DVT Risk Management Beyond The Socks

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Today’s 30-Second Summary

If you don’t have time to read the whole email today, here are some key takeaways:

• Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) has a lot of risk factors; some can’t be avoided, like age and genetics; others can

  • Today’s main feature looks at the increased risk following surgery, and what can be done about it beyond compression socks!

• How would you like your oral hygiene to be 250% better with no extra effort?

  • Today’s sponsor, LIVFRESH, have developed a gel that safely dissolves plaque without harming the teeth or gums. There’s science for it too, so do check out their website for that!

• Today’s featured recipe is a speedy, easy, ratatouille—a great way to get in plenty of vegetables for good health without skipping on taste.

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Q&A Thursday

It’s Q&A Day at 10almonds!

Have a question or a request? We love to hear from you!

In cases where we’ve already covered something, we might link to what we wrote before, but will always be happy to revisit any of our topics again in the future too—there’s always more to say!

As ever: if the question/request can be answered briefly, we’ll do it here in our Q&A Thursday edition. If not, we’ll make a main feature of it shortly afterwards!

So, no question/request too big or small 😎

❝I know I am at higher risk of DVT after having hip surgery, any advice beside compression stockings?❞

First of all, a swift and easy recovery to you!

Surgery indeed increases the risk of deep vein thrombosis (henceforth: DVT), and hip or knee surgery especially so, for obvious reasons.

There are other risk factors you can’t control, like genetics (family history of DVT as an indicator) and age, but there are some that you can, including:

• smoking (so, ideally don’t; do speak to your doctor before quitting though, in case withdrawal might be temporarily worse for you than smoking)

  • See also: Nicotine Benefits (That We Don’t Recommend)!

• obesity (so, losing weight is good if overweight, but if this is going to happen, it’ll mostly happen in the kitchen not the gym, which may be a relief as you’re probably not the very most up for exercise at present)

  • See also: Lose Weight, But Healthily

• sedentariness (so, while you’re probably not running marathons right now, please do try to keep moving, even if only gently)

  • See also: The Doctor Who Wants Us To Exercise Less, And Move More

Beyond that, yes compression socks, but also frequent gentle massage can help a lot to avoid clots forming.

Also, no surprises, a healthy diet will help, especially one that’s good for general heart health. Check out for example the Mediterranean DASH diet:

Four Ways To Upgrade The Mediterranean Diet

Also, obviously, speak with your doctor/pharmacist if you haven’t already about possible medications, including checking whether any of your current medications increase the risk and could be swapped for something that doesn’t.

Take care!

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Recipes Worth Sharing

Speedy Easy Ratatouille

One of the biggest contributing factors to unhealthy eating? The convenience factor. To eat well, it seems, one must have at least two of the following: money, time, and skill. So today we have a health dish that’s cheap, quick, and easy!

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One-Minute Book Review

Tactical Barbell Presents: Ageless Athlete – by Dr. Jim Madden

This is an approach to strength and fitness training specifically for the 50+ crowd, and/but even more specifically for the 50+ crowd who do not wish to settle for mediocrity. In short, it’s for those who not only wish to stay healthy and have good mobility, but also who wish to be and remain athletic.

It does not assume extant athleticism, but nor does it assume complete inexperience. It provides a fairly ground-upwards entry to a training program that then quickly proceeds to competitive levels of athleticism.

The author himself details his own journey from being in his 30s, overweight and unfit, to being in his 50s and very athletic, with before and after photos. Granted, those are 20 years in between, but all the same, it’s a good sign when someone gets stronger and fitter with age, rather than declining.

The style of the book is quite casual, and/but after the introductory background and pep talk, is quite pragmatic and drops the additional fluff. In particular, older readers may enjoy the “Old Workhorse” protocol, as a tailored measured progression system.

In terms of expected equipment by the way, some is bodyweight and some is with weights; kettlebells in particular feature strongly, since this is about functional strength and not bodybuilding.

In the category of criticism, he does refer to his other books and generally assumes the reader is reading all his work, so it may not be for everyone as a standalone book.

Bottom line: if you’re 50+ and are wondering how to gain/maintain a high level athleticism, this book can definitely help with that.

Click here to check out Ageless Athlete, and go from strength to strength!

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