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More Health Risks From Cinnamon
Plus: how to do a forward fold for the first time
The 10almonds Team
July 09, 2025
Good morning 👋
10almonds tip: dry-brushing your face (and indeed, anywhere else on your body) improves local circulation—and with it, not just complexion, but also the skin’s ability to minimize inflammation.
In today’s email we cover cinnamon-related health risks, how to do a forward fold, and biohacking to “futureproof” your health.
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Watch and Learn
How To Do A Forward Fold For The First Time
Often considered to be an important test of flexibility (“can you touch your toes?”), here’s how to do it:
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One-Minute Book Review
Futureproof: Build Resilience, Feel Younger, Live Longer – by Davinia Taylor
The goal here is to put tools in the readers’ hands to (per the subtitle) “build resilience, feel younger, live longer”. The author herself is not a doctor or scientist, but a supplement company CEO and social media influencer—which means that in this book you’ll find quite a bit of awareness of health science advances made in the past 15 years, and no hard science.
In terms of health advocacy, one strength of this book is how it highlights, and puts into numbers, the time lag in “translational research”. What that means is that the most ground-breaking research discovering things now, won’t actually make its way through the system to become advice your doctor gives, for about 17 years on average. Which might be longer than you want to wait to address some problem.
She also, while not advocating for extreme changes, does tackle the idea of “relax, have fun, enjoy a little treat” when very often the “little treat” in question is alcohol addiction or obesity or a sedentary lifestyle or such—things that while they may present their comforts, often do not correlate to improving quality of life on balance, and indeed, often quite the contrary.
Her dietary advice is a little hit-and-miss; while she discourages ultraprocessed foods, she encourages getting plenty of dairy, something strongly associated with inflammation.
The style is very direct and personable, and/but has a normal British amount of casual swearing that might shock some American readers. The book is very jargon-free, and scientific concepts are presented in very simple terms, making this accessible to all. There is a modest bibliography, mostly to back up statistics.
Bottom line: if you’d like a book that has a fair “finger on the pulse” of modern longevity-promoting biohacking, but that isn’t a very dense read, then you’ll enjoy this.
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Wishing you a wonderful Wednesday full of wellness,
The 10almonds Team
