Or happy birthday to Clara Barton (born: 1821), who, amongst other important contributions to the field of humanitarianism and nursing, founded the American Red Cross after learning about the original Red Cross in 1869 in Switzerland, and petitioned for the United States to set up an American branch. The US wasn’t keen (the President at the time, Hayes, considered it was unnecessary, as such calamities only affected other countries), and it took her consistent campaigning from 1873–1881 to eventually get it founded.
Here’s to her dogged determination in caring for human life!

In today’s email we cover the commonly-prescribed painkiller that barely works and is dangerous, glucomannan, and 5 simple exercises that reverse aging.

Quick question: how’s your vision?
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Our partner VSP is offering comprehensive vision plans from $13/month.

Click here to see if they’d benefit you 😎

Your body neither knows nor cares how many times you’ve flown around the sun. It does know and care what you’ve done with it. And that’s how much of biological aging works. A lot of it is about mobility, strength, keeping your posture good and thus your organs safe.

These exercises keep us young in those ways, while also providing modest metabolic benefits—slowing aging from the cellular level upwards:

Prefer text? The above video will take you to a 10almonds page with a text overview, as well as the video!

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VSP members save an average of more than $350* a year on their vision care:

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Yesterday we asked you to choose between carrot and turnip—we picked the carrots (click here to read about why), as did 71% of you!

Now for today’s choice:

Click on whichever you think is better for you!

Wishing you a very merry Christmas and a healthful new year,

The 10almonds Team