Welcome to Growing Older, Living Younger
Growing Older, Living Younger (GOLY) will empower you to change your aging process at the cellular level, to feel vibrant, healthy and energetic as you age. Through the lens of epigenetic science, we will explore the small steps you can take on a daily basis, to change your aging trajectory and promote health span over lifespan.
New research reveals that what you think, how you move, what you eat, how you interact with others, stimulate your mind or challenge yourself, can modulate expression of your genes. You inherit your genetic blueprint from your parents. But you construct the person that you become.
The GOLY Roadmap to healthy aging is based on modulating gene expression through lifestyle changes in 7 core areas, as introduced in my book Growing Older, Living Younger: The Science of Aging Gracefully and the Art of Retiring Comfortably.
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Who am I ? Who are You ?
I may have mentioned previously that I'm taking a year-long course on leading, in the 21st Century. We are currently 2/5 of the way through this journey and it has been an unbelievably powerful experience. To do the work, you have to be prepared to dig...
Violets are Blue
Memory is a strange thing- or maybe it's only my memory that's strange. Always was a little quirky. But here is what happened so this post didn't turn out how it was supposed to. While I was thinking about the letter V, this phrase kept popping up...
Lutein and zeaxanthin: blocking UV light
Blue light from computers, tablets, phones, television and UV rays from that gorgeous sunlight - all can cause oxidative damage to your eyes. Don't watch a lot of TV but I spend a lot of time on my computer and phone. I need to protect my eyes. Lutein and zeaxanthin...
Unctuous, Uxorious or Urbane?
I love words. I have always preferred words to numbers. There is a preciseness, an objective value attached to a number - at least for those of us who don't want to enter the realm of mathematical theory and philosophy. With my grandson, i can count 5 fingers or toes,...
Three Reasons I Make Bone Broth
I have the process of making my tasty bone broth down to a fine art . Preparation takes me about an hour. The broth simmers all day and overnight. And my freezer is stocked for weeks. My recipe is simple. I buy organic chicken wings and start to cook them while I am...
Scepticism, Bias and Facts
'Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why? (Bernard Baruch) After years of engaging with my long running lifestyle website that hosted the four blogs, Review from the Seat, the Cellar, the Cabin and the Studio, my readers are very familiar...
Roasted Garlic: one of my guilty secrets
Is roasted garlic on your list of favorite foods? I confess it is on mine, and now that I am 'socially distancing' I am enjoying it much more frequently than before. Longer ago than I care to remember, I visited New Orleans for the first time. I was there to present a...
Quercetin, rutin, saffron and turmeric
No, I am not planning to cheat on the daily challenge by including Q,R,S and T in this post. I just surfaced from another voyage of discovery down the curiosity rabbit hole . This time I was trying to make sense of the myriad antioxidants, polyphenols,...
Pruning
Aristotle said 'the more you know, the more you know you don't know'. And Dr. Seuss wrote 'the more that you read, the more things you will know, the more that you learn, the more places you'll go'. And sure enough this journey...
Overload and Overwhelm
I was out for my early morning power walk along the sea wall. The waters of False Creek were sparkling in the sunlight, birds were chattering away and I inhaled the oxygen in the cool sweet air coming off the water and felt good. My book is in...
