Category: Men’s Health

Take Advantage of These 10 Healthiest Drinks – Be Healthy

After a long weekend of binge drinking with friends, a friend’s wedding or after a weekend getaway, here are the two words going through your mind: liquid diet. This trend of detoxing your body caught on a few years back. Having proved effective in providing sufficient hydration to the body, it strengthens your muscles and is much easier to execute than a regular diet with solid food.

Since we all have tried (and then some) this form of dietary nutrition, we thought of bringing you the drinks that are safe to binge on. Here’s a list of the top ten healthiest drinks in the world, and why your body can never have enough of them.liquid2 Continue reading “Take Advantage of These 10 Healthiest Drinks – Be Healthy” →

Get Ready for Monsoon – Useful Tips for You

It is the time for monsoons. If you’re a rainy season person then you might be looking forward to tucking in with a hot cuppa while in bed as it thunders and storms outside or going for a long walk with the drizzle for company. But this change of weather brings with it a lot of cause for concern.

But before you slip into your rain wear and pick the next hike in the mountains, watch out for a few things. The monsoon looks like a fun season, but it brings with it the danger of a lot of diseases and health effects. There is a higher risk of allergies and infections and the spread of water-borne diseases is much higher. Also, since there is minimum sunlight, bacteria and viruses thrive in this weather, attacking our immune system.rain5

So just at the onset of the monsoons, we thought we would prepare a short checklist of things that you need to go through to make sure you’re weather ready. Right from your diet, clothing and exercise your routine would need to be modified slightly to accommodate the  season of the rains. Continue reading “Get Ready for Monsoon – Useful Tips for You” →

Are You Wearing Healthy?

Recently, an American woman lost all muscle control when she collapsed after spending a whole day wearing skinny jeans. The woman had been helping her relative move and spent the entire day squatting and moving around in a pair of tight jeans. She was rushed to the hospital where she was checked for signs of muscle failure and released four days later after damage to the nerves in her legs.

Hold on for a second before you rush to toss your favorite pair in the trash. Though the case proved harmful for the woman, many experts argue that the problem may not be as severe as the internet made it out to be. But still, it made us want to take a look at the clothes and accessories in our closet and wonder if they’re doing us any harm.jeans Continue reading “Are You Wearing Healthy?” →

Are You Working Out at Work?

The 21st century office-goer in large metros or smaller cities, spends more than half his day commuting to work and back and sitting before his desk. This behavior is making us all unhealthy. There are no immediate repercussions but every minute you spend staring at your screen, bustling through meetings and skipping lunch to read the brief one last time, you’re either unwittingly gaining weight, adding to your stress levels and fueling hypertension and anxiety. It is not exactly the healthiest thing for your heart either.office

But to battle this silent assailant, people across the world are exercising at work. In small and mysterious ways, the workplace has changed from being a strictly professional work environment to a place where you can take twenty to go for a run, shove your jogging shoes in your drawer next to your files and have health food delivered at your desk. So are you working out at work?  Continue reading “Are You Working Out at Work?” →

Don’t Waste Time! Know These Facts About Yoga

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The excitement that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s participation brought about in creating two Guinness Book World Records for India, one for largest number of people practicing Yoga simultaneously and the largest number of people of different nationalities coming together to perform the exercise, has turned attention back to India’s ancient form of training of the mind and the body.  International Yoga Day was declared by the United Nations of June 21, with close to 36,000 people performed asanas with the prime minister.

If you read the reports or saw the coverage and felt like pulling out your yoga pants or checking the price of a yoga mat online, let’s take a moment to understand this effective form of exercise. Deemed as one of the more balanced training vitalizing the spiritual, religious, physical and mental condition of the body. It may not be taken lightly. So before we jump onto the bandwagon, let us look at what we know about yoga, and the more important do’s and don’t’s.

What you need to know:

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  • Yoga is not just a physical exercise, but it improves muscles and skeleton structure of the body and does wonders for your cardiovascular system
  • It is the purest form of meditation, and practise it regularly and notice yourself becoming calmer, reducing levels of stress, hypertension and many lifestyle related diseases
  •  If you’ve suffered from mild attacks of anxiety or depression, you have naturally been recommended Yoga. It is a prescribed cure for improving mental stability and battling depression
  • Ditto for insomniacs; Yoga will relax the mind, clear the head and will help you sleep better
  • You’ll never have looked better. Yoga clears up your skin, improves your poster and sculpts and tightens your muscles. Like mentioned before, Yoga is not to be taken lightly. An exercise that lends so much to your system needs to have a set of guidelines. So before you start practicing Yoga at home or sign up for the next class nearby, browse through these important do’s and don’t’s.Do’s: 
  • Drink lots of water daily: If you’re not in the habit of hydrating yourself, make one of out it now. Yoga looks like it’s a breeze, but regulars will tell you how taxing asanas can be. You need plenty of water to avoid cramping and exhaustion.
  • Invest in a Yoga mat: If you plan to take Yoga seriously, buy a mat. The thickness and size will save you back pain. Never practise on the floor directly. If you don’t have a mat, carry a light mattress, sheet or perform on carpeted floor.
  • Be an early bird:  Join an early morning batch or wake up an hour earlier to your schedule to do Yoga. The benefits of waking up early to an hour of Yoga are endless. It is a healthy start to the day when your mind is at its most peaceful and calm state. Perfect for Yoga.

    If you're a beginner, join a class or perform Yoga under supervision
    If you’re a beginner, join a class or perform Yoga under supervision
  • Breathe: Yoga helps you breathe better. Throughout the exercise, breathe through your nose. Make it a habit, and it will help you breathe easy otherwise as well.
  • Beginners, join a class: For people who have not practised Yoga before, it is advised to join a class or hire a trainer. Yoga is more complicated than it looks, and maintaining the right poster, stretching the correct limbs and not overdoing it is of extreme importance.

Don’t’s:

  • Food woes: Never practice on a full stomach. Yoga must be performed on an empty to light stomach.
  • Women, pay attention to your cycle: Skip the class when you’re on your menstrual cycle. Pregnant women should also keep away from Yoga.
  • Patients stay away: If you’ve just been through a surgery or an accident, consult a physician before you resume Yoga. Your body may not be in the right state to start stretching yet, and you may end up doing more harm than good.
  • Take thirty: Wait for twenty minutes to half an hour before you eat or drink anything. Your body has been through an intense workout. Give it time to cool off.
  • Do what you can: If you’re a beginner, take it easy. If you can’t strike a particularly tricky asana, try it later but don’t push yourself too hard. You’ll end up pulling a muscle instead. If something hurts, stop. It is your body telling you that it can’t take it.

    Yoga is not easy; if something aches, back off. It's your body's way of telling you it's in pain
    Yoga is not easy; if something aches, back off. It’s your body’s way of telling you it’s in pain
  • Keep calm and carry on: You’re not going to see results in one or two sessions. But continue for a few weeks and you’ll start feeling the difference. If the first few classes bore you out, (yes, it’s a slow exercise and there’s no music) stick it out. You’ll not regret it.

Under the practised care of an expert, Yoga will elevate your exercise experience. So if you’re a beginner, an expert or just interested to give it a shot, there’s no better time than now. The world is, literally at its feet. So take a deep breath and begin.

 

Why Not Gift Him “Health” This Father’s Day?

Health is the Best ‘Father’s Day’ Gift! – Packing 5 Gifts

Sure, you want the man in your life to be fit and upbeat all the time, and blessed with long life. But, that’s not going to happen if you see him smoking off his favorite brand daily and you do nothing about it. A short film of beautiful memories, spectacles, or a formal suiting could be good “materialistic” gifts to make this Father’s Day special for him. Why not offer him something that values for a lifetime? How about safeguarding and boosting his health to let him enjoy every bit of his life, and the life to come by?

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Know The Facts and Reasons of Male Infertility

Male infertility is often underrated when couples sink into the despondency of being barren. Why do women always bear the brunt of infertility or why are they compelled to seek a fertility specialist’s attention before their spouses? Traditional cultures pertinent to sex-selective abortion, female feticide, male sovereignty, sonship, and male child favoritism have been the roots of this nugatory and spurious gender inequality in India.

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Reasons for “Not” to Masturbate

Masturbation – Is it the only way to achieve sexual satisfaction? Or let it be put this way – Is masturbation the “right” way to achieve sexual satisfaction? Don’t fall for the fib that ejaculation could relieve stress or boredom for you. There are healthy ways to relieve stress. In fact, studies have revealed numerous health and social problems too caused due to over masturbation. Science has shown that complete and veracious sexual pleasure and satisfaction could never be achieved with masturbation; it is only achieved through sex. Maybe, God created man that way.

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8 Most Precarious Male Sexual Disorders & Diseases

1. Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)

Reckoned among the prostate gland problems, BPH is a sexual health problem where the prostate gland experiences non-cancerous (non-malignant) enlargement. It usually evolves gradually in men in their 30’s and begins to display symptoms in their 50’s.

Symptoms

  • Urethra blockage and infection in urinary tract resulting into kidney injuries
  • Impediment of urine flow and sometimes, it’s retention as well
  • Frequent urination and difficulty in urinating

Treatment

  • Surgery (involves high risks): Microwave therapy, laser procedures, and transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP)
  • Drugs: 5-alpha reductase inhibitors and alpha blockers
  • Being watchful: Some men undertake no treatment but prefer giving some time, carefully watching whether the condition turns worse while having regular checkups

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