Health and Fitness Articles From around the Web - Diary of a Pole Addict

A collection of health and fitness articles from around
the web!

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The articles on this page are shrouded in my own opinion of them. Whilst trying to be fair I'm also trying to workout what it is the article is actually saying.

Comments here are always welcome! So far we've covered the role of porn in the brain, female fertility, red meat, housework and whether mens faces are made for smacking.

If you like this but need a giggle check out my blog for a dose of fitness humour and the occasional existential crisis!

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Wednesday 9th July - How Many Times Have YOU Licked A Battery?

9/7/2014

"Idle minds succumb to temptation of electric shocks" via New Scientist

Would you rather be in your own world? Or would you do anything to avoid it?

TL;DR - people would rather give themselves an electric shock than just sit still and do nothing.

This lab study shows that people would..

Monday 30th June - Tut Tut Facebook

30/6/2014

"Facebook emotion experiment sparks criticism" via BBC
news

TL;DR Facebook messed about with some peoples feeds a couple of years ago and now people are pissed.

Sorry. Am I being a wee bit judgemental?

It's easier when you simplify things right down to the very basics, but in reality, it's rarely ever that simple.

Friday 27th June - Why Do Good People Do Bad Things?

27/6/2014

'He saved my life that night' via BBC
news

Sometimes it's all to easy to judge someone.

Take the first case of the delinquent teenager. How easy is it to pass off as just a "bad person"? How easy is it just to label him as a troublemaker for no other reason than boredom?

Don't get me wrong, I don't condone illegal behaviour but I'm keen to explore the reasons behind WHY people indulge in such behaviour.

It's easy to pass psychologists off as

Thursday 26th June - Omnomnom Luis

26/6/2014

"What's eating Luis Suarez: the psychology of biting" via New Scientist

Sorry all, but I had to. The World Cup is pervasive enough, but as a psychologist this is just downright fascinating.

I have to admit, I'm not a huge football fan. I'll watch it if it's on and being a teacher it's usually good to keep relatively up to date so you can keep up with the students, the theatrics are always good to watch but I wouldn't replace another activity with football, nor do I actively seek games.

That being said...

Wednesday 25th June - Your New "Addiction"

25/6/2014

"Sunbathing may have similar effects to drug addiction" via New Scientist

This article has appeared in a few places:
Sun tanning 'addictive' suggests study via NHS news
Sunbathing 'may be addictive' warning via BBC news

Addicitive.

That's a loaded word isn't it.

What IS addiction?

I saw a blog the other day talking about alcoholism and dismissing the claims of people that they're "addicted" to sweets...

Monday 16th June - Lets Talk about Sex

16/6/2014

"The healing power of sex work" via The Scavenger

Following the last few stories about fertility and porn I thought I'd continue along the same route.

TL;DR women who work in sex roles - strippers, escorts, tantric practitioners, porn actors and erotic masseurs for example often find that they are looked "down" upon by a society who expects them to be using sex work as a means to an end, rather than something they should enjoy.

It's a classic story of...

Friday 13th June - What Are We - Babymakers? Pffft.

13/6/2014

"Does female fertility 'drop off a cliff'?" Via BBC news

"TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp has urged women to put off higher education and a career in favour of having children because their "fertility falls off a cliff"."

Is it just me who gritted their teeth as they read that sentence? And was it just me who noticed the related stories had emotionally-emotive heaped language like "Can women HAVE IT ALL?" or I WISH IVF had never been invented".

This story made me sort...

Monday 9th June - So. Porn Makes You Dumb...

9/6/2014

"Researchers Find Association Between Porn Viewing And Less Grey Matter In The
Brain" via IFLscience

I thought I'd continue on the man-funny line here ;)

So, TL;DR porn makes you dumb.

Excellent.

Don't worry, it hasn't escaped my notice that the article was written by a woman. Nor does it escape my notice that I too am a woman amused by this.

Porn is...

Friday 6th June - Male Faces are Made to be Punched...

6/6/2014

"Male faces 'buttressed against punches' by evolution" via BBC news

Well.

Not sure what I can say here that won't get me into trouble.

Thursday 5th June - Is It the Light or the Calories? 0_o

5/6/2014

"The Plague of Light in our Bedrooms" via BBC news

TL;DR - the amount of light getting in to our rooms when we're sleeping is affecting our
lives.

The study from this article suggests that the amount of light that we're getting in our rooms (from streetlamps/phones/clocks/cars) is having enough of an effect on our bodies that it is causing obesity.

They also found that women who had enough light in their rooms to "see across it" had larger waistlines.

Now, without wanting to overtly offend anyone