Life Hacks

Firstly, no, it’s not about aspirin, and/but let’s quickly touch on that first: This is actually a complicated one, and we covered it at length in a dedicated main feature. If you want a one-line summary, it’s “chronic low-dose aspirin use can lower overall CVD risk, but does not reduce CVD mortality or all-cause mortality,…

Most people know that peppermint is recommended for digestion, and we did a research review as to whether it works: How Useful Is Peppermint, Really? ← also covers its use against nausea! It does have its downsides too, as it can worsen gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), although by best current evidence, it seems that’s only…

Regular 10almonds readers will remember when we wrote about how coffee appears to be protective against frailty in older age. We say “appears to be”, because it was a longitudinal study and so technically we cannot say categorically that the link was causal, but the association is very strong, to the point that it’d take…

Spoiler: it effects some effects and amongst the effects it effects, it affects the affect. Let’s break that down: Chocolate will not cure all ills (but…) First, let us unravel our silly wordplay (because after all, Curiosity Kills The Neurodegeneration): So in other words, it meant: cocoa brings about some results, and amongst the results…

Endometriosis affects a lot of people, with common figures being cited as 1 in 7 women, or 1 in 10 women. Whatever the true prevalence, one thing is for certain: it sure is prevalent. And yet, the typical time it takes it get a diagnosis is around 9 years on average, with a range of…

Some people have a “sweet tooth”, others amongst us may be more of a bitter soul. Not like that—your writer here is a delight in all ways, but does enjoy unsweetened espresso ristretto, strong long-steeped green tea, dark leafy greens, and so forth. This has its merits, often because of the high polyphenol content of…

Microplastics are a growing problem. Not only that, it’s rather in their nature to be an increasingly growing problem within ourselves—that is to say, much like with heavy metals, they’re a lot easier to get into our body than they are to get out again, and that means they tend to accumulate. See for example:…

Some dementia-avoidance strategies are quite general, for example those we discussed in: How To Reduce Your Alzheimer’s Risk Some are quite specific, such as: The Other Alzheimer’s Risk Factor But, if you were to pick just 3 things to maximize your dementia-free years, what should those 3 things be? The most bang-for-buck things to avoid…

There are, of course, health risks that come with eating meat. See for example: The Whys and Hows of Cutting Meats Out Of Your Diet But, it’s very reasonable to be wary of making big changes! For this reason, we have previously asked (and answered) such questions as: Do We Need Animal Products To Be…

“Just lose weight” is advice that is not only usually unhelpful in and of itself, but it’s also a big vague. Weight can be a lot of things. Most of it isn’t even fat! See for example: When BMI Doesn’t Quite Measure Up ← for this and other flaws of the BMI system There are…

You probably know already that alcohol isn’t the best drink for liver. Even if you don’t drink enough for liver poisoning, there are still such issues as: Occasional Drinking? 3x Risk Of Liver Scarring It turns out that your poor liver cannot even catch a break with soft drinks: Soft Drinks & Your Liver: Sugar…

Cognitive decline is generally thought of as one of the most relevant-to-daily-life aspects of aging, and for that reason, combatting age-related cognitive decline is more important to a lot of people than, say, reducing wrinkles. Before we get into the main part of it today, let’s drop a quick recap for anyone not up-to-speed with…