There’s no time like the present for thinking about the future. Science has told us what we can expect to happen to our bodies as we check into midlife and beyond, but there are certain important steps we can take right now that will determine the next 10 or 20 years.
Thanks to health screenings, vaccinations and modern-day medicine we’re now able to treat – and prevent – many ailments that might strike. We also know there are some simple habits that can positively influence our health in later years.
‘It is inevitable that we will all age, yet how well and at what rate is a factor we have more control over than we think,’ says functional nutritionist Pauline Cox, author of (£27, Ebury Press). ‘The day-to-day decisions we make now could determine how well we live in the next 10 or 20 years – so there really is no time like the present.’ Here’s what could
