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istening to our favorite music, whatever the genre, can increase both our enjoyment of and performance levels in competitive sports participation. Keele University researchers, presenting these findings at the 2012 British Psychological Society annual confer- ence, noted that playing selected tunes reduces perceived exer- tion levels, plus increases one’s sense of being “in the zone”. The greatest effects were found with music used during structured training


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sessions. Previous studies showing that motivational music in general boosts per- formance did not include exploring the effects of listening to one’s favorite music.


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ased on 36 studies from around the world involving more than 10,000 participants, researchers at the University of Connecticut, in Mansfield, concluded that a father’s love contributes as much—and sometimes more—to a child’s development as a mother’s love. The critical importance of fatherly love to a youngster’s healthy development provides added incentive for men to become more involved in nurturing child care.


Source: Society for Personality and Social Psychology


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EXCESSIVE DIETARY FAT MAY HINDER CONCEPTION


ne reason for a couple’s inabil-


ity to conceive could be linked to too much fat in the male’s diet. A study by Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital of 99 U.S. men uncovered an association between a high fat intake and lower sperm count and concentration. Results were published in the journal Human Reproduction.


Men that consumed the most satu-


rated fats had a 35 percent lower total sperm count and 38 percent lower sperm concentration than men that ate the least amount of such fats. Moreover, men that ate more omega-3 polyunsaturated fats—the type of healthful fat often found in fish and plant oils—had better-formed sperm than men that ate less.


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FLAVONOIDS PROTECT MEN AGAINST PARKINSON’S


indings published in the journal


Neurology add to a grow- ing body of evidence that regular consumption of flavonoids, found in berries, teas, apples and red wines, can positively affect hu- man health. According to new research on 130,000 men and women under- taken by Harvard University, in Boston, and the UK’s University of East Anglia, men that regularly consumed the most flavonoid-rich foods were 40 percent less likely to develop Parkinson’s disease than those that ate the least. No similar protective link was found


for women. It is the first human study to show that flavonoids can help protect neurons against diseases of the brain.


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