Men’s Fitness Australia – June 2017

20 MEN’S FITNESS JUNE 2017

BUST

CANCER’S

NUTS

■ To kick

cancer’s arse,

get a little nutty.

Researchers

discovered

that enzymes in

nuts stimulate

protective, free-

radical-busting

chemicals that

slowed the

growth of colon

cancer cells

and increased

cell death in the

cancer cells by up

to 8%. (Molecular

Carcinogenesis)

Wassup?!

Hardened

Arteries!

While a daily tipple won’t

harm your health, drinking

to excess can harden your

arteries, says recent research.

Knocking back a couple of cold

ones or enjoying a cocktail or two

has been shown in the past to help

with heart health, but going

overboard daily — meaning more

than one or two drinks a day — can

increase risk of high blood

pressure, obesity and stroke.

A recent study showed that

heavy drinking may also stiffen

the arterial walls, squeezing

blood flow and increasing risk

of heart disease. Researchers

analysed the drinking habits of

almost 4,000 British residents

over 25 years and found that

moderate drinking is linked with

reduced risk of heart disease, but

heavy drinking — more than 110ml

of pure alcohol per week — has the

opposite effect.

■Oneinfourmen

over the age of 40

suffer from a low

libido — but getting

more sunlight could

boost your sex drive,

according to the

European College

of Neuropsycho-

pharmacology.

Subjects exposed

to bright light for

30 minutes a day

Rays raise your sex drive

More than half of

people who drink

coffee daily add

sugar, cream, milk,

or other calorie-rich

ingredients, says a

new analysis from

Illinois Uni in the US.

This barrage of extra

gunk may be loaded

with energy, but

it also has fat and

lacksmuch nutrition.

Tea drinkers also

add an average

of more than 43

extra calories, with

85% coming from

sugar. On the flip

side, people who

drink black coffee

get about 69 fewer

calories on average

every day.

Slim guys

drink it

naked

for two weeks

reported their sexual

satisfaction score

ro s e f rom j u st two

out of ten before

treatment to 6.

afterwards, more than

a threefold increase,

while a placebo group

increased from two

only to 2.7 after the

treatment. Better book

that beach holiday.

Health
Breakthroughs

If this pic doesn’t

rock you randy, you

need more sun. Now.

Sink more than

two drinks a day

and you’re

heading for an

early grave.