Better Than The Mediterranean?

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Did you know that July is Disability Pride Month? If not, then now you do! It’s a time for bringing awareness to often-misunderstood disabilities, and campaigning for better treatment (medically and socially). And let’s face it, most people become disabled in some way at some point, even if temporarily, or as a consequence of some chronic health condition that isn’t itself a disability, but sure is disabling. So, even if we did not care about our fellow humans, this would still be something that is ultimately relevant for all of us!

In today’s email we cover the dietary approach that beats the Med for weight loss and against inflammation, vaginal estrogen mythbusting, and healing from the inside out.

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Today’s Main Feature

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Watch and Learn

5 Vaginal Estrogen Myths

Dr. Jennifer Roelands, gynecologist, explains:

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This Or That?

Vote on Which is Healthier

Yesterday we asked you to choose between cauliflower and eggplant—we picked the (click here to read about why), as did 65% of you!

Now for today’s choice:

Click on whichever you think is better for you!

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One-Minute Book Review

Cured: Strengthen Your Immune System & Heal Your Life – by Dr. Jeffrey Rediger

Our body (for most of us, at least), has a powerful immune system to not only keep pathogens at bay, but also deal with things that are often “inside-job” threats, such as cancer.

Of course, it can only do that if it is kept in good form, which includes nourishing it well and other such lifestyle factors. These Dr. Rediger discusses chapter-by-chapter in the first part of the book.

The second part of the book is given over to more psychological matters, and specifically, psychosomatic matters. Now, in popular parlance, “psychosomatic” is often used to mean “you’re imagining it”, but in medicine/science that’s not what it means at all; rather it is about how psychological factors affect physiological (and thus: somatic) processes.

Assuming you already know about lifestyle medicine, in which case the first part of the book may be superfluous for you, more of the practical value will come from the second part of the book, with explanations of how to improve one’s own regenerative abilities from the brain down.

The style is very old-school pop-science for such a relatively recent book (published 2021); from the style alone we could be forgiven for thinking it was from the 70s–90s, but the content reveals a more modern perspective than that. Dr. Rediger likes telling stories, and as such there are many lengthy anecdotes about patients with various conditions and how their healing journeys went. This is informative and illustrative, but case studies will always feel cherry-picked, so we generally prefer more robust science. On which note, there is a bibliography at the back, so it’s not all anecdotal, of course.

Bottom line: if you like minimal hard science and a lot of illustrative stories, this book will be one you’ll enjoy curling up with.

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Penny For Your Thoughts?

Wishing you a wonderful Wednesday full of wellness,

The 10almonds Team