Men's Health Package

Men's HealthOver 200,000 words organized under five main topic areas. The selection of materials compiled by the editors of Harvard Health Publications focuses on the health and lifestyle concerns specific to men including: exercise and nutrition, mental health, urological concerns and common health concerns.

EXERCISE AND NUTRITION
MENTAL HEALTH
UROLOGICAL CONCERNS
JUST FOR MEN: COMMON HEALTH CONCERNS
PREVENTION AND SCREENING


EXERCISE AND NUTRITION

Healthy Eating

Healthy Eating: A Guide to the New Nutrition (view sample)

The Healthy Heart

The Healthy Heart: Preventing and Treating Coronary Artery Disease

Exercise and aging

Exercise and Aging:
Can you Walk Away from Father Time (view sample)
New research indicates that—while not exactly a fountain of youth—exercise can reverse some of the physiological signs of aging and reduce overall disease and mortality.

Leisure time exercise

Leisure Time Exercise
Covers the impact of increasing amounts of leisure time and how you can include exercise into your leisure activities. Includes a reference chart on activities that compares amount of time versus effort.

Stretching for health

Stretching for Health
Discusses health and fitness benefits of stretching. Includes illustrated examples of a variety of stretches.

Flaxseed oil

Flaxseed Oil: Healthful or Harmful for Men?
Discusses the components (healthy fats and lignans) responsible for the healthful properties of flax seed and flax seed oil. Covers why a person might want to include these in the diet and how to go about doing so.

Angling for health

Angling for Health: Which Fish Should you Eat?
Describes the health benefits of regular fish consumption, which include protection against heart disease (citing the Cardiovascular Health Study), strokes, age-related mental decline, and prostate cancer. Addresses the safety of fish consumption.

Whole grains

Whole Grains: Why the Fuss?
What whole grains are, their history and their value.

Diet wars I

Diet Wars I: How do you Measure Up?
Discusses the current American epidemic of high rates of obesity. Gives charts that help you find out if you are healthy or overweight and if you have the riskier type of obesity.

Diet wars II

Diet Wars II: How do the Plans Measure Up?
Compares the different types of diets, including low-fat, low-carb and the Mediterranean diet.

Harvard Commentaries

HARVARD COMMENTARIES ON HEALTH

  • Burning Calories with Exercise
  • Plyometric Exercise
  • Tighten Your Abs
  • Spin Your Way to Fitness
  • Can Nutritional Supplements Enhance Athletic Performance? (Part 1)
  • Can Nutritional Supplements Enhance Athletic Performance? (Part 2)

Ask The Expert

ASK-THE-EXPERT

  • Does eating soy products on a daily basis adversely affect testosterone levels?
  • Does eating a low-carb, high-protein diet affect testosterone levels? Are there foods that should be avoided or consumed by a person with low testosterone levels?

Interactive Tools

INTERACTIVE TOOLS

  • Body Mass Index Calculator
  • Desk Exercises
  • Exercise Quiz
  • Your Body, by the Numbers
  • Caffeine Quiz
  • Chocolate Quiz
 

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