Men and Body Image: Guys Lose 2x the Weight in All-Male Groups Than in Co-ed Ones

It’s long been acknowledged that overweight women prefer to exercise and attend weight-management classes with other women. Surprisingly, it turns out that men may have the same body-image issues. Research presented at the recent European Congress on Obesity in Lyon, France, found that men enrolled in a 12-week, all-male weight loss class drooped an average...Continue reading

Coffee with Sam: An Interview with Cal Orey, Author of Five Books on Healing Powers of Food

I recently had the opportunity to have a virtual cup of coffee and chat with Cal Orey.  Author of five books about the healing powers of food, she is inspired by Mother Nature, health, relationships, and animals.  What kinds of foods can heal you?  I have no idea, you will have to read what Cal...Continue reading

Diet Can Feminize the Average Male

In a recent 2012 article in Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, there was an excellent discussion on the impact of estrogen on men. It points out that increased intracellular estrogen levels in men induce and promote obesity, gynecomastia, metabolic syndrome, type two diabetes, benign prostatic hypertrophy and prostate cancer. The problem is that with increased estrogen, relative testosterone...Continue reading

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