In a world where wellness trends come and go, there's one buzzword that's got us all hooked: longevity. With average life expectancy in the UK peaking at around 82 years of age (it has more than doubled in the last hundred years), the conversation has turned from simply living longer to how to live well for longer.
However, according to research, healthy life expectancy falls around 10 to 20 years below our longevity, meaning that the way we age is vital. As we live longer, have improved access to high-tech, preventative tests and treatments and are less willing to compromise on wellbeing, the aim now is to improve our health span - essentially, the number of years we're living well. And so, the past decade has ushered in a plethora of healthy ageing tips promising to help us biohack our way well into our eighties (and beyond) - but the experts agree that longevity is far more than just a fad.
