What's Your Vascular Dementia Risk?

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! ☘️

The day is typically given a lot more attention in the US than it is back in Ireland, often with people wishing to celebrate their ancestral roots—perhaps also why there are more learners of Irish on the language-learning app Duolingo than there are people in Ireland! See also: An Underrated Tool Against Alzheimer’s ← this is about the benefits of learning another language (any language, even if just to a very basic level; it’s about the learning process as much as it is about the resultant extra language)

In today’s email we cover “life’s simple 7” metrics vs vascular dementia & more, skincare myths, and aging for beginners.

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Today’s Main Feature

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Watch and Learn

Anti-Aging Myths This Dermatologist Wants You To Stop Believing

Dermatologist Dr. Sam Ellis lays all bare:

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One-Minute Book Review

Aging For Beginners – by Ezra Bayda & Elizabeth Hamilton

This one’s not about how to avoid aging, but rather, how to be at peace with whatever aging may be happening, perhaps despite our best efforts.

The book is dedicated:

It’s a stark reminder that old age is a privilege that many do not get to enjoy, thanks to poverty, disease, wars, and accidents and incidents along the way.

So, how to go about making the very most of what we have, for those of us who are perhaps going gray in a comfortable, safe environment?

The answer may surprise you: the authors tackle things head-on without dressing old age up in euphemisms or platitudes—they cover not just the physical decline that typically occurs eventually, but also the impact of the physical pain that this may bring, the way this may play into loneliness and helplessness, and perhaps anxiety and/or depression. And, of course, the topic of grief and loss, that for most of us becomes all the more part of our lives as we get older. For that matter, our own mortality is also something the authors come back to from start to finish.

Thus, this is not necessarily a cheerful book—but it gives the tools such that we can be cheerful about life in general, in the face of all the aforementioned things, without pretending that things that are not good are good, just, making our peace with what is, and making the most out of what we have.

The authors are Zen teachers with decades of experience, and this book is heavily influenced by Zen principles. And yes, it does teach meditation too, but that’s just one tool in the toolbox.

The style is deep and yet very readable, heavy of tone and at the same time inspiring of lightness of heart.

Bottom line: if you’d like to worry less about aging (while still doing all you want to stay young), this book can certainly help with that.

Click here to check out Aging For Beginners, and be at peace with yourself.

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The 10almonds Team