This Saturday is International Men’s Day. It’s an annual opportunity to recognize the important men in our lives. It’s also a perfect time to talk about men’s health and wellness – something we advocate for every day here at Men’s Health Network. Knowing that Sanofi is committed to men’s health, as well, we recently teamed...Continue reading
Category: Nutrition
How Color Can Affect The Food We Eat
At a recent visit to a chain restaurant, I noticed that the description of each menu item included information about calories and fat. I immediately lost my appetite, but eventually relented and ordered a salad. On the way out, I asked the manager whether the new nutritional information had changed what customers were ordering. “Not...Continue reading
Avoid a Halloween Fright: Keep Your Medicines Up and Away From Children
For young children, those first Halloweens can be lots of fun—wearing costumes, staying up late, counting their haul of candy, and sneaking extra pieces when parents aren’t looking. But Halloween also worries me a bit because I’ve seen how easy it is for kids to mistake medicines for candies. As a dad, I know that...Continue reading
Healthy Lifestyle Tips: The Importance of a Nutrient-Dense Diet
Your health and the overall state of your body is greatly determined by what you eat. The nutrients in your food affect you both physically and mentally, so it’s important to make sure that you’re loading up on all the positive, super nutrients you need for optimal health. The recipe for success is pretty simple:...Continue reading
Raise Your Glass to the Health Benefits of Beer
Scientists have found that moderate beer drinking is associated with a number of very positive health outcomes. But the key word here is moderate, which we’re defining as one or two beers per day for men and one for women. Much more than that and you’ll increase your risk of developing the same conditions that...Continue reading
Too Much Protein, Not Enough Fiber
There’s no question that protein is important. It plays a role in just about everything that goes on in our body, keeping our bones and muscles strong; our nails, skin, and hair looking good; our internal organs running properly; and more. But the proliferation of high-protein products and the nonstop barrage of ads has got...Continue reading
Ferment Your Way to Optimal Health
There has been a rise in the flourishing and enthusiastic trend of experimenting with fermentation to enhance flavors and create healthier and more sustainable foods. Of course, fermentation is by no means a recent technique. It is ancient and there is evidence from the Neolithic period that suggests that there was intentional fermentation of fruit,...Continue reading
Obesity is Bad, Right? Well, Except When It’s Good.
We all know that obese people have worse outcomes than thinner people in nearly every possible health condition: stroke, diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, and even breast and colon cancers. But there is one specific type of cancer where obese people actually have a lower death rate than folks carrying a normal body weight....Continue reading
Want to Lose Weight? Drink Up!
According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), 74 percent of American men age 20 and older and 64 percent of women the same age are either overweight or obese. Those numbers have been creeping up for decades, and it looks like they’ll continue to do so for the foreseeable future. As Americans’ waistlines get...
9 Sure-Fire Benefits of Probiotics for Men
Probiotics, also called as the beneficial or good bacteria, are the microorganisms that are present in the gut. Good bacteria are mainly found in the intestines and are part of the intestinal flora. Men can get their daily dose of probiotics from fermented foods that include yogurt, sauerkraut, kefir, etc., but it would greatly benefit...Continue reading