How old are you?

You’re way hotter than your thoughts think you are. Anon.

GM 🦁 This is Andrew's Apples, the health email that makes you sick but not ill. In under 2 min. Let's go.

1. 😋 Need tahini now. Food, unlike anything else we consume, becomes a part of us. In one pipe and out the other, while the good and bad components stick around as they please. The study of metabolic health is figuring out which inputs leave plenty of good and little of the bad so that we have ample energy to, y'know, live. Tahini, as far as we know, is one of the good guys. If you haven't heard of it, think of tahini as the superfood version of peanut butter, expect it's made from crushed sesame seeds. "Regularly eating tahini is linked to lower cholesterol levels, reduced risk of cardiovascular disease, and decreased cancer incidence." Plus, it tastes really good.

2. 🕰️ How old are you (really)? When someone asks that question, they probably mean how many years have you been on this planet? We call that chronological age. Longevity experts, once fringe weirdos in health-obsessed enclaves, are now slipping into the mainstream with another angle: biological age. Consider it a "credit score" of your overall health based on diet, sleep, movement levels, body fat, and much more. Your years here is but one factor in the calculation. Alongside identity politics, climate change, and mental health... biological age can be added to the short list of Things People Really Care About. For better and for worse. People already track their steps, blood glucose, sleep patterns, which for my money are the beginnings of the transhumanist chapter of developed nations. Technology, like nature, has no opinion of you, but its master does. All we can hope and shoot for is that said masters want to preserve our youth. Yet who the heck wants to live forever?

3. 🌊 The French waters. France is know for two things: Paris (both the place and the concept) and not working. The latest to come from the latter is hydrotherapy (a.k.a. water cures or thermal spas). In our current age of decadence, we can indulge in "self-care" in a way that our ancestors would likely find confusing and disturbing: blowing freezing cold and scalding hot water in hard-to-see areas of the human body. And even if a European collectivist government is covering some of the cost, this remains a rich person activity. But does it work? Like many of today's proposed solutions to mental health, if you think it works... what more do you need? The science, in a way, is in your head.

4. 🕊️ Tweet of the Day. The Italians have a similar word for this - sprezzatura - which means a "studied carelessness." Whether or not it's studied, keeping a lightness about you will serve you well in these ever turbulent times. Most people are worriers and some even usher worry into their lives to fill a void; anyone light with levity in 2022 will be treated like a decorated King.

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Your friend,

Andrew🍎

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