UltimateHealth by Dr Sheena Burnell - Your Lifestyle Medicine Practitioner

HEALTH. vitality. LONGEVITY

Finding your Ultimate Health

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LONGEVITY AND AGEING WELL

Find out more about lifestyle and longevity medicine, and how we can all age well.

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WHERE TO START

Your first step on the road to living well now and into the future.

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ABOUT DR SHEENA BURNELL

Your longevity and anti-ageing specialist.

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A recent study from North America has shown that adhering to either the Mediterranean diet or the MIND diet (a diet that combines elements of the Mediterranean diet with the DASH diet for reducing high blood pressure), found that the brains of people

Plant-based diets have been receiving a lot of love lately for their perceived health benefits, especially heart and brain health…however did you know not all plant-based foods are created equal?
If I said to you I’m following a complete

Eggs have had bad press for decades, ever since the link between high blood cholesterol and cardiac disease was defined. However most cholesterol is made by our bodies and the link with dietary cholesterol is less direct than originally thought. Eggs

If you’ve ever felt guilty about not wanting to exercise, it might be your gut microbiome and not your will-power that’s the problem. A recent study has shown that our all-important gut microbiome may help regulate the desire to exercise

People often assume that “healthy” eating means boring food or deprivation, but in fact a healthy eating plan should be the opposite, with the emphasis on abundance and diversity. The gut microbiome in particular thrives on a range of foo

Many people practising time-restricted eating or intermittent fasting find that skipping breakfast is an easy way to do this, however this often means most calories are consumed later in the day. Interesting new research has shown that a later meal s

The benefits of exercise for prevention of cognitive decline are now well established, but a new study from the UK has shown that the intensity of the exercise also counts. While the mechanism isn’t completely understood it’s likely relat

Caring about the way our skin ages is something many of us associate with purely aesthetic concerns or even misplaced vanity, however recent work in the longevity and anti-ageing sphere has shown that skin health is a valid indicator of biological ag

This piece of art has popped up a lot lately but the message is s good one. While obviously if you’re reading this you are still breathing 😊 the message is to remind of several things - slowing down and taking a deep breathe perhaps to gather

Most people enjoy a piece of fruit every day be it some delicious berries 🍓 a beautiful in-season mango 🥭 or even just a humble apple in the lunchbox 🍎 however a recent intriguing study has shown that people who regularly snack on fruit (as oppose

An interesting new study has added to the growing body of evidence that artificial sweeteners are not at all our friends. A study from Israel has shown many of these sweeteners can impair glucose tolerance in the body by altering the gut microbiome,

Most of us don’t exactly love housework, however a recent study from China has shown lower rates of dementia among people who regularly do some form of household chores, with a huge 21% reduction in dementia rates observed, as well as other for

I often get asked, which is most important, diet or exercise? Of course they both are, and according to the huge data-crunching capacity of the UK Biobank, recent figures show you have better health outcomes if you incorporate both of these into your

Can you stand on one leg for 10 seconds? If so, congratulations as a recent study has shown that the inability to do so is associated with greater mortality - especially if you’re over 70. The exact reasons are not entirely clear but probably r

Coffee-lovers take note, a large study using the hefty population size of the UK Biobank has found a significant reduction in all-cause mortality (up to 30%) amongst moderate coffee drinkers. As previous studies have shown, this association follows a

Beautiful and imaginative art works have always had the power to lift us up and transcend the stress and strain of being alive on this busy planet. Previous generations valued time alone to just “stand and stare”, embodied in the well-kno

Who wants to age backwards? While the technology isn’t quite there yet, I’m sure most of us would like to feel and look a few years younger and a lot of research has gone into slowing the ageing process if not yet reversing it. A large pa

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THE ROLE OF LIFESTYLE MEDICINE IN HEALTHSPAN AND LONGEVITY

Many people on hearing the term “Lifestyle Medicine” for the first time might be inclined to think that it describes an indulgent existence or something only for the rich and famous, perhaps involving personal trainers or very expensive gyms or elaborate diets.