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How to live longer (and what to avoid) in the new year - The Sunday Story

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🗓️ 4 January 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Longevity science has been trying to unlock the mysteries of ageing for years; it’s spawned a multi-billion dollar global industry of supplements, anti-ageing regimens, exercise, and more. But what actually works and what’s just hokum?


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Guest: Peta Bee, health and wellbeing writer for The Times and The Sunday Times.

Host: Luke Jones. 

Producer: Micaela Arneson. 

Read more: 15 easy ways to live longer (and four things you should stop now)

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0:00.0

From The Times and the Sunday Times, this is the story. I'm Luke Jones.

0:09.2

Death is coming. Happy New Year. But how much in 2026 could we possibly delay it?

0:20.2

We can treat aging. In fact, we can probably reverse aging in the next five to ten years.

0:26.9

And that's why aging should be considered a medical condition that's treatable.

0:32.2

In the last few years, longevity science has been trying to figure out why we age

0:37.0

and what we can do to extend our

0:38.7

lifespans. It has spawned an enormous global longevity industry worth an estimated

0:45.1

$610 billion. We are living in a world today where you can measure as 20 years younger than your calendar

0:57.0

age.

0:58.0

You can't move for fitness influences and biohackers now.

1:01.0

Here are three most important exercises for your longevity.

1:07.0

I would take like a tyrosine, take one of these, creatine, beta alanine, makes your body tingle.

1:13.8

Not to mention the steady stream of studies claiming what will help us live longer.

1:19.6

Dalt who drank coffee between 4 a.m. and noon were 16% less likely to die compared to those

1:25.4

who didn't drink coffee.

1:28.3

Thank you. less likely to die compared to those who didn't drink coffee.

1:35.3

But what is fact and what is wishful thinking? Today we're going to look at the biggest longevity flops of 2025 and find out what questions we might get answers to in 2026.

1:50.6

The story today, are we any closer to unlocking the secret to longevity?

2:08.1

I'm Peter B, I'm a health journalist. I've been writing about health and fitness for, gosh, about 30 years and with the times for about 25 years, actually, quite a long time.

2:16.6

I've covered all sorts of different topics in that time, as you can imagine, from when Jim's first came onto the scene.

2:19.5

Personal trainers were very new when I started writing.

2:23.7

So it's been quite a long and interesting ride.

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