Tips from the Masters #2 – Water me
Drink all day long When it’s hot, make sure you keep up your drinking – and we mean mainly just water. While a nice cold soft drink – or a well earned beer at day’s end – can be really refreshing and can cool you down, they won’t keep you hydrated. For that you need […]
Tips from the Masters #1 – Feed me good
#1 Feed the machine as well as you can Start with a good breakfast Set yourself up for the day. Try to go for some form of wholegrain such as oats to keep your energy levels up through the morning. Take healthy snacks Be sure to include some healthy snacks that you can eat […]
Stretching – start your day the easy way
Waking up feeling sluggish? Tough to get going when that alarm sounds off? Maybe you need to spend 10 minutes every morning giving your body a shake out before the day shakes you. Maybe you need a morning stretching routine. A morning stretching routine can provide you with the best start to the day, boosting […]
Here’s the bad news guys
DID YOU KNOW… Every 90 minutes one New Zealander dies of heart disease. Or that every three hours, one Kiwi dies from a preventable illness Or that more than 200,000 Kiwis have trouble breathing because of what’s called COPD? Or four in five New Zealand adults (aged 15 years or more) have experienced mental distress […]
Mental Health
Mental health is something that men are getting better and better at talking about. There is a growing understanding that although mental health issues can be triggered by stresses in daily life, they are clinical diseases that often require outside help and medical treatment.
Testicular Cancer
The ball’s in your court! Testicular cancer is the most common cancer affecting men between the ages of 15 to 39, but also occurs in other age groups; …but if it is diagnosed early, it has the highest rate of cure of all cancers; About 150 young men are diagnosed with testicular cancer every year in New […]
Māori Men’s Health
As a population group, Māori have the poorest health status of any ethnic group in New Zealand.
Preventative Health
Easy steps we can all take to take control of our health The best thing that New Zealand men can do about their health is to get proactive. By taking preventative action you reduce the danger of major health risks including type 2 diabetes. Every positive change is a step towards better and longer lasting health and happiness. […]
Diabetes
Diabetes is New Zealand’s fastest-growing health crisis, affecting more than a quarter of a million people. The number of New Zealanders living with diabetes has doubled from 125,000 to over 265,000 in the past 10 years, with 40 new diabetes diagnoses every day. Everyone is at risk of diabetes and one in four New Zealanders […]
Rural men face special challenges
Rural guys face more challenges than urban mates At least 640,000 Kiwis live rurally (14% of our population), making our rural population effectively New Zealand’s second-largest city. Unfortunately, it is a city with lots of health issues simmering below the surface. Nature, isolation, stress and long, hard hours takes their toll on the health of […]