Life Hacks

Poor sleep is not good for any aspect of health, including memory: What Would Happen If You Didn’t Sleep? But if sleeping better isn’t an option, what can we do about it? Well-timed exercise can mitigate it In the short-term, at least; the research is not yet there for how sustainable this is, although given…

Testosterone is in the news lately in the US, mostly due to the country’s Secretary of Defense wanting to increase the effectiveness of soldiers. You can read about it here, for example: Pete Hegseth wants a testosterone-fueled military. The science doesn’t back the macho fantasy However, here in the real world, testosterone will not turn…

“Runner’s high” is the experience of euphoria that can come about from sustained exercise such as running. Popular wisdom holds that this is a matter of endorphins, which are indeed typically released when we exercise. However, while that can certainly explain increased pain tolerance (due to endorphins’ activity on opioid receptors), blocking opioid receptors has…

We recently talked about how You May Have More Air Pollution In Your Home Than In The Street, but now here’s a more positive reason to take the same action (i.e., get cleaner indoor air). Specifically, the latest research shows how a HEPA filter air purifier can be… A breath of fresh air for your…

Of course, there are a lot of things that one can do for general healthy longevity. We wrote about some of the top ones, here: These Top Few Things Make The Biggest Difference To Health But what, specifically, of brain health? Well, there are a lot of things for that too, but here’s one with…

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:…