Men Tips

posted by jonesaudrey1 on Nov 30

Are your habits healthy or are they killing you? Aside from cigarette smoking, which most people realize is deadly, there are at least four different common habits that could send you to an early grave. Here’s a look at them.

Being Sedentary

Although physical activity might not be essential for weight loss, it is essential for good health. Several studies indicate that caloric restriction is more effective than increased physical activity, at least on the short term, for weight loss. But, the researchers have failed to look at the big picture.

Aerobic activity is good for the heart. It helps reduce stress, among other things. Strength building exercise adds muscle cells and tissues, which are more active. They require more calories simply to stay alive. Muscle cells are among the few that can choose to burn fat, rather than glucose. So, adding muscle is equal to subtracting fat.

Research indicates that regular physical activity, particularly weight bearing exercise, reduces the risk of osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is a degenerative condition that leads to bone loss and causes them to become more brittle, increasing the risks of fractures among the elderly.

Are your habits healthy if you fail to get some exercise every day? The simple answer is “no”. Your body was designed to move and if you don’t move it, you’ll lose it.

Staying Up Too Late

Because of circadian rhythms, the human body was designed to sleep at night. Research indicates that working the night shift increases a person’s risk of cancer. The evidence is strong enough that a European court ruled in favor of female night-shift workers with breast cancer, saying that the disease was work-related.

Are your habits healthy if you don’t work at night, but you often stay up until 2 or 3 in the morning? No. If you miss out on sleeping between the hours of midnight and 3, you are missing out on the human growth hormone that your body produces during those hours.

If you consistently fail to get enough sleep, your body will produce more of the stress hormone Cortisol. Cortisol sabotages weight loss efforts and contributes to wrinkles.

Spending Too Much Time in the Sun

Skin cancer is still one of the most common forms of the disease, even though people have been told for years that overexposure to the sun causes it. But, are your habits healthy if you always wear sunscreen. Not necessarily.

For some reason, people that regularly wear sunscreen have an increased incidence of malignant melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer. Simply limiting time spent in the sun is the best choice.

Eating Simple Carbohydrates

Simple carbs, including breads, baked goods and sodas, impede weight loss and increase a person’s risk of type II diabetes. Complex carbohydrates, which include most fruits and vegetables, on the other hand, are very good for your health.

Research indicates that the healthiest diet is one that includes lots of different fruits and vegetables, primarily because of the antioxidants they contain. So, are your habits healthy? If not, maybe you can change.

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posted by tibapic on Nov 30

One of the main complaints when it comes to men’s hair care is thin hair due to hair loss. But there are plenty of natural ways for men to plump up thinning hair, without resorting to the style travesties of plugs or comb overs. Here are the top 10 tips for plumping up thinning hair naturally.

1. Ask your stylist to give you a volume enhancing cut which minimizes any bald areas and helps to create a fuller look naturally. A good stylist will be able create a smart look which gives you the ability to plump the hair after each wash. They may also suggest some high quality salon hair products to create the look you are after. If you can afford them then this is usually a good investment.

2. Try a volume enhancing shampoo and try not to use heavy or moisturising shampoos as these can weigh down the hair, making it look thinner. Ideally, choose salon hair products or other high quality hair care products, these have superior ingredients which will not build up residue on the hair as some cheaper hair care products can.

3. Finish your hair wash with a blast of very cold water. This may seem a little uncomfortable at first, but it only needs to be for a few seconds, to cover the hair, and it will help to increase shine and fullness.

4. When drying the hair, treat it carefully. Blot the hair dry instead of rubbing, as rough treatment can speed up hair loss.

5. Try a volume root enhancer - there are lots of hair care products on the market which can do this, again, salon hair products usually give better results due to their higher quality ingredients.

6. To blow dry, separate the hair into 1-2 inch sections. Lift each section using a barrel brush and blow dry from the roots to the ends to ruffle the cuticle, making the hair appear fuller.

7. A more unusual hair care tip is to try blow drying the hair upside down. While this tip is not for everyone, it can encourage the hair to move away from a flat position on the head, giving a fuller appearance.

8. Blow dry with cold air on a slow setting. This can take longer to complete but will help give the hair a more finished and full look.

9. Use your fingers to style your hair. This is a handy hair care tip for thinning hair because using a brush or comb can unintentionally flatten the hair and deflate the full look. If after all your hard work the hair looks too fluffy, put some hair spray onto your fingers for styling and pick out lightly apply to some strands. Don’t put the hair spray directly onto the hair as this can flatten it.

10. Try not to use hair gels as these can flatten the hair. If you must use some, choose a volume enhancing gel designed to increase the fullness of the hair.

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posted by GloriaG on Nov 25

For a man enlisting the services of an image consultant means that he is ready to take the journey of self discovery. The way he looks and thinks about himself and the way he dresses will be forever altered by this journey he undertakes.

With the assistance of an expertly trained professional his future shopping experiences will become easier and dressing for any occasion will be more successful. At first many men are astonished by what they don’t know and how much they have to be taught since good grooming goes way further than selecting the correct tie and buying a suit.

These are the things that a fashion image consultation can help men with:

* An Understanding of Body Shape. This permits a man to create an understanding of his silhouette, vertical proportions and positive or negative features. With this information he will learn what styles and garments will enhance and flatter him.
* Principles of Colour Line and Design. This is the part that unravels many when it comes to the skills of good dressing. When shopping for clothes few people are well trained in this area and therefore make poor choices when selecting their clothes. If they have an instinctive concept that what they have purchased is not pleasing, they infrequently do not know why and so time after time makes the errors.
* Selecting the Correct Garments. Using the information obtained in the body shape analysis, he should be given an all-inclusive list of clothing styles that will assist him look his best for any function.
* Knowledge on Accessories. This is a priceless ingredient of the consultation since accessorising correctly is very imperative to a man’s visual image. It is this feature of a man’s wardrobe that allows a man articulate his individualism and personality style.
* Wardrobe Organisation. This is where a man is trained in the skill of assembling any unrelated garments together to generate an appealing outfit. It is a necessary talent for reducing repetition and maximising cost efficiency.
* Personality Style. Every man has one, and it comes from his life’s experiences, vocation, education, life style, interests and physical attributes.

When it come to enlisting the services of an image consultant men believe that it is a display of vanity. And for a few this could be the case. Knowing how to maintain perspective and balance is essential and you need to remember that clothes and personal grooming is only one facet of a man’s life. On the other hand, there is a lot to be taught and much to be gained by investing in the services of a fashion image consultant. After all, when a man knows that he looks first-class it increases his self esteem and confidence. He will attract positive attention and positive people. He will noticeably raise his visual reliability and generate opportunities in all areas of his life.

“A man’s elegance stems from his knowledge of clothes, of how to wear, buy and care for them. It is this awareness that others notice about him: he is no self-aggrandising dandy but a man whose confidence is perfectly balanced by the beauty and suitability of the clothing he wears. We step back and admire the eloquent nonchalance of one who knows the rules and has successfully and joyfully mastered them.” Richard Martin,Curator of the Costume Institute, Metropoliatan Museum of Art.

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posted by jhernandezlawoffice on Nov 25

Physicians typically use two tests to screen men for prostate cancer. The first testis the digital examination during which the physician uses a gloved finger to conduct a physical examination of the prostate gland. Any findings that the gland is enlarged, hard, or has one or more nodules, could be a sign of cancer. The second test is the PSA blood test which measures the amount of prostate specific antigen in the bloodstream. Anything above 4.0 ng/mL is generally considered elevated. Given that prostate cancer increases PSA levels as the cancer grows and spreads, physicians generally advise a biopsy if the PSA test comes back high.

This is why physicians generally recommend that a biopsy should be ordered if a male patient’s blood test shows a high PSA level. A biopsy is a procedure, normally performed under local anesthesia, whereby a probed is inserted into the rectum. The probe contains a needle which is used to take samples of the prostate tissue. Because the biopsy consists of samples, it is possible that the biopsy may yield a false negative, missing the cancer. This is why physicians also generally recommend that the biopsy be repeated every few months if the PSA levels remain elevated, especially after treatment for other possible causes.

A “false positive” PSA test occurs when the cause of a high PSA level is not prostate cancer. Biopsies have risks, including the risk of infection and the risk of excessive bleeding. Because of these two facts some physicians advise that male patients follow a plan of “watchful waiting.” Under such a plan the physician monitors the patient’s elevated PSA over a period of months or years. During this time some physicians advise that the patient try non cancer related treatments, for example, for infection, under the theory that if the PSA is elevated for a reason other than prostate cancer such treatments may bring the PSA back to normal levels.

Of course, with this approach the physician may wait too long before recommending a biopsy. As the PSA rises the likelihood increases that the rising levels are due to prostate cancer, as does the likelihood that the cancer has spread beyond the capsule. Men with prostate cancer who have a PSA concentration less than 10 ng/mL have a 70 to 80 percent chance of having organ-confined disease, compared to 50 percent for those with PSA levels 10 to 50 ng/mL, and only 25 percent with higher PSA levels

Physicians use the five year survival rate to classify, for each stage of the cancer at the time of diagnosis, the percentage of men so diagnosed who will survive the cancer for five years. While men with very aggressive forms of prostate cancer generally have a lower survival rate than men with a less aggressive cancer, when prostate cancer is diagnosed in the early stages, before it has a chance to spread outside the prostate gland itself, the five year survival rate is in the high ninety percent range.

When the cancer is not diagnosed until the late stages, after it has spread outside the prostate, there is no known cure at the current time. In general, men whose cancer has already reached stage 3 by the time they are diagnosed have about a 50-50 percent chance that the cancer will progress. When the prostate cancer is already at stage 4 and has reached the bone or other distant organ at the time of diagnosis, the patient generally only has a 2-3 year life expectancy. Treatment options are more limited and are generally meant to slow the spread and effects of the cancer. If in time the treatment stops being effective the disease becomes fatal.

Approximately 27,000 men are expected to die in the U.S. from advanced prostate cancer this year. We may never know how many of these deaths could have been prevented if the patient’s doctor had screened them for prostate cancer or had ordered a biopsy as soon as any of the screening tests showed an abnormal result.

Joseph Hernandez is an Attorney accepting medical malpractice cases including advanced prostate cancer cases. To learn more visit his website at: www.prostatecancerlaw.com .

posted by ChrisChew on Nov 25

Many websites on the theme of dating and seduction will tell you that you need not be good looking and handsome to attract women. This is because unlike men, girls are attracted by more emotional values and alpha male characteristics rather than merely good looks. But I do not agree.

There are many surveys and researches conducted that indicated men are attracted to women by sight and all other feminine attributes are secondary issues. Perhaps, this was how “love at first sight” came about. As such, it is not surprising that when a beautiful and attractive woman walks into a room, every male except gays in the room will instinctively give her a top to toe eyeball over.

Some guys will already be making mental plans how to chat her up or even taking her to bed. Men, are you guilty of that? I know that I am, but no worries, it is only natural.

However, women’s attraction to men is much more complicated, or so the surveys reported. It is thought that it is the total package that women will be looking for in a man. Good looks alone are not sufficient for a woman to fall head over heels with a man. Of course there are some exceptions.

The researchers concluded that a girl’s maternal instinct will look for other attributes in a man besides good looks whether the she knows it consciously or not. Some of the attributes are that a man must be confident, must be able to communicate with her both verbally and mentally, must not be a wimp, must have the ability to protect her and her offsprings, have some quality traits to ensure that the best genes are passed on to her brood, must be witty and have a good sense of humor. Being good looking and having a Brad Pitt like great body shape is not at the top of her instictive priority list.

Wait a minute dude. Did I just say being good looking and handsome is not at the top of women’s attraction list? Nope, I did not. The the researchers said so and this is where I disagree with them.

Now, let me ask you a question. How many times have you heard a woman gushed “Ooooohhh…he is soooo handsome” or “Oh my gosh….Brad Pitt has a body to die for”? If that is not being attracted by attractive male good looks and handsome male body, then what is? Does that make sense to say that girls are not attracted by goodlooking male hunks with nice, slightly muscular lean body? It certainly does not seems so, don’t you agree?

Although I do concede that girls will ultimately bed or marry a man with many other good qualities, a good looking attractive man will still be a women magnet or at least during the first contact as explained earlier. How else can women get to know a man or are able to assess his other traits without getting to know him first? Therefore the initial attraction is still a handsome good looking alpha male who is attractive to women.

Do you agree that men must look good to attract women, at least at the first moment of contact? You do? Excellent. Then let us examine what physical features that will make men more attractive to girls.

We will not discuss facial features because we are stuck with our face and very little can be done except with cosmetic surgery to reconstruct our faces. That leaves us with our male body of which we can sculpt and mould so that it is attractive to women.

Common sense will tell you that most women are not attracted to very skinny or fat men. Women instinctively perceive that a skinny man is too weak to protect her and her offsprings and an overweight man is perceived to be too cumbersome or lazy to bring home the bread or may be more prone to weight related diseases. This mental unconcious compartmentalization may not be logical but are hardwired into women’s primeval maternal instinct.

It is also well known that most women are also turned off by men with big huge muscles like those of professional wrestlers and bodybuilders. Reasons often repeated in surveys are that these men don’t look natural and are intimidating. To make matters worse, many women, whether if it is true or not think that bodybuilders are narcissists as they spend hours and hours in the gym preening themselves so much so that they are insensitive to women’s needs and so are therefore selfish people. These perceptions may not be true, but hey, too bad, they are being perceived as such.

So what male physical features actually attract the girls? Well, I did a survey with my female clients and almost all of them with only slight variations agree that men having the following body types attract them and are eye candies:-

Strong Tight Perky Butt - They said that they are instinctively attracted to men with this feature and find them very sexy. Most probably an indication of good athletic prowess with the ability to jump and climb powerfully.

Flat Tummy with Six Pack Abs - This type of men is not fat and that is why they do not have a layer of lard covering their stomach muscles. Since the muscles can be shown, these men are perceived to be strong and therefore they are not skinny pencil geeks. They are also perceived to be great bed partners.

Broad Back and Chest - These men ooze confidence which girls fall for because they are perceived to be able to protect the girls better and gives them a sense of security.

Strong Arms and Shoulders - Just like in romantic fairy tales, he is able to sweep her off her feet and protect the young. They are also perceived to be hard working and responsible men.

Strong Muscular Legs - Which is an indication of preparedness for fight or flight when the situation demands for it.

Yes, the researchers are right. What attracts women to men is a total package of many mental and physical attributes. Therefore by having a reasonably lean muscular male body certainly embraces many of these traits which women find so attractive in men.

Chris Chew is a fitness, health and relationship consultant. Read his free articles at Get Attractive Swimmers Body and Sexual Attraction Pheromone