How to Be a Super-Ager and Reduce Inflammation

The Wellness Scoop

Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Mental Health

4.7 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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This week, we’re talking about how to be a “super-ager,” people in their eighties whose memory performs like someone 30 years younger, and why friendships, not fitness, turned out to be their secret weapon. We’re also digging into a huge new study on potatoes and type 2 diabetes, showing that eating chips three times a week raises risk by 20%, while swapping them for whole grains cuts risk significantly. Plus, the surprising number of almonds you should eat each day to boost your gut health, and what that means for heart health, antioxidants, blood sugar and inflammation. We’ll also look at whether whole almonds or almond butter give you the bigger benefit. And for our wellness trend of the week, we’re exploring why reading books for just 30 minutes a day could add nearly two years to your life, and how swapping even a fraction of your scrolling time for reading could transform your health. All that, plus personal updates and the news that The Wellness Scoop is now going twice weekly! Recommendations: Ella's book recs: Blue Sisters, by Coco Mellors; A Well Behaved Woman, by Therese Anne Fowler and; There are Rivers in the Sky, by Elif Shafak US listeners, grab your copy of Rhi's book - The Unprocessed Plate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is sponsored by Guy Dogs, the charity helping people with sight loss live the life they choose.
0:07.2	Exactly. And we have just watched their new short film, Life All In. And honestly, I so recommend it is just so uplifting.
0:16.0	It just shows people with sight loss getting on with their life, cooking, creating, hiking, even ab-sailing,
0:21.8	which was unbelievable. It's just full of energy and joy, empowerment, and it's such a powerful
0:27.4	minder that life is all about taking part, whatever that looks like for you. And I think what
0:32.2	really surprised both of us is how much more there is to guide dogs than, you know, just guide dogs, I suppose.
0:38.5	Even those little furry heroes, they're just so incredible, Ella, they're just so gorgeous.
0:43.8	And as you said, Rie, I think they're doing so much more than what we probably all think.
0:47.1	They're also helping with everything from mobility training and confidence building to tech
0:51.7	support and even children's services.
0:54.1	It really is all about giving people the tools and confidence to to tech support and even children's services. It really is all about giving
0:55.3	people the tools and confidence to live independently and do the things that they love. So important.
1:00.7	It really is. And the amazing thing is that anybody can help. So you can all get involved by donating
1:05.7	or volunteering or even sponsoring a puppy, which let's be honest, it does sound pretty irresistible, Ella.
1:12.4	I would love to do that.
1:13.6	Exactly.
1:14.2	So if you would also like to see the film or find out how you can support their incredible work,
1:18.4	just head to guidedogs.org.
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1:21.7	Yeah, that's guidedogs.org.
1:23.3	Because everyone deserves to live the life that they choose.
1:27.2	This episode is sponsored by Simprove, one of the UK's number one gut health supplements.
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