Traveling can wreak havoc on your gut—even if you don’t drink dirty water. Flying or visiting high altitudes can trigger flares of symptoms like diarrhea and stomach pain in people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to new Swiss research. Read the full article in Men’s Health News.
Month: September 2013
4 Bad Habits that Wreck Your Brain
You know that poor eating habits and lack of exercise harms your body—you see on your waistline, and you feel it when you walk up a flight of steps. What you don’t see: These same poor health habits are hurting your brain too, by harming the blood vessels that supply nutrients and oxygen to your noggin. Read the full Men’s Health blog post on Yahoo! Health.
20 Perfect Workout Snacks
To perform your best, you need gas in the tank. Here are the best ways to fuel your fitness. Read the slideshow on Prevention.
8 Secrets Your Hospital Keeps
From leaked records to medication mix-ups, it’s what you don’t know that can hurt you during your hospital stay. Read the full article in Men’s Health.
The Biggest Fitness Myths
As quickly as exercise scientists work to banish them, new fitness misconceptions rear their ugly heads. Meanwhile, other untried and untrue myths just won’t go away. Here, we round up a few of the most common fitness falsehoods, and ask researchers and other experts to help correct the record. Read the full slideshow on OutsideOnline.com.