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HEALTH
A life sentence

  • Odds that the average man will have a heart attack: 1 in 27
  • Odds that the average man will develop heart disease: 1 in 6
  • The average man is three times more likely to suffer a heart attack than the average
    women

The Best Prevention, of course, results from stuff you already know about: exercise and
diet.
That means regular exercise, at least three times a week, cutting down on fat and eating
more fruit and vegetables.
Two other tips:

Eat more Mexican.
Researchers have found that people whose diets included at least four weekly servings of
beans had a 20 per cent lower risk of heart disease and 75 per cent few camping
companions! Beans are high in fibre and low in fat.
Drink Tea instead of Coffee.

Research suggests that drinking tea can lower your heart-disease risk by 44 per cent. This is probably due to the flavonoids (protective anioxidants) in tea.

Source: Australian Men's Health, October 2000, P. 92

Odds that the average man has a high cholesterol Count: 1 in 8
(that's 5.5 millimols per litre)   

High cholesterol raises your risk of heart attack.
Here are three easy ways to fight cholesterol.

Eat porridge or muesli
You could cut your total cholesterol level by six points, lowering your heart attack risk by
18 percent.

Go Nuts
Macadamias, walnuts, pistachios and almonds contain monounsaturated fats that lower
your level of the harmful low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol. Sixty grams a day
lowered some LDL cholesterol levels by six points in just two months. You'd think eating
extra nuts would pile on the fat, but new research shows people don't gain weight. Researchers aren't sure why this is.
Do at least three, 20-minute sessions of aerobic exercise a week
This will raise levels of your HDL (good) cholesterol and lower your risk of heart attack.

Source: Australian Men's Health, October 2000, P. 92

The average man has a 1-in-10 chance of suffering from high blood pressure
(Higher than 140/90 MM HG)
Two ways to control those numbers:

Eat salmon once a week
A US study found that 63 people who at fish every day for four months not only lost 5.4
kilso, but also lowered their blood pressure by six points. The omega-3 fatty acids in fish
may help lower blood pressure and salmon is the richest course of these nutrients.

Lose 1.8 kg
A US heart study found overweight subjects who lost as little as 500g a year, for four
years, cut their risk of suffering from high blood pressure by almost a third.

Source: Australian Men's Health, October 2000, P. 92

The average man has a 1-in-6 chance of developing Prostate Cancer and a 1-in-10 chance
of dying from it They're bad odds. Luckily there are thing you can do to reduce your risk.
Eat to live
Doctors have long known about the protective benefits of soy and lycopene and new
evidence suggests that eating broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower may also offer greater
protection.
Ask your doctor if you should take aspirin.
When Ohio State University researchers studied the case histories of 837 people they
found that those who regularly took aspirisn, ibuprofen or any other non-steroidal, anti
inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) cut their risk of developing prostate cancer by two-thirds.

Source: Australian Men's Health, October 2000, P. 92

The average man has 100,000 visible hairs on his head
Losing Hair?
Apart from taking aleaf out of Elton John's book and having a hair transplant, there's little
choice but to grin and bare it!
However, if you'd like it to grow more quickly, move to Perth. It's the sunniest place in
Australia. More sunlight and higher temperatures will cause your hair to increase its
growth from about 1.3cm to 19cm a month.

Source: Australian Men's Health, October 2000, P. 93
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