Life's too short to worry about living longer...

There's a huge piece in the Mail about how we should give up carbs (and eat lots of green veggies etc) in order to trigger the "Sweet Sixteen" gene that's in all of us. Apparently, our lifespan is dictated by the delicate balance of two genes in our DNA (called the Grim Reaper gene and the Sweet Sixteen gene!) and giving up carbs (even good, complex ones) will apparently stimulate the Sweet Sixteen gene to make you live longer.

They've already done it with mealworms - they've extended the life of mealworms by a factor of three! But the work has only been with mealworms, so don't get too excited.

So should we all be trying to cut back on carbs? Even though that flies in the face of many years of health advice which has told us to pig out on "healthy" wholemeal bread? It's going to be a huge problem for me - I'm a carb addict. I absolutely crave wholemeal bread. Time to give up yet another favourite!