This course is for you if:

• You want complete clarity on what to put on your plate each day to help you age well and reduce dementia risk.

• You’re confused by an overload of health information and overwhelmed by conflicting advice

• You know it’s time to create healthy habits, stabilise your weight and find a way of eating that will give you long-term health, not a quick fix.

• You struggle to plan and prepare delicious healthy meals that incorporate essential nutrients

• You know what to do to be healthy but struggle with how to do it and need someone to support you as you transform your life and your diet.

By the end the four-week course, you will:

• Know exactly what to put on your plate each day to help you age well and reduce dementia risk

• Take charge of your diet yourself and be able to stay on track with healthy habits

• Identify the thoughts and actions that may be keeping you ‘stuck’ and learn to move past them

• Understand what’s happening in your body as you age and how nutrition can affect it

• Have more energy, focus and a sense of purpose about eating to age well

• Be in control of your food intake and feel confident that you’re doing the best for your health

The course includes:

• 4 x 75 minutes weekly classes via Zoom and replay video (so if you can’t make the date or time you’ll get all the knowledge and support from me)
• Direct access to me to answer all your questions and help you make sense of eating to age well in your own kitchen
• Weekly homework and evaluation, for example: keeping a food diary and creating a menu plans. I’ll give you one-to-one feedback and help you prep, plan and work towards your personal health goals
• Factsheets, plans and trackers to help you get the most from the course
• Pantry list of my age-well essentials, and alternatives
• Intermittent fasting guide
• Private WhatsApp or Facebook group so we can all support each other and build a like-minded community

Week 1: The Science of Ageing, And Your Body

Learn: the science of ageing – what’s happening in your body as you get older, and the power you have to control it.

Making it work: The power of plants and how phytonutrients will transform your health as you age. How to work them into every meal, every day.

Understand: your body – keeping track of weight, cholesterol, blood pressure etc

Stay on track: I’ll guide you through how to work out your purpose and build a life that serves you

HOMEWORK – work as many vegetables and fruit into your daily diet and keep a food diary for three days – send it to me for feedback.

Week 2: Sugars, Carbs And Why Your Gut Will Help You Age Well

Learn: the role of sugar, junk food and insulin resistance in how we age and our dementia risk.

Making it work: the difference between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ carbs and how to adapt your daily diet; beating sugar-cravings, why your gut loves fibre

Understand: different types of diet – low fat, low carb, vegan etc and what they mean for your health any why diets don’t work

Stay on track: work out what’s best for you and your body – and stick to it

HOMEWORK – work out a meal plan, focussing on good carbs, for three days – send it to me for feedback

Week 3: Why We Shouldn’t Fear Fat

Learn: why we shouldn’t fear fat, how fat will help us age better, ‘good’ fats and ‘bad’ fats

Making it work: how to eat fat without putting on fat, diets and weight loss. The importance of your waist to hip ratio

Understand: the impact of lifestyle – including stress, sleep and exercise – on how you eat, and vice versa

Stay on track: let’s investigate what else is impacting how you eat, your relationships, stress levels, job etc

HOMEWORK – work out a meal plan, focussing on good fats, send it to me for feedback

Week 4: Protein, Fasting, Supplements And Staying On Track Forever

Learn: protein and intermittent fasting, a blue-print for ageing well forever

Making it work: understand the different types of fasting, work out which one is right for your body

Understand: the role of supplements in ageing well and which ones are worth taking

Stay on track: how to use everything you’ve learnt to feed yourself for  the rest of your life