Every Question You Ever Had About Really Eating Well

Nutrition is a maddening business. Foods are in one day, compost the next; vitamins that cured ills last week are promptly debunked. We all want to eat better, but who has the time to sift fact from fad? Rest easy because this is your easily digestible, bite-sized guide to doing precisely that

The False Prophets Of Wellness

Muscle, fat loss, wisdom… Whatever you seek, there is now an entrepreneurial guru armed with hashtags who claims to have the answer. But is it gospel?

The Brexit Diet

Whether you voted Leave or Remain, the EU has transformed the way we eat – and crashing out threatens to deal a mighty blow to both our palates and our nutritional health. MH spoke to the experts worried that the true impact of Brexit will leave a very bad taste in our mouths.

The Gastropub​ Nutrition Plan

New research suggests you don’t need to cut back on flavour either to satisfy your cravings or to cook off kilos. Better pass that piccalilli

Your Detox Doner Card

 The vilified sat fat in your kebab is actually the antidote to offset booze’s impact on your liver. How convenient

Reach For The Stars

He has crossed the Atlantic, from Peckham to Hollywood, carrying multiple blockbusters on his newly broad shoulders. But while John Boyega’s star is in the ascendant, his feet remain firmly on the ground – thanks to a few fundamental life lessons learned along the way. Take note and look up.

One Word Answer #43

As tedious as they might have seemed at the time, most of the lessons our parents taught us as kids were worthy of adherence. Sit up straight at the table; look people in the eye when you thank them; try not to spit at strangers – even as an adult, these are values to live by.

Stamina? It's As Easy As Pie

Don’t flake on post-workout pastry. Pie and mash is your new performance enhancer

The Trip Treatment

Once the poison of the counterculture, psychedelic drugs are gaining credibility as a powerful, viable mental health tool that could transform the way we understand ourselves. Are you ready to turn on, tune in and dose up?

Working Out In Sharp Relief

At the time of writing, a shocking figure is splashed across the news: “London’s 45th murder victim this year – an 18-year-old stabbed to death.” The capital is in crisis, and the police are no closer to a solution.

Take The Weight Off Your Mind Tonight

Losing sleep over your waistline puts your fat-burning ability on snooze. Clock eight hours and lean down with your eyes closed

A Clean Bill Of Mental Health

Wash away the symptoms of depression with a post-workout bath. It’s the simplest way to keep your head above water

Why Are You Always Hungry?

Are you frequently covered in crumbs? Do you partake, like a hobbit, in “second breakfast”? Fill up on these simple fixes

A Vicious Cycle

At the start lines of ultra-distance cycling events, pro riders jostle with competitive triathletes and Ironman veterans. So, obviously, we sent a novice to train for a month, then try to keep up with the elite peloton. It turns out that was slightly optimistic…

Green Machine

Plant-based diets may be trending, but will they really help your training? MH met up with Manchester United defender Chris Smalling, one of the Premiership’s first vegans, to see how giving meat the boot has assisted him.

Storm Troopers

With its ethereal yet inhospitable landscapes and brutally unpredictable weather, Iceland is a country that can threaten even the boldest outdoorsmen. Men’s Health bedded in with Ice-Sar – the volunteer rescue force whose members risk their lives to save those in peril.

The Cold Embrace

Awash with physical and mental health benefits, cold-water swimming is making big waves in the wellness industry. Veterans acclimatise themselves to the near-freezing temperatures over years. Men’s Health chose the fast lane. Come on in, the water is lovely…

Can You Bottle High Performance?

Some researchers claim that drinking ketones can push your endurance to the cutting edge. We chase down the hard facts.

Hitting The Wall

Climbing perilous heights at speed takes nerves of steel, unfaltering grip and months, if not years, of practice. Naturally, we gave our man just three days to get the hang of it. This is how his gym-honed fitness stacked up.

Unnatural Advantage

Genetically modified food is being rebranded as a smart, health-enhancing solution to our planet’s impending resource crisis. But is it safe? MH investigates.

The Angry Chef

A cook with a background in biochemistry, Anthony Warner – better known as the Angry Chef – uses science and sharp humour to debunk nutritional misinformation. Now, in a new book, he takes on the weight-loss industry

The Nutrition Mavericks

If you want true change, there’s no use sticking to the same old recipe. MH meets the disrupters revolutionising the way we eat and drink – while piling more nutrients onto our plates in the process

Fit For Release

With the UK prison system at breaking point, a new wave of smart fitness programmes is transforming jail culture and giving inmates a second chance. MH met the men and women creating change from the inside

Son Of A Gun

For most men, joining the family business is the easier option. Not so for Scott Eastwood, a man whose father might just be the most iconic Hollywood hard man ever. But while he is, in many ways, a chip off the old block, the firebrand’s son has his own life well figured out

Get Physical For Long Life

A growing body of research shows that regular sex can add years to your life and sharpen your brain. Let’s get it on

The Rise Of Kane

Harry Kane’s ascent from Tottenham’s local lad to a member of the European football elite is a real-life Roy of the Rovers story – Harry of the Hotspurs, if you will. But the unstoppable goal-scorer’s journey has been one of hard graft, mental grit and smart thinking. This is the tale of how Kane became able

A Back For The Future

It’s time to bend the rules on conventional lifting technique. THE KB DEEP SQUAT WIT JEFFERSON CURL will iron out back pain, fix deskbound mobility problems and prime your muscles for the bigger lifts

Can Taking LSD Really Make You A Better Employee?

In hep San Francisco, innovative office workers have found a new way to boost productivity: microdosing psychedelic performance enhancers during their 9-5. But can taking LSD really make you a better employee? To test the theory, one MH writer decided to trial his own weekday trip from the (relative) safety of his desk. This is what happened

Sink Or Swim

With an attrition rate of 80%, few training processes are as punishing as that endured by the US Coast Guard’s elite rescue swimmers. To find out what it takes to battle the raging seas, MH met the men keeping others afloat in the eye of the storm

#Joe #Wicks#irl

With a legion of zealous followers growing by the day, three bestsellers to his name and a unique nutritional vocabulary, Joe Wicks has become an unlikely and irrepressible force in the budding world of health and fitness. So who is the man driving his tank onto Men’s Health’s lawn? And is there anymore to him than #likes?As it turns out, the answer is yes