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The main way our body gets rid of excess cholesterol is through our bowel movements. The liver pumps excess cholesterol that is not needed into the bile, which is stored in the gallbladder. Bile then enters our intestines through an opening called Vater’s ampulla and leaves our body in bowel movements. If there is not [...]

Research has shown that drinking alcohol causes a decrease in sperm count, an increase in abnormal sperm and a lower proportion of motile sperm.

Alcohol also affects a man’s fertility by changing his hormone levels because it can alter the way testosterone is produced and then released. Because alcohol affects the liver (the organ which normally [...]

Yoga claims to be a science – a spiritual science at that.

Interestingly, science has proved many of the medical claims made by yoga to be valid.

Surprised? Most American men are. But then, the only yogis most of us ever knew were Yogi Bear and Yogi Berra. And since the end of the 1960s, it’s been [...]

To some extent, it helps to think of anorexia and bulimia in the same way as any other illness, such as diabetes or asthma. One advantage of this approach, called the medical model, is that it helps reinforce the “no-fault” concept I described earlier. A person with asthma is not responsible for the condition, but [...]

Jeanette Green weighed more than 300 pounds until she discovered the slimming power of tea.

After years of failed attempts to lose weight, Jeanette, of White Plains, New York, finally took control of her eating habits. She reduced her portion sizes and cut out junk food. Sure enough, the pounds started disappearing.

Although she was encouraged, Jeanette [...]