The men in my family have a history of acting on impulse. My father once got drunk on St. Patrick’s day, painted his horse green, and rode bareback into a honky tonk with a woman who wasn’t my mother. His booze-fueled bent for B.S. and mayhem came from my grandfather, who I’m told was the most charming sot, liar, and cheat in Ada County, Idaho
Is Being a ‘Weekend Warrior’ Actually Good For You?
Federal guidelines recommend that you spend at least 2.5 hours a week on moderate intensity exercise, or 75 minutes on vigorous exercise. But what happens if you’re so swamped during the week that you only have time to squeeze in your workouts on the weekend?
Is Being a ‘Weekend Warrior’ Actually Good For You?
Why You Should Try Meditating While Running (and How to Do It)
I’m running down Kelly Drive in Philadelphia on an unseasonably warm fall day, my sneakers softly thudding against the ground. As I run, I notice a young boy skateboarding on the street, and the way his red hat flops to the side. I pass dry-looking trees and plump geese gathered in the grass next to the trail, and a couple kissing on a rock overlook. I notice the way the water ripples as a racing shell cuts cleanly through the center of the Schuylkill River and glides away from me.
Why You Should Try Meditating While Running (and How to Do It)
Steps to better digestion this holiday season
Cheer and goodwill aren’t the only things Americans share during the holiday season. We also swap germs, overindulge in seasonal foods and spirits, and stew in stress – all of which can lead to digestive woes.
Steps to better digestion this holiday season
7 important holiday travel health tips
Despite the stress associated with packing, traveling, visiting family and buying gifts, there are many joyful and relaxing moments during the holidays.
7 important holiday travel health tips
Health benefits of watermelon Seeds
Watermelon is an extremely popular fruit. While we all enjoy eating this sweet refreshing fruit, we usually discard the tiny seeds scattered in it without realising or rather knowing of their health benefits. These seeds are loaded with nutrients including fatty acids, essential proteins and lots of minerals. These seeds are rich in vitamin B like thiamine, niacin, folate and minerals like magnesium, potassium, manganese, iron, zinc, phosphorus and copper. Besides, they are a great source of calories with 100 grammes of watermelon seeds providing around 600 grammes of calories.
Health benefits of watermelon Seeds
Men: Feel Young and Frisky–Again
Start running. When British researchers compared 10 men, 55 to 65 years old who ran at least 40 miles a week, with 10 sedentary men of the same age, they found that the runners had higher levels of certain hormones.
Men: Feel Young and Frisky–Again
A Guy’s Guide for Boosting His Biological Clock
It’s a concern more men are facing than ever before. Having babies, and waiting too long to have them. That’s right, men have biological clocks too, and they are ticking. A recent study shows male infertility is on the rise. In fact, it’s men who now make of 40-50% of the infertility cases across the globe. Fertility expert Stephen Bollinger shared his “guy’s guide to boosting his biological clock.”
A Guy’s Guide for Boosting His Biological Clock
Most men don’t realise age is a factor in their fertility too
Most people want to have children sometime in their life and expect this will happen when the time is right for them. In Australia, the “right” time to have a first child has shifted from being in the mid-twenties a few decades ago to around 30 today. In 1991, less than a quarter (23%) of women having their first child were over the age of 30. In 2012 this had risen to more than half (55%).