Your Next Personal Trainer May Be Located Deep Inside You.
MODERN GENOMICISTS SAY THE FUTURE IS PERSONAL. CLINICS ARE POPPING UP IN A NEIGHBOURHOOD NEAR YOU THAT WILL TEST YOUR GENES TO HELP YOU SHED KILOS, LIVE TO BE A HUNDRED, AND TAKE YOUR TALENT FOR SWIMMING BUTTERFLY TO THE PODIUM. ONE SWAB OF THE CHEEK, AND THEY’LL UNRAVEL YOUR DOUBLE HELIX AND REVEAL YOUR GENETIC POTENTIAL.
WE SENT THREE MEN’S HEALTH GUINEA PIGS – ALONG WITH BUNDLES OF RESEARCH, A FAIR AMOUNT OF CURIOSITY AND SOME HEALTHY SCEPTICISM – FOR THE ULTIMATE IN SELFIES: A GENE-BASED DIAGNOSIS OF WHERE THEIR POWER LIES.
When I asked fellow trail runner Genevieve Jardine how she was preparing for her next race, The Three Cranes – 100km through the Karkloof forests – I didn’t expect her to say she was having her genes tested. I was thinking kilometres covered and fartleks ticked off, rather than DNA.
But Gen says she wants to know how to train specifically for her own body. If she knows what genes she has she will know what to eat, what supplements to take, what injuries she might be prone to; and whether, continually running long distances, her body will cope or just curl up and sob on the side of the track.
With more knowledge about what makes her unique, she can live optimally; better and longer. And know how many doses of extreme fun to have along the way.
“In my family,” she says, “there’s cancer on one side and cardiovascular disease on the other. I suspect I’m not going to be a 95-year- old woman blowing out my birthday candles with the smoke from my Marlboro Light. So I want to do what I can.”
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Denne historien er fra July 2018-utgaven av Men's Health South Africa.
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The Last 7 Recipe You'll Ever Need
FADS COME AND GO. BUT GOOD EATING AND PROPER NUTRITION CHANGES VERY LITTLE. SO WE COMBED THROUGH ALL THE RECIPES IN MEN'S HEALTH'S 36-YEAR HISTORY TO FIND THE ONES THAT TRULY DELIVER ON BOTH FLAVOUR AND FUNCTION.
The Changing Face Of Cancer
While cancer rates are falling in older adults, they're increasing among younger age groups. It's a trend exposing holes in both diagnosis and care. It's also raised a new question for experts: how do you get vital and potentially life-saving information to people unaware they need it?
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 ADVENTURES
YOUR TIME OFF IS VALUABLE. TO BOOK YET ANOTHER FLY 'N' FLOP IS TO DO YOURSELF A DISSERVICE. THIS YEAR, BREAK FREE FROM THE POOLSIDE BAR AND GET YOUR KICKS IN THE GREAT OUTDOORS. FROM EXPEDITIONS IN FAR-FLUNG PLACES TO HIGH-OCTANE WEEKENDS CLOSER TO HOME, CONSIDER THESE YOUR FIRST STEPS OFF THE BEATEN TRACK.
4 WAYS TO REBOOT YOUR MINDSET
STRESSED ABOUT THE STATE OF THE WORLD AND/OR YOUR SANITY? WE'VE GOT FOUR SIMPLE BUT ESSENTIAL TOOLS TO HELP YOU ADAPT AND OVERCOME, THIS YEAR AND BEYOND.
TRAIN TO YOUR MAX
Cardiorespiratory fitness is one of the most important health markers when it comes to your overall wellbeing. Here's how Discovery Vitality Fitness gives you more ways than ever to fire up your engine.
SLUSH FUN
FROZEN DAIQUIRIS ARE REFRESHI AND ALSO SICKENINGLY SWEET. TRY A FROZEN PIMM'S CUP, WHICH HAS ALL THE FLAVOURS WITH WAY LESS SUGAR.
THE HEALTH SNOB'S GUIDE TO COLD-BREW COFFEE
BOTTLED COFFEE MIGHT BE ABUNDANT, BUT CAFFEINE AFICIONADOS MAKE THEIR OWN. FOLLOW THESE TIPS TO PREP A HEALTHY BREW FOR A REFRESHING PERK-ME-UP.
SUPP CHECK RECOVERY PACKAGE
COLLAGEN IS TOUTED AS THE GO-TO SUPP FOR BONE, SKIN AND JOINT HEALTH, PLUS FAST INJURY REPAIR. BUT DOES IT DELIVER? TIME TO GEN UP.
THE SEMI-COMPLETE USER'S GUIDE TO...THE SINUSES
FOR AS LONG AS sinuses have been around, aka forever, there has been a ton that scientists haven't figured out about them.
BULLISH
The Blue Bulls scrumhalf Embrose Papier is striving for greatness. Here's how he's putting in the right reps to make sure mind and muscle are firing in unison.