Healthy Ageing
Evidence from the University of Exeter Human Clinical Study
Healthy ageing is about preserving both the body and the mind. As we age, gradual declines in physical function and cognitive performance can reduce independence, mobility, confidence, and quality of life. Maintaining both physical and mental resilience has therefore become a central goal of longevity research.
Physical Health
What Did the Exeter Study Find?
Participants receiving DailyColours® demonstrated significant improvements in measures of physical performance compared with baseline, with the highest dose producing statistically significant improvements in lower-body function on the Timed Chair Stand Test (P < 0.001). Improvements were also observed in the Chair Stand assessment across all study groups, with the greatest gains seen in those receiving DailyColours®. These findings indicate that DailyColours® may help support strength, mobility, and functional capacity during healthy ageing.
Why Is This Important?
Physical performance is more than fitness—it is a direct indicator of biological ageing. Lower-body strength and the ability to repeatedly rise from a chair are widely used clinical measures because they predict mobility, independence, frailty, and future health outcomes.
The improvements observed in the Exeter study suggest that the diverse phytochemicals in DailyColours® may positively influence the biological systems that underpin physical function. Supporting healthier inflammatory pathways, cellular resilience, and metabolic health may help preserve the physical capacity needed to remain active as we age.
Cognitive Health
What Did the Exeter Study Find?
Participants receiving DailyColours® demonstrated significant improvements in cognitive performance, with the greatest benefits observed in measures of attention and reaction time. Improvements were dose-dependent, with the strongest effects seen in participants receiving the clinically studied 750 mg DailyColours® dose.
Why Is This Important?
These findings demonstrate that DailyColours® can support important aspects of cognitive performance in adults within just 60 days.
Attention and reaction time are fundamental building blocks of cognitive health. They influence how quickly we process information, respond to our environment, concentrate on complex tasks, and maintain mental performance throughout daily life. These functions often begin to decline gradually with age, even before more noticeable cognitive impairment develops.
The DailyColours® Difference
The University of Exeter study is among the first human clinical trials to demonstrate that a supplement of Mediterranean-derived colour nutrients can significantly improve both physical and cognitive measures.
These functional improvements occurred alongside favourable changes in inflammatory and metabolic protein pathways, providing biological evidence that healthy ageing is supported through interconnected physiological systems rather than isolated biological targets.
This reinforces one of the central principles behind DailyColours®: healthy ageing is driven by multiple biological networks working together, not by a single pathway or a single molecule.
The study concluded:
"These findings underscore the potential of DailyColours® supplementation as an accessible approach for enhancing early-stage cognitive function in ageing populations."
Key Takeaway
Healthy ageing depends on maintaining both physical and cognitive function. The University of Exeter study demonstrated that DailyColours® significantly improved important measures of physical performance, attention, and reaction time in older adults within just 60 days. These findings provide clinical evidence that a systems biology approach inspired by the Mediterranean Diet can support healthier ageing by acting across multiple interconnected biological pathways.