Not this news no,

But as somebody who stays “engaged” with trends in the world, I’ve made some priority shifts in recent years about how I look after myself.

I’m a millennial, and as a young adult many of my peers drank excessively several times per week and often dabbled in hard drugs with questionable origins. Nobody really exercised unless they were involved in sports, some of us (like me) were overweight or obese and our diets were terrible even twenty years ago.

There’s so many things we’ve done to excess, or tend to still do in younger generations that aren’t good for our health, and preceding generations did it too. Some of my speculation is that preceding generations passed on damaged cellular structure to their offspring.

The best thing any of us can do is:

• Stop drinking. That doesn’t mean never drink again, but it is habitual and regular for so many people and there’s so much research that concludes there’s no safe intake of alcohol.

• Stop smoking. Very few people who are lifelong smokers are in perfect health. You are paying eye watering amounts of money to destroy your health. It’s the biggest con going.

• Lose weight if you’re obese/carrying too much bodyfat. This is a sensitive subject, but to simplify, visceral fat (waistline) is the biggest problem.

• Exercise. Do something for around two hours a week, and move as much as possible during the day.

• Reduce red meat and processed meat consumption. Both are carcinogenic and linked to poor health.

• Improve dietary habits, more fiber particularly.

• Take every screening offered, go to your GP regularly whenever something feels off.

The rest is wholly subjective.