When you were younger you had rippling muscles. You felt as if you were brimming with testosterone, the true epitome of the macho man, but now that you are older, your muscles don’t seem quite as strong. They appear miniscule, weak and feminine. Your perceived (and actual) levels of testosterone are waning. You want to rectify this undoing, and so you turn to protein, in the form of lean meat and nonfat/low-fat dairy. Both have proven to maximize the amount of testosterone present after strength training, which in turn builds muscle mass. You have been happy so far. Your muscles are looking much as they used to, and you feel stronger. But, there is one problem: your glass of milk or low-fat slice of cheese, your muscle maker, may be giving you prostate cancer.

Two separate studies recently linked nonfat/low-fat dairy products to prostate cancer. In the first, researchers examined the diets of 82,483 men, 4,404 of whom developed prostate cancer. They found that nonfat/low-fat dairy products heightened the risk of localized and non-aggressive tumors, while whole milk decreased the risk. In the second study, 293,888 men found that skim milk increased the risk of advanced prostate cancer, even as it decreased the risk of non-advanced prostate cancer. So what should you do? Do you really have to choose between cancer and weakness?

First, you should note that the leaders of the prostate-cancer studies did not end their reports with a suggestion to abandon dairy. Instead, they concluded that more in depth research needed to be conducted to fully understand the analyses’ results. Furthermore, there is never a situation in which you should abandon a product without looking back (unless, of course, we’re talking about something completely unnecessary). It’s not as if you are drinking gallons of skim milk a day (if you are, you are taking the protein recommendations to a frightening place). If you keep everything within the prescribed guidelines (protein, calcium, etc.), you should be able to strengthen your muscles without weakening your health.�

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The problem first arose in prevention. Attempting to protect your prostate with a low-carb diet could do a number on your heart if you chose to limit breads but maximize meats. You conquered that, however, by intelligently creating a balanced diet that worked to maintain all facets of health. But your body worked against you, and you are currently being treated for prostate cancer, going through hormone therapy. Since the treatment raises your risk of cardiovascular disease, you are also taking a daily baby aspirin. You feel once again that you have won. You have successfully (if all continues as it should) bested two life-ending diseases. But that’s not necessarily true.

Studies have found that the combination of hormone and aspirin therapy can shorten a man’s life. The two treatments interact, altering liver function to the point that one, usually the hormone therapy, must be stopped. If a prostate-cancer patient does not complete this therapy, he is 3.5 times more likely to die, particularly since this is the most common form of treatment and additional options are limited.

If you are undergoing hormone therapy and regularly taking aspirin (baby or adult), you must consider which treatment is the most beneficial. The aspirin may simply be a means of prevention or a method of pain relief – a tool that while helpful, is not urgently necessary. Should that be the case, you and your doctor may want to consider temporarily halting aspirin therapy until your hormone therapy is complete. If, on the other hand, the aspirin therapy is vital to keeping you healthy and functioning, you and your doctor need to have a different talk. You have to determine what the best path is - what is the option that will keep you alive, because that is what we are all rooting for. That is what is most important.

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There are certain things in certain cabinets you don’t touch. In the bathroom, the tampons, hot wax, makeup and various sprays are hands-off. In the bedroom, you avoid her clothes, and in the kitchen, you stick with the manly vitamins, ignoring the “multivitamins for her”, feminine bottle of . . . something, and folate. But that’s where you are making a mistake, with the folate at least.

Folic acid is not just for women. Yes, it is important for them to take as it protects against spina bifida and other neural tube defects, but the nutrient’s power is not limited to the feminine sphere. Men need it, too, and for similar reasons.

A study of 89 healthy, nonsmoking men found that those who consumed the most folic acid, whether through supplements or diet, had 20 to 30 percent fewer abnormal sperm. Specifically, the frequency of aneuploidy, a condition in which the sperm either loses or gains a chromosome, was reduced. For these men and their partners then, conception and a successful pregnancy were more likely while chromosomal disorders such as Down’s Syndrome were less so.

If you’ve been ignoring folate, stop. You should be getting 400 micrograms a day unless you’re trying to have a baby; then, you should be getting more. Eat a variety of leafy greens, ensure that your cereals and breads are fortified, and grab a supplement - not hers, buy your own. This is one vitamin that is most definitely not just for her.

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What’s a man’s worst fear? Impotence. Okay, it may not be his worst fear but it is one of the top ten, which is why any procedure that could affect sexual performance is agonized over not just by the men but by doctors as well. If there’s a risk of impotency, confidence falters, and procedures are delayed, furthering health risks. So it is always with much relief that practices with the potential to save lives, such as adult circumcision, are deemed 100% sex-safe. But for many procedures the findings are not always so cut and dry. Your imminent prostate surgery being one of them, as research has been nothing but contradictory.

Depending on where you look, you will unearth both negative and positive outcomes. On the one hand, 97 percent of men achieve an erection adequate for intercourse, post-recovery; on the other, only 47 percent return to their normal sex lives. Which do you believe?

Sadly, the latter is the more truthful of the two studies. An adequate erection in the eyes of a doctor is not necessarily the same as an adequate erection in the eyes of a man. Coming out of prostate surgery, you will more than likely not experience the same sexual prowess as you did prior, but you can combat this by accepting your fate and treating it.

Erectile dysfunction drugs were created for a reason. They may not eliminate all occasions of impotency, but they will lessen the frequency. Talk with your doctor before the surgery and after about which ones are best for you. Do not believe that you know more than he and grab one willy-nilly from the nearest outlet without consultation. That could lead to more problems and a never-ending occurrence of potential impotence.

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Genetic testing - it’s the latest must-do for women. Having it will determine if you have the genes that increase your risk of breast cancer. If you do, you’ll be able to take even more precautions when creating a prevention plan, devoting a considerable amount of time and energy to self-exams, mammograms and a healthy lifestyle. The test is recommended for women with a family history of breast cancer, but they aren’t the only ones who should have it done. Men should, too.

Breast cancer, while more prevalent in women, affects a growing number of men each year. Approximately 2,030 new cases develop annually and many end fatally. Most men don’t consider themselves to be “at risk”, especially if they don’t have the dreaded man boobs, but they are. Men, like women, have breast cells and so are susceptible to the deadly disease. Obesity, age, liver disease, alcohol consumption, estrogen treatment and radiation exposure increase the risk, as do family history and genetics - two things, when it comes to breast cancer, nearly all men disregard.

In a survey of 24 men whose female relatives had been found to have the breast cancer-linked genes, only five knew that that risk transferred over to them. The others assumed that since the disease was a “woman’s cancer”, only women could have the genes or the genes only affected women. They were oblivious to their risk, completely in the dark about a possibility that could be up to seven times greater than thought. And that’s only for breast cancer. If the genes are there, the chances of developing pancreatic or prostate cancer are heightened, as well.

If you are a man with a family history of breast cancer or have relatives who have tested positive after genetic analyses, consider getting tested yourself. Knowing that you have the genes won’t prevent the disease on its own, but it will help. 

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The handshake: it comes in many forms - firm, limp, wet, dry, full-hand, four-finger, as part of the man-hug, awkward or smooth - and offers the recipient a view into the shaker’s personality. If the palms are damp, there’s a perceived lack of confidence. If the grip is bone-crushing, there’s an implied message of superiority and possibly a threat. You are well aware that how you shake will affect the way people view you, whether they walk away with a positive or negative image and whether they will give you a chance to prove yourself further, but you may not know that the handshake also serves as a measure of health.

A firm grip denotes a healthier body. Individuals who shake well tend to live longer, recover more quickly from injury, have a higher bone density and have a greater fat-free body mass. For men, it signals that they are more masculine than their limper companions. Their body tends to be the desired V shape (broad shoulders, thin waist), and their muscle, as felt through their fingers, ripples strongly from head to toe. Unsurprisingly, the healthy, male hand-shaker also has more sexual experience, charming the ladies from the initial grasp.

Clearly then, you want to have a firm grip. You want your handshake to wow the shakee immediately. Unfortunately, much of your grasp is genetic. You can’t magically transform naturally weak into decidedly strong, but you can give it a little boost. Men’s Health offers you a few tips on how to improve your grip and tone the rest of your muscle while you’re at it. Should they not work, at the very least, avoid the following faux pas the next time you offer your hand:

• Dampness - sweaty palms will turn even the firmest handshake into an undesirable experience. If you perspire regularly and even more so when nervous, avoid fisting your hands (it generates more sweat) and carry a tissue with you to wipe them dry before meet and greets.
• Ego Clamps - you want firm not bone-breaking. Overpowering the shake’s recipient is going to send messages that are less than complimentary. In fact, it’s going to say that you have a complex fueled by excessive testosterone.
• Barely Theres - you can’t just throw your hand into the air and expect your job to be done. You actually have to grasp and shake, unless you want to be seen as an uninterested, feminine, insecure man. 
• Complexity - the hand slapping, multi-step maneuvers are all well and good when you’re fooling around with your friends, but when you’re trying to impress an employer or member of the opposite sex the last thing you want to do is confuse them with a six-minute handshake. Keep it simple, look them in the eye and be firm. 

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Pregnancy pushes the belly out and leans the body back. By all rights, the heavily pregnant woman should tip over, toppling to the ground with all the grace of a wavering bowling pin. But evolution has made sure that she doesn’t.  It’s provided her with a lower spine that is more flexible and stronger than a man’s. It stretches the lumbar over three rather than two vertebrae and ensures that she can remain on her feet for nine months of infant gestation (should she want to of course). Essentially, evolution has kept the females of the species upright . . . if only the same could be said for men.

Evolution has instead essentially knocked men off their feet by providing them with an inherent love of risk.  The years in which great feats of physical valor were rewarded with fawning females and reproductive rights have taught males to throw caution to the wind and live on the wild side. In the most extreme cases, it has driven them to take up sports such as bull riding, cave diving and mountain climbing (activities open to both sexes but dominated by the young bucks),  and dive off of buildings, out of planes or from bridges with nothing but a cord preventing death. In the more mild instances, it has pushed the men to weave in and out of traffic on bicycles, run naked into freezing water and drive in a “testosterone-influenced” manner. As a result, men are the more accident-prone gender, dying from such injuries twice as often as women. In fact, unintentional injury is the third leading cause of death among American men and THE leading cause of death among those under age 44.

Lowering the accident rate among males could eliminate 1/3 of the deaths every year. It could save millions of lives. But how can this be done when evolution has trained the modern man to embrace his inner Neanderthal? You can’t simply undo what hundreds of years have done. You can, however, raise consciousness. If men — if you, are slightly more aware of the dangers you are exposing yourself too, you may halt that exposure or, at the very least, take more precautions. You may opt for the less extreme sport – skiing instead of heli skiing. You may live longer or simply not die because of your own stupidity. Either way, it’s a win.

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At a pre-Grammy party, this past weekend, David Beckham caused a fan to faint with one kiss on the cheek. The touch of his lips was powerful enough to buckle her knees and set the room spinning, which certainly says something about the man, the kiss and the woman. You may think that it demonstrates the female infatuation with celebrity and the boons of being a world-famous soccer player, but you’re a man. You see kissing as an early-on-in-the relationship necessity, a path to the bedroom and a way to end a fight, any fight. Women, on the other hand, see much, much more.

For a woman, the kiss is a method of assessment. It determines whether a relationship is possible, whether a man cares for himself and her, and whether or not the night will end in sex or a cold shower (for you). It is an extremely intimate act that creates or breaks a bond between two people, and it is necessary throughout the entire relationship. Whether it is your first date or your fiftieth anniversary, you have to put some effort into the kiss, because the woman you are kissing is judging you and the state of your bond. No, you don’t have to make her swoon. After the first-time ego-boost, that type of reaction would become old (and possibly dangerous) quickly. But you do have to make it good. So how do you do that? Continue Reading >>

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If you want to know the truth, women are undeniably attracted to a well-defined bicep. I don’t mean a frightening, I-could-crush-you-with-my-pinky-finger bulge but rather a nice-looking, toned flex. There’s something about that muscle mass that just makes our stomachs flip. So it couldn’t hurt, female-wise, if you built a little bicep, but don’t let that be your only reason for lifting.

Muscle mass does more than increase your odds with the girl next door;  it lengthens your life, too. A recent study of 4,107 men between the ages of 60 and 79 found that those with bigger biceps had a lower mortality rate.  They were less likely to die over the course of the six-year analysis. And if their waists were tiny, their lives were that much longer.  So clearly, you want to bulk the arms and slim the waist, but how do you do it with limited time and no clue where to start?

You turn to an expert for advice. No, I’m not alleging that that’s me. It could be a trainer at the gym, your bodybuilding neighbor or your overly muscular brother. I’m sure they can offer you more guidance than you could ever want. However, if you don’t even have time to talk to them, check out the workout from Men’s Health, designed to burn fat and build muscle with the following timesaving moves:

• Dumbbell Sumo Squat - With your feet six inches wider than shoulder-width apart, hold a dumbbell vertically between your legs. Place your hands under the top of the weight. Slowly squat down until the dumbbell touches the floor. Pause and return to the starting position.
• Dumbbell Romanian Deadlift - With your feet shoulder-width apart and knees slightly bent, hold a pair of dumbbells in front of your thighs. Push your hips back, lowering the weights just below your knees and keeping your head and chest up. Pause and return to the starting position.
• Push Press - Hold a pair of dumbbells at your shoulders with an overhand grip. Keeping your feet shoulder-width apart and knees slightly bent, push up with your legs as you push the dumbbells towards the ceiling. Pause and lower your arms.

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No man wants prostate cancer, yet many develop it. Tumors form and grow, worsening the disease, taking it to increasingly severe and painful levels. Slowing the growth will slow the cancer. However, you, like most people, don’t know how to do that, so you turn to research, which offers a continual stream of advice. Most recently, scientists lauded a low-carb diet.  Limit your carbohydrates and you will limit the spread of prostate cancer. Increase them, and you will have a lesser chance of survival and larger tumors. Listening to this, you decide that bread has become your enemy. You should shun it. You should trade in your carbohydrates for anything else. But before you do, take a moment to think.

Limiting carbohydrates may be the magic cure for prostate cancer, and if that’s the case, you, as a concerned male, should attempt to lessen your intake. However, don’t think that limiting carbs gives you a license to increase all other foods. It doesn’t. You cannot trade in one evil for another. The Atkins diet is proof of this.  Individuals abandon carbohydrates only to drastically increase their fat and protein consumption. As such, they turn a weight-loss decision into a health-loss one. When they stop losing weight yet maintain the diet, their cholesterol soars, along with the other markers of heart disease.  They solve one problem by increasing the likelihood of a heart attack, which is exactly what you would do if you attempted to fight prostate cancer by abandoning carbs without considering all aspects of your diet.

What you should do, then, is examine your life and determine how you can best maintain all levels of health. Figure out which diet, which inclusions and which omissions will fight both cancer and heart disease or both obesity and aging. The specific ailment is unimportant. The message applies to them all. You can not combat one condition by welcoming another. That will only dig you deeper and deeper into a pit of ill health. Listen to the researchers, yes, but listen to common sense as well. You know what will keep you healthy.

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It is the brunt of endless jokes. Nearly every sitcom has touched upon it at least once, a season. It’s the last thing a man wants to experience, the one thing he prays won’t happen. He sweats over the possibility of hearing, “Don’t worry. It happens to everyone,” and calms himself by swearing he won’t be one of the many. However, regardless of endless reassurances, he probably will be. Erectile dysfunction affects approximately 52 percent of men between 40 and 70.  It leaves guys of all ages incapable of satisfying their sexual needs, frustrating them in every way imaginable. It is a real problem, with real causes.

Erectile dysfunction can occur for any number of reasons, both mental and physical. If a man is in the throes of depression or experiencing extreme stress, anxiety or fatigue, he’s fairly likely to sexually malfunction. Physical conditions, such as diabetes-related nerve damage, cardiovascular diseases, alcoholism, hormonal disorders and prescription-medication reactions increase the risk as well.  But those aren’t the only causes. A man could be physically and mentally healthy, yet still not making headway in the bedroom. Why? Blame the cigarette. A study of 4,763 healthy Chinese men found that smoking significantly increased the occurrence of erectile dysfunction. Men who had up to 10 cigarettes a day heightened their risk by 27 percent. Men who had between 11 and 20 increased it by 45 percent, and those, who surpassed 20, saw a 65 percent surge. Even more distressing was that even guys who quit smoking were more likely to experience erectile dysfunction.  The end message, then, is don’t start if you haven’t and if you have . . . well, at least there’s help. Continue Reading >>

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