So you’ve read that salt consumption is directly correlated to high blood pressure, and you’ve decided to stop salting your food. Good idea. Bad practicality. According to this story from ABC News, the salt that we add to our food constitutes about 10 percent of the salt that we eat. […]

No. It’s not cheating. A cup of coffee or two before a workout is like, totally legit, and, according to several studies done in the last few years, good for you–for two reasons. One: caffeine prevents workout fatigue. The London Times reports that a study conducted at the University of […]

It’s possible that Iceland is not the most likely place to conduct a study of the health benefits of red wine, but Geezer is not one to quibble with the methodology of scientific endeavor, particularly when the results are so agreeable. The Wine Spectator (no comment) reports that a five-year […]

Last week, when the health commissioner of New York city asked restaurants to stop using trans fats, the request rekindled a debate about just how bad the widely used (pies, cookies, doughnuts) and (almost always) chemically-processed fats really are. Much research has showns that trans fat raises levels of LDL […]

It may not impress central casting, but a certain amount of fat on women’s buttocks and hips appears to be just what the doctor ordered. The Boston Globe reports that researchers at the University of Colorado studied 95 women past menopause and found that those with more fat on their […]

Not everything posted on SportsGeezer is directly applicable to your daily fitness regimen. Some of it, like this item on research suggesting that redheads are better at dealing with pain, is, well, fairly useless. Here’s the story anyway: A team of British scientists working with researchers at Edinburgh University has […]

Now that triathlons are no longer the death-defying torment they once were, many relatively sane people are considering taking part. If you happen to be one of those people, a new online forum put together by Men’s Health should amuse you, and, at best, inform you. Five editorial yeoman and […]

Perhaps you know someone who will continue to train even when injured. Perhaps you know someone who feels anxious when he or she misses a workout. Perhaps you know someone who talks constantly about his or her sport. Perhaps you know someone who neglects important areas of his or her […]

Health surveys and medical research are the lifeblood of SportsGeezer, which, in our dreams, makes a handsome living off other people’s PhD theses. So it is with some regret that we report on a new study demonstrating that the conclusions of nearly one-third of all medical studies turn out to […]

You read it right. One hundred top tips. Ten tips each from ten experts, including an expert on "Sizzling Sex."  The London Times put this impressive package (our words, not those of the Sizzling Sex expert) together on the occasion of the 100th issue of Body and Soul, the paper’s […]