Evidence-based health
You have more good years in you than you think
Longevity Institute works to make the best available evidence on healthy longevity understandable, useful and actionable — helping people reduce their risk of chronic disease and live healthier, better and longer.
Up to 14 extra years
Five low-risk lifestyle habits, ~120,000 adults followed for 30+ years.
Li et al., Circulation 2018
~45% of dementia cases
Linked to modifiable risk factors we can actually work with.
Lancet Commission, 2020/2024
~90% of first heart attacks
Explained by nine modifiable factors across 52 countries.
INTERHEART, Lancet 2004
Genes matter less than many think
Large population studies have estimated the heritability of human longevity to be relatively low — much of the rest is shaped by lifestyle, environment and chance.
Ruby et al., Genetics 2018; Herskind et al., Human Genetics 1996
Correlation is not causation. The figures come from large observational studies and randomised trials as referenced; individual results vary.
Understand. Prioritise. Act.
Knowing what works is one thing. Knowing what matters most for you — and doing something about it — is another. This is how we bridge the two.
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Understand
Learn what science tells us about healthy ageing, health and the prevention of chronic disease.
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Prioritise
Understand which risk factors, interventions and tools are most relevant — for you.
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Act
Find practical programs, tools and professional support that can turn knowledge into action.
Eight ways in.
Explore evidence-based ways to understand your health and turn knowledge into action.
Assess your health
Understand your health, your risks and your opportunities. A free 10-minute assessment gives you a personal health profile and a plan you can actually follow — in the browser, nothing to download.
Find a coach
Get professional support with stress, weight, sleep, blood sugar, heart health, menopause, strength, brain health and other goals. Matched in 30 seconds.
Navigate supplements & devices
Supplements and health technologies range from well-established interventions to expensive hype. Stack helps you understand evidence, relevance and options — and what may not be worth your money.
Learn
Practical, evidence-based health programs — longevity, brain & memory, sleep, stress, weight, heart, blood sugar and menopause. Short lessons that make the knowledge stick.
Use practical tools
Explore the Healthy Longevity Toolbox: memory training, brain training, 40 Hz gamma music, Calma, My Plan and more — tools to help you understand, protect and improve your health.
Read
The Art of Longevity gathers the pillars of healthy ageing in one framework — written by Ulrik Eriksen, published by Longevity Institute. Plus recommended reading.
For organisations
Evidence, prevention and scalable health solutions for workplaces — from knowledge partnership and program design to implementation and evaluation.
For municipalities
Evidence-based chronic disease prevention and population health — with a particular focus on memory difficulties and reducing the risk of MCI and dementia.
Where do you want to start?
Practical tools to understand, protect and improve your health.
Vila Health app
Screening, plan and daily micro-actions.
Find your coach
Matched with a certified coach in 30 seconds.
Stack
Supplements and devices, A/B/C evidence-graded.
Memory training
AI flashcards with spaced repetition.
Brain training
All-round cognitive training across five domains.
Music
40 Hz gamma music and more, for focus and brain health.
Calma
For mothers of sensitive, emotionally intense children.
My Plan
Gets the open loops out of your head and into a next step.
The 5 pillars of healthy longevity.
The intellectual backbone of everything we do — and the framework of The Art of Longevity.
Read about the bookEat well
The best nutrition for a long life.
Move to live
Why daily movement is your superpower.
Stay curious
Mental and cognitive resilience.
Recharge
Sleep, stress management and recovery.
Avoid toxins
Protect yourself from today's exposures.
Six evidence pillars — with the studies behind them.
Lifestyle medicine, cognitive health, cardiovascular focus and an evidence-based approach. We show our sources.
Longevity, plainly explained.
Not sure where to begin? Start with a health assessment.
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Health assessment
A 10-minute assessment of lifestyle and risk factors. Free, no credit card.
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Personal health profile
Your results, prioritised — so you know which few things matter most for you.
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Daily micro-actions
Small, evidence-informed actions that fit your life — and become habits that hold.
Advancing healthy longevity through evidence, education and innovation.
We help people live healthier, better and longer by finding, evaluating and sharing the evidence, methods and tools that can reduce the risk of chronic disease and improve health across the lifespan.
New evidence, made usable.
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