Mens_HealthUSA_December_2016

8 MensHealth.com | December 2016

ERIC RAY DAVIDSON (Dobrev), CHARLES MASTERS (ball joint), María de Miguel

(Martínez), Encyclopaedia Britannica/UIG/Getty Images (flag)

The Agenda

JORDI

MARTĺNEZ

DIRECTOR,

MEN’S HEALTH

SPAIN

Drinking a glass

of red wine

every day could

lower your risk

of depression,

heart disease, and

dementia. Choose

Tempranillo over

sangria, which has

added sugar.

International

Tip of the Month

QIT’S DECEMBER, THAT TIME OF YEAR WHEN A MAN’S ATTENTION TURNS TO GEAR, GIRLS, GETTING THINGS

fixed (including himself ), and good winter grub. We’ve got ’em all covered. Here’s a snapshot.

Let actress Nina

Dobrev steer

you through the

MH Tech Guide.

3 /Eat these words. Which brings us to Paul Kita’s entrée, “The New Power Food Formula”

(page 104). True, some guys eat just one thing for lunch. But Kita found a way to intimidate

Mother Nature into revealing the food combos you need to get strong. For example, sprinkle

sweet potatoes with cayenne to unlock more antioxidants.You know you’d never have

thought of that. This piece is a teaser for the new book Eat for Extraordinary Health & Healing,

published by Rodale Inc., maker of fine books and magazines, including this one.

1 /Technology is wonderful. All you have

to do is order Siri or Alexa to mow the lawn,

raise the kids, braise the beef, and turn

on the reading light—and then take a look at

this month’s special section. We’ve crammed

tons of useful tech in there, including robot

tech, car tech, and tech to get you fit. Plus,

Nina Dobrev has some smart advice on how

to improve the mood of your f light with spa

soundtracks. Oh, and there’s plenty of tech

to connect you with your favorite people,

shows, and music. Put it all together and you

get the 2017 Men’s HealthTech Guide. We

thank the dozen or so whose work was so

instrumental in creating pages so beautifully

rendered that after you read them, you can

ask MIT for extra credit.

Hips feel like

rusty ball

joints? We’ll

assess the job.

2 /Yowch! This issue also addresses your

questions about the pain that’s been making

you wince for weeks: What is that? What

should I do? Markham Heid has answers

in “Should You Finally Get It Fixed?” (page

114), and he’s not talking about the pup out

back. He’s talking arthritic hips and deviated

septums. (Or is it septa?) And the not-so-

simple machine we call the pitching arm. And

hernias! So why put off till tomorrow what

hurts today? We’ll help you decide if surgery

is the solution for you. For example, if you

have trouble breathing during workouts,

maybe it’s time to fix your septum.