Getting older should be seen as a privilege, as it allows us to spend more time with friends and family, creating memories and doing things we love.But unfortunately, we can be faced with an array of different health problems as we get older, meaning many people will spend the last few years of their life in poor health.However, experts say that there are a few things we can do to help make ageing easier and improve the overall quality of our lives, and not all of them are related to diet and exercise.
To help dispel some common myths about ageing, a recent episode of the ZOE health podcast featured leading geriatrician Dr Rose Anne Kenny from Trinity College Dublin who was keen to share her advice.
She joined host Jonathan Wolf, CEO and co-founder of ZOE health, to speak about healthy ageing - which Jonathan described as "very exciting" as it had never been covered on the podcast before.
Starting off, Rose Anne named what she believed to be the "biggest myth" about ageing - which is that it's inevitably an unpleasant process.