Hello, I'm Liz Earle and welcome along to Age Better.

It's the first of June and I've got some great questions that I am looking forward to answering for you.

And as always, I hope to share my no-nonsense data-backed research to help you truly age well. And on that note,

if you have a question that you would like my help with, please do get in touch. All the

contact details are in the episode description and, of course, at the end of the show. Well, coming

up today, Sophie wonders about shaking up her routine, literally, on a vibration plate.

Anonymous asks if it's too late to start HRT.

Then Nicola wants to know ways to treat cellulite.

And Joe has a question on Seymos.

And then lastly, I'll be offering help for Hannah and her endometriosis.

Music I'll be offering help for Hannah and her endometriosis. So let's start today's varied question selection with one from Sophie.

And you write,

Hi Liz, there seems to be a lot of hype around vibration plates at the moment. I've seen them

used for lymphatic drainage, but I think they're also used for building muscle. I'd love to know

if you'd recommend them. Also, is a £100 one on Amazon as good as, say, a power plate one

that's like £2,000? Any thoughts on whether it's worth buying one and

what are your thoughts on them? Well, super interesting. You know, vibration plates, they're

sometimes called whole vibration platforms. They're machines that you stand on or you can

exercise on them and they generate rapid vibrations through the body. I remember in the early days actually seeing Madonna promoting one and saying that it was one of the

reasons that she kept fit.

So maybe.

Well, the way they work is that these vibrations cause our muscles to contract and relax

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