I think the majority of us would love to live to a ripe old age and be healthy to boot, but is it actually possible to reverse the ageing process to some degree? A recent survey carried out at the University of California believes it is.

It seems strange that, for such a small island and with an abundance of seaweed drifting onto our shores daily, we don’t make more use of this untapped food here in the UK.

It’s strange that seaweed has been part of a diet somewhere in the world since prehistoric times and around 145 species of it are still eaten and yet, for some reason, this naturally produced food is shunned by the western world.

The only two doctors in human history who have successfully reversed heart disease, have included an exclusively vegetarian diet as a part of their programs. The average vegan cholesterol level is 133 (compared to 210 for meat-eaters); there are no documented cases of heart attacks in individuals with cholesterol under 150.