Health and Fitness Tips for Men
Staying healthy and fit has many advantages. Apart from looking good, you will feel good too. Benefits are plenty, such as reducing the risk diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and cancer.
Men’s health and fitness can be achieved through three things; healthy diet, regular exercise and routine medical checkups.
Health and Fitness Tips for Men
1.) Diet
A good, healthy diet will bring positive results. Essentially the point to remember here is everything in moderation. Certainly plenty of fruit and vegetables are good but remember that too much of anything, even fresh fruit can itself be detrimental.
Essentially you need more fruit, vegetables, fibre and complex carbohydrates and less protein rich food like meat and dairy and less simple carbohydrates like sugar.
This is difficult to maintain in a busy schedule as convenience food tends to be laden with lots of oil and sugar, which is tasty but very unhealthy. Of course home-cooked food is ideal because you can determine portion size and you can see what you are putting in directly. Cutting down or substituting oil, fats and salt where necessary.
Carbohydrate acts as the main energy supply for the body. Protein is a building block. Fats and oils have a role in cell function. Fibre is important for bowel health.
As well as type of food, portion size is very important because too large a portion size is also not good for a healthy weight and lifestyle. On average one portion is the size of your fist. This may seem small at first but is plenty for your daily needs. See the pyramid above for how many portions you should have a day (portion = serving).
Fruits are important food source. Not only can they make great snacks when you are hungry instead eating chocolate or crisps but they have antioxidants and vitamins that are beneficial to for normal bodily health. Supplements can be taken when you are not getting a sufficient amount of nutrients such as vitamins and minerals but these are often not necessary if your diet is well portioned and well balanced.
Remember that men need approximately 2500 calories a day.
Nutrient Quantity Requirements Per Day:
Protein 50 grams
Fat 70 grams
Carbohydrates 310 grams
Sugars 90 grams
Sodium (salt) 2.3 grams
Dietary Fibre 30 grams
Saturated Fatty Acids 24 grams
2.) Regular Exercise
Cardiovascular exercise is important to develop a healthy metabolism (great for burning calories) as well as increasing heart and blood vessel health. Have you sprinted a short distance only to be completely out of breath? This is because your heart and blood vessels cannot pump enough oxygen to all parts of your body. As you do cardio exercises this will improve. Strength and muscle training is important for physique, cardio alone won’t build up your strength muscles. By supplementing your cardio workout with strength training (weights) you can improve both aspects of your body.
Regular exercise is considered at least 30 mins of moderate to high intensity exercise 3-4 times a week. Longer may be needed for more appreciable gains. Brisk walking can be useful should you not be able to do high intensity workouts but this will also need increase regularity and duration to show benefit.
3.) Regular Medical Checkup
A thorough medical checkup should be done annually. By doing this, you can detect potentially reversible health problems at an earlier stage before they develop into more serious issues. Regular checks also allow professionals to monitor your health over many years, identifying any slowly developing potential issues as well.
Also Checkout:
Partner Clinics
1) DTAP Clinic @Somerset
Men’s Lifestyle Clinic
Address: 1 Grange Road, #10-08 Orchard Building (Office Tower), Singapore 239693
Telephone: +65 6262 0762
WhatsApp: +65 8372 8393 (For Appointment Only)
Email: hello@dtapclinic.com.sg
Opening Time: Monday to Thursday: 9.30 am – 2.00 pm & 3.00 pm – 6.30 pm Friday: 9.30 am – 1.00 pm & 2.00 pm – 6.30 pm Saturday: 9.00 am – 1.00 pm Closed on Sunday and Public Holidays
Nearest MRT Station: Somerset MRT Station
2) DTAP Clinic @Novena
Men’s Health & Sexual Health Clinic
Address: 10 Sinaran Drive, #08-31 Novena Medical Centre, Singapore 307506
Telephone: +65 6397 2095
WhatsApp: +65 9859 8376 (For Appointment Only)
Email: hello@dtapclinic.com.sg
Opening Time: Monday to Friday: 8.30 am – 5.30 pm Saturday: 9.00 am – 1.00 pm Closed on Sunday and Public Holidays
Nearest MRT Station: Novena MRT Station (Exit A)
3) DTAP Clinic @Holland Village
Men’s Health & Sexual Health Clinic
Address: 15B Lorong Liput, (Next to Holland Piazza), Singapore 277730
Telephone: +65 6235 1339
WhatsApp: +65 8825 8034 (For Appointment Only)
Email: hello@dtapclinic.com.sg
Opening Time: Monday – Friday: 8.00 am – 8.00 pm Saturday & Sunday: 9.00 am – 2.00 pm Closed on Public Holidays
Nearest MRT Station(s): Holland Village MRT Station (Exit B) & (Exit C)
4) DTAP Clinic @Robertson
Men’s Health & Anonymous HIV Testing Clinic
Anonymous HIV Testing in Singapore: (Don’t require any identification, such as passport, NRIC or contact details during registration. )
Address: 11 Unity Street, #02-06/07 Robertson Walk, Singapore 237995
Telephone: +65 6238 7810
WhatsApp: +65 8825 8037 (For Appointment Only)
Email: hello@dtapclinic.com.sg
Opening Time: Monday to Friday: 8.00 am – 9.00 pm Saturday: 9.00 am – 9.00 pm Sunday: 9.00 am – 2.00 pm Closed on Public Holidays
Nearest MRT Station: Fort Canning MRT Station (Exit A)
5) DTAP Clinic @Raffles Place
Men’s Health & Sexual Health Clinic
Address: 20 Cecil Street, #02-01 PLUS, Singapore 049705
Telephone: +65 6962 7144
WhatsApp: +65 9864 3198 (For Appointment Only)
Email: hello@dtapclinic.com.sg
Opening Time: Monday: 8.00 am – 6.00 pm Tuesday – Friday: 8.00 am – 5.00 pm Saturday: 9.00 am – 1.00 pm Closed on Sunday & Public Holidays
Nearest MRT Station(s): Raffles Place MRT Station (Exit E) & Telok Ayer MRT Station (Exit B)
6) DTAP Clinic @Siglap
Men’s Health & Sexual Health Clinic
Address: 914 East Coast Road, #01-04 The Domain, Singapore 459108
Telephone: +65 6962 2144
WhatsApp: +65 8892 1023 (For Appointment Only)
Email: hello@dtapclinic.com.sg
Opening Time: Monday & Friday: 9.00 am – 8.00 pm Tuesday & Thursday: 10.00 am – 8.00 pm Wednesday: 10.00 am – 6.00 pm Saturday: 9.00am – 2.00pm Closed on Sunday & Public Holidays
7) DTAP Clinic @Kovan
Men’s Health & Sexual Health Clinic
Address: Stars of Kovan, #01-21 988 Upper Serangoon Road Singapore 534733
Telephone: +65 6962 7191
WhatsApp: +65 8921 6820
Email: hello@dtapclinic.com.sg
Opening Time: Monday – Friday: 9.00 am – 7.00 pm Saturday: 9.00 am – 2.00 pm Closed on Sunday & Public Holidays
Nearest MRT Station: Kovan MRT Station
