Archive for Men's Health

Favorite Cheap Beer

So times are tough and you simply can’t afford to live the High Life any longer. What is the beer lover to do? There are some fine and well received cheap beers out there to see you to next payday, when hopefully you can get the Champagne of Beers once again! A local favorite is the infamous PBR, or Pabst Blue Ribbon. If you can get past the Blue Ribbon stigma, you’ll find it’s a quality brew. The same is true for Natural Ice flavors.

Ulcerative Colitis

I have suffered with ulcerative colitis for nearly half my life. I am glad it’s not a deadly disease, but it still adversely effects the quality of life. There was a time during one of my flare-ups I was sure I would end up needing adult diapers to go out in public. Now, thanks to treatment from steroids I live a fairly normal life without need to schedule myself around a disease.

Hoodia Supplement

There has been a lot of information swirling around about the diet supplement hoodia. Like any other supplement, I think it has enormous potential to help people who have trouble losing weight. It’s chemical structure is similar to other chemicals that curb the appetite, so the ski is the limit for this extraction.

Smoking

So maybe folks in the forties were a little blind to the potential adverse health effects from smoking cigarettes. It was never more evident than in this classic cigarette commercial for Lucky Strikes. Take a few moments to reflect and remember a simpler time when it was healthy to smoke unfiltered cigarettes made from fine, sweet toasted tobacco.

Ankiel and Steroids

The steroid talk has started again, and now the focus is on St. Louis Cardinals pitcher turned outfielder Rick Ankiel. Reports are that Ankiel obtained large amounts of human growth hormone in 2004, before Major League Baseball banned that substance. It always seems like steroid accusations follow successful players no matter what. Even if he ate HGH with his Wheaties, the fact remains he has had an amazing comeback and when he did it, it was perfectly legal.