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Men's Health Week/Month
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This week is Men’s Health Week, inside of the greater Men’s Health Month. With the temperatures rising and summer lapping at the shores of an eroding spring, many men adopt a regimen of BBQs and beer. This is a bit stereotypical, but I doubt I’m far off from the average man’s Father’s day weekend and overall month of June
Men aren’t often the healthier sex, and it is usually the women in their lives (wives and daughters especially) who encourage their men towards healthier diets and lifestyles. There are a few foods that can really address certain men’s health concerns, based on researched nutrients. To keep it simple a common male method), try to get a few of men’s health-boosting foods on the menu, including nuts, fish, oatmeal and salad.
Here’s why: nuts contain high levels of selenium (prostate health), fiber (heart and digestive health), omega-3s (heart and inflammation), vitamin E (antioxidant and heart health), plant sterols (cholesterol) and magnesium (colon cancer); certain fish are also high in selenium and omega-s (and replace less healthy red meats); oatmeal offers various types of fiber ( including cancer-fighting kinds), as well as magnesium and zinc (hormone and sperm health); and, salad with dark, leafy greens delivers folate (cancer), while tomatoes have lycopene (prostate health).
For me, I’d start the day with a bowl of oatmeal garnished with antioxidant berries. For lunch, I’d have a hearty salad with leafy greens, nuts, tomatoes and assorted veggies. For dinner, a grilled tuna steak with a side of brown rice. OK, Ok, if burgers are Father’s Day weekend must, at least get some dark leaf lettuce and tomatoes on the bun. And, yes, ketchup counts (concentrated lycopene).
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