Fifty is the new twenty, with a few facts attached

Beauty and health after fifty, from the research and the women who live it. We separate what age does from what disuse does, and we say plainly where the evidence stops.

Read

• What French women know about ageing wellThe ageless Frenchwoman: what is habit, what is marketing, and what the research on French eating and ageing supports. Bien dans sa peau, explained.
• Fasting and autophagy: what the research showsYoshinori Ohsumi won the 2016 Nobel Prize for autophagy. What that proves, what animal studies show, what human trials of time-restricted eating found, and the limits.
• The Wai diet: what the book claims and what holds upWai Genriiu's 2001 book promises to end cellulite, acne and overweight with raw fruit, olive oil and a 15 g protein cap. Each claim checked against the evidence.
• Skin after fifty: what works and what does notSun protection, retinoids, collagen loss after menopause and the limits of cosmetics: what the research says about ageing skin.

Start here

Midlife advice comes in two flavours: patronising or for sale. This site is neither. Each article names its sources, says what the research shows in humans, and flags what rests on mice, small trials or one author's say-so.

None of it replaces your doctor. If you take medication, are pregnant, or have a history of disordered eating, check with a clinician before changing how you eat.

Read the articles

• What French women know about ageing well — the "ageless Frenchwoman" is part marketing, part habit. We sort the two.
• Fasting and autophagy: what the research shows — a Nobel Prize, plenty of mouse data, and far less human proof than the headlines claim.
• The Wai diet: what the book claims and what holds up — raw fruit, olive oil and a promise to end cellulite and acne. Claim by claim.
• Skin after fifty: what works and what does not — sun, retinoids, collagen, and the creams that overpromise.

Muscle loss starts around fifty

After about age 50, muscle mass falls 1 to 2% a year, and strength falls faster after 60 (von Haehling 2010). Weaker muscle raises the risk of falls.

Progressive resistance training is the best-supported treatment in that review. Australian guidance for postmenopausal women is two sessions a week of 30 to 45 minutes (RACGP).

Bone responds to load

Bone loss speeds up after menopause as oestrogen falls, on top of loss from ageing. The RACGP advises weight-bearing impact exercise (hill-walking, jogging, jumping, skipping, dancing) plus progressive high-load resistance training, and balance work to cut falls.

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