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Seasonal affective disorder or hormones? A men’s guide to winter mood, testosterone, and sleep

Dr. Susan Carter, MD: Endocrinologist & Longevity Expert

Dec 29, 2025 · 12 min read

In men, winter “low mood” can be true seasonal affective disorder (a recurrent depressive pattern that starts in late fall, peaks in winter, and eases as daylight returns) or a look‑alike driven by physiology—less morning light can delay your circadian rhythm and prolong melatonin, while testosterone, cortisol, and thyroid shifts can produce the same fatigue ...

Patrick sleep and heat exposure: The science-backed way to fall asleep faster and sleep deeper

Dr. Susan Carter, MD: Endocrinologist & Longevity Expert

Dec 28, 2025 · 10 min read

A warm bath, shower, or sauna taken about 1–2 hours before bedtime can help you fall asleep faster and sleep more efficiently by increasing skin blood flow and speeding the post-heat drop in core body temperature. Keep the bedroom cool and use this “heat-then-cool” timing to nudge deeper, more restorative slow-wave sleep for better recovery ...

How the Terry Crews workout routine defies biological aging

Dr. Bruno Rodriguez, DPT, CSCS: Strength, Recovery, and Physical Therapy Expert

Dec 27, 2025 · 10 min read

By training with high-volume, high-intensity resistance work for 1–2 hours, five days per week (plus ~4 miles of daily running), Terry Crews creates a sustained anabolic and mitochondrial stimulus that can counter the typical male aging curve of ~3%–5% muscle loss per decade and ~1% yearly testosterone decline after 30. Here’s how his consistency, fasting ...

Can somatic exercises for weight loss actually help men get lean?

Dr. Jonathan Pierce, PhD: Clinical Psychologist & Neuroscience Specialist

Dec 27, 2025 · 9 min read

Somatic exercises don’t meaningfully drive fat loss through calorie burn, but they can help men get leaner by shifting the autonomic nervous system from sympathetic “fight-or-flight” to parasympathetic “rest-and-digest,” lowering chronic HPA-axis stress and cortisol — a hormone linked to visceral abdominal fat accumulation in men. If you’re training hard and dieting but your midsection ...

How to make penis more sensitive: A urologist’s evidence-based plan to get sensation back

Dr. Alexander Grant, MD, PhD: Urologist & Men's Health Advocate

Dec 26, 2025 · 12 min read

Penis sensitivity often returns when you stop desensitizing friction habits (high pressure, low lubrication) and address underlying medical causes—because sensation depends on skin receptors sending signals through the dorsal penile nerve and adequate blood flow to penile tissues. This step-by-step plan shows you how to reset “conditioning” and when numbness is a nerve, vascular, medication, ...