends As young children we jumped up from the floor with ease, swung on monkey bars and climbed with agility and speed, with no hesitancy. For many of us,...
How body fat can affect your aging journey How does body fat affect your aging journey? Obesity has become a worldwide health issue for adults, children, and adolescents alike. The New Zealand Health Survey 2019/20 found 1 in 3...
The air you breathe and the way you age The air you breathe and the way you age Unless you are living in a remote area off the grid and are making conscious decisions about everything that you buy,...