It’s a complaint which has gone viral on social media: Generation Z, it is claimed, are ‘ageing like milk’. In posts viewed millions of times on video-sharing app TikTok, the eye-catching theory is that a generation of young adults, all under the age of 27, already look older than the generation before them, Millennials (born between 1981 and 1996).
One of the first to notice was influencer Jordan Howlett who, aged just 26, confessed to his 12 million followers that
Sex isn’t just good for you, it might even prolong your life. Yesterday I described the latest cutting-edge science on how to slash your risk of disease and live longer.
Today, in the second extract from my new book How Not To Age, which looks at all the very latest research on ageing, I’m going to tell you how sex protects health and how age is no barrier at all to a fulfilling sex life.
We’ll also look at how
For some, turning 30 meant getting family and friends together for a big party, or going on that once-in-a-life time trip they had always wanted to experience.
But reaching the milestone has apparently become somewhat terrifying for Generation Z, those born between 1998 and 2012, as they fear becoming ‘unattractive hags’.
That’s according to a recent Reddit thread, in which millennials and those older have become alarmed by the younger generation’s horror at celebrating their 30th.
‘Gen Z’s fear of
Q: At 60, my lips are fast losing volume and definition. I really do not want lip injections. Is there an alternative that could make my lips youthful again?
A: I never thought I’d say this, but ‘lip blushing’, a semi-permanent make-up (SPMU) technique which
Denise Kirtley, 52, is a bodybuilder running the Instagram account @fiftyfitnessjourney, which has 166k followers. The reason for all those fans is Kirtley’s astounding journey of physical transformation: going from a perimenopausal 49-year-old who lived a sedentary lifestyle to a 52-year-old now competing in bodybuilding competitions and squatting 165 pounds.
According to a recent Instagram post, Kirtley decided to change her life one step at a time: with baby steps and progress markers like lifting more weights or finishing training
Pat Cummins insists
For those of us gifted by Mother Nature with an average physique, it’s reassuring to know that even former supermodels have their hang-ups.
Take Twiggy. Sixties icon she may have been, but in her teenage mind her ‘funny little sticky’ legs were not a patch on those of fellow model Pattie Boyd, the blonde knockout who would go on to capture the hearts of both George Harrison and Eric Clapton.
‘I used to long for Pattie’s legs,’ Twiggy sighs. ‘To
When you see someone whose clear unlined skin and sense of youthful vitality seem to defy their true age, it is easy to think, ‘Good genes’.
But although there’s a strong genetic factor in the ageing process, the science shows there is so much we can all do to turn back the clock.
In yesterday’s Daily Mail I introduced my innovative eating plan, which incorporates well-researched principles for encouraging enhanced renewal and repair in every cell of your body.
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Madonna’s unrecognizable face at the Grammys on Sunday has sparked a wave of speculation about the procedures she’s had in order to hold back the years – with the unfortunate result being an unnaturally tightened and puffy face.
But while the pressure to stay looking youthful in the spotlight is undoubtedly high, other famous faces have embraced a more natural kind of beauty on hitting their 60s.
While it’s rare to find a star who hasn’t taken advantage of the
After two-and-a-half years of lockdowns, wars and political crises, Britons can’t be blamed for feeling like they’ve aged more than they’ve lived.
And a new £170 saliva test claims to tell you exactly whether that is the case.
British health and diagnostics company DAM Health has created an epigenetic test that can, in theory, distinguish between your chronical and biological age.
The former refers to how many years you’ve lived, while the latter is an estimate of the body’s decline
