NEXT STOP: SUPER HUMAN?

Smart advances in beauty, health and fitness are promising to help us live not just longer, but better. Get ready to engage in Personal Optimisation Mode

New advances in fitness, health and beauty are promising to help us live not just longer, but better

If you’d been born just over 1OO years ago, you’d have a life expectancy of around 55 years. Today, it’s closer to 85, thanks to advances in medicine, technology, nutrition, lifestyle changes, knowledge, education and everything in between. We’re evolving into the longer-living – and our whole ageing landscape is changing. And it’s not even a question of when ‘old’ will officially kick in – the expectations we have for our health and wellbeing are shifting, too. You need only look around your packed spin class to see that being concerned with health and fitness has become the norm. We’re working out as a way of life rather than as a chore to burn off the wine calories. Whatever the reasons, this shift in attitude is standing us in far better health stead. Now, the wellness industry is responding by looking beyond fitness and nutrition towards fine-tuning and future-proofing. The idea is to give our future selves a helping hand and ensure that not only do we live longer, but we live

better while doing so. Call it the superhuman revolution, call it wellness 2.O – it’s part evolution, part technology, and I want part of it…