ANGELA RIPPON: WHAT I’VE LEARNED ABOUT THE SCIENCE OF STAYING YOUNG
If pressed, I would have to concede that for 71, I’m in pretty good shape. Not without effort, of course: I watch what I eat and exercise regularly in order to stay slim. But still, when I was offered a full body MRI scan (a top-to-toe MOT, if you will) for my new documentary on ageing, I was rather relaxed about the results.
When they came back, Professor Jimmy Bell of Imperial College London told me that my muscles were stronger than expected and my lungs were in good shape; so far, so unsurprising.
