The best sex of your life is still ahead of you...

AGE should be no barrier to a healthy sex life, according to health expert Dr Miriam Stoppard.

- Dr Miriam Stoppard tells HANNAH BRITT about how you can improve intimacy as you get older

For many years, the TV personality and author of more than 80 bestselling books has been giving out frank health advice.Now 88, she is just as direct when it comes to her tips on improving sex in later life in her new book, Sex, Drugs and Walking Sticks: A Guide to Living Your Best Life in Your 60s, 70s, 80s and Beyond.

“I'm here to tell you that you're missing out on great sex,” she says. “Intimacy in older age can be just as good, if not better, than it was when you were younger. I want people to continue to see themselves as sexual beings. Sex goes on and age is no reason for it to stop.”

Dr Miriam, who has sold more than 25 million books, wants older romantics to learn how to put the spark back into their sex lives.

“Consider it your antidote to ageism,” she says. “Your best sex of your life is still ahead of you if you want it. It's just there waiting to be woken up.”

Her upbeat tone, incredibly youthful appearance and inspiring message comes despite her fair share of knocks in recent years.