Most people reading this blog might be thinking that there is no reason to uphold such a theme in a blog. Men are not that special when it comes to health supplements – I get that a lot. Well the biggest issue with people like this is that they in most cases have no experience in the health supplement industry, and besides just that, they usually don’t have any knowledge about the physiology of the human body. Without that knowledge you can’t make any assumptions of what is needed and what is not and I am prepared to back myself with some information.

Let’s start with the basic and most popular fish oil. Many people seem to think that it is good for you for a multiple reasons, including the antioxidant effect, and because of what it does to the insulin resistance. These are all good things to know, but basically I hear people saying that they are avoiding all other fats. This is very wrong. When you limit your body to one type of fatty acid – in this case it is going to be omega-3 which consists EPA and DHA – you are going to lack the orther types of that that are needed. For men especially it is important to keep a decent amount of saturated fat in your diet because a large part of our hormone production is based on those fats. It should not be forgotten that your body can not alterate the fats too much, it does not have the enzymes required to add double bonds and remove them. The same thing applies to cholesterol. People are terrified of it, when it is very important for the most important hormone in a mans body – testosterone is built from cholesterol, and if you are not producing enough testosterone a man can get depressed and develop benign prostate hyperplasia, which can result in a large variety of urinary, and sexual health problems.

Fats are just one of the most misunderstood things that there are when it comes to male nutrition, and that is why supplements play a big role. When you are doing sports and sweating a little more than women, you are losing more zinc and magnesion through it. This will result in your hormone production and metabolism to see the change. Since zinc is one of the most important minerals used almost everywhere in our bodies, it is important for a man to be using a ZMA supplement even if he THINKS he is not lacking those minerals.