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Live a Little—Laugh a Lot

 

Historical highlight. In an 1879 textbook, an American gynecologist advised girls to “spend the year before and the two years after puberty at rest.” In addition, each menstrual period should be endured in the “recumbent position” until the girls’ systems could adjust to the “new order of life.” Another medical specialist wrote that excessive exercise by women would have a negative effect on the “genital organs, for they tend to decay.”

 

In the morning. Serum testosterone levels are one-third higher in the morning than in the afternoon.

 

Do imbalances in body chemistry result in violence in young men? Copper and zinc may be the keys to suppressing violence in young men according to a study in Physiology and Behavior. Imbalances in body chemistry, specifically and elevated copper level and a depressed zinc level are linked to behavior disorders in some young men. The study, which compared men with a history of assaultive behavior to a control group with no violent history, revealed that the test group’s mean copper/zinc ratio was statistically higher than that of the control group. (Quantum sufficit, Am Fam Phys 56(8); 1997)

 

 

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Ovulation and physical attraction. The June 24th, 1999 issue of Nature published an interesting bit of research on the physical characteristics of male attractiveness during certain phases of the menstrual cycle. When conception chances were the highest (ovulation), women seeking a short-term relationship preferred the “masculinized” look of a squarer jaw and wider face, which may indicate good health. During the other phases of the menstrual cycle, women favored more feminized faces, attributing them to more positive personality traits.

 

 
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