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Here’s why men don’t like going to the doctor

 

Anna Almendrala
June 13, 2016

 

    Men tend to die earlier than women, are more likely to die from eight out of the ten top causes of death in the U.S. than women, and are also more likely to smoke and drink excessively. Researchers think a mix of factors are involved in men’s earlier deaths, including the fact that men tend to take more risks, are less socially connected, and have more dangerous jobs than women. But there’s another very simple, easy to fix problem: Men just don’t go to the doctor as much as women do.

    Men are half as likely as women to go to the doctor over a 2-year period, according to 2014 survey data collected by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. They were also more than three times as likely to admit going more than five years without a visit. And finally, men were more than twice as likely to say they’ve never had contact with a doctor or health professional as an adult. Ever. A new online survey commissioned by the Orlando Health hospital system hints at why men may be so reluctant to see doctors. According to the survey results, a mix of busyness, fear, shame and discomfort kept them out of the doctor’s office.

    Men experience very strong, clear messages about how they’re supposed to display their masculinity and hide their vulnerability, and pretty much everything about going to a doctor’s office goes against these rigid gender role norms, said professor Glenn Good, an expert on masculinity and the psychology of men at the University of Florida. Good was not involved in the survey, but said that the results did not surprise him. “Going to a physician involves a couple of things that may feel uncomfortable for men,” Good said. “They don’t want to ask for directions and they don’t want to have to consult an expert about something that they know less about.”

    And while the face of body shame might be female, as women come under extraordinarily heavy criticism for their looks and weight, that doesn’t mean men don’t struggle with other expectations of what their bodies should look like. This could explain some men’s reluctance to find out their weight in the doctor’s office, Good said.

    Men need to re-think their idea of strength if they want to feel comfortable about going to a doctor, he advised. A truly strong, healthy person embraces routine health care, health consultation and daily healthy habits to truly protect his body, Good said — not just his own self-image. “The metaphor of a tree is a helpful one,” he said. “A truly strong tree can flex and bend in the wind, but a tree that is really rigid and stiff is more likely to get snapped.”

(www.huffingtonpost.com. Adaptado.)

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Here’s why men don’t like going to the doctor

 

Anna Almendrala
June 13, 2016

 

    Men tend to die earlier than women, are more likely to die from eight out of the ten top causes of death in the U.S. than women, and are also more likely to smoke and drink excessively. Researchers think a mix of factors are involved in men’s earlier deaths, including the fact that men tend to take more risks, are less socially connected, and have more dangerous jobs than women. But there’s another very simple, easy to fix problem: Men just don’t go to the doctor as much as women do.

    Men are half as likely as women to go to the doctor over a 2-year period, according to 2014 survey data collected by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. They were also more than three times as likely to admit going more than five years without a visit. And finally, men were more than twice as likely to say they’ve never had contact with a doctor or health professional as an adult. Ever. A new online survey commissioned by the Orlando Health hospital system hints at why men may be so reluctant to see doctors. According to the survey results, a mix of busyness, fear, shame and discomfort kept them out of the doctor’s office.

    Men experience very strong, clear messages about how they’re supposed to display their masculinity and hide their vulnerability, and pretty much everything about going to a doctor’s office goes against these rigid gender role norms, said professor Glenn Good, an expert on masculinity and the psychology of men at the University of Florida. Good was not involved in the survey, but said that the results did not surprise him. “Going to a physician involves a couple of things that may feel uncomfortable for men,” Good said. “They don’t want to ask for directions and they don’t want to have to consult an expert about something that they know less about.”

    And while the face of body shame might be female, as women come under extraordinarily heavy criticism for their looks and weight, that doesn’t mean men don’t struggle with other expectations of what their bodies should look like. This could explain some men’s reluctance to find out their weight in the doctor’s office, Good said.

    Men need to re-think their idea of strength if they want to feel comfortable about going to a doctor, he advised. A truly strong, healthy person embraces routine health care, health consultation and daily healthy habits to truly protect his body, Good said — not just his own self-image. “The metaphor of a tree is a helpful one,” he said. “A truly strong tree can flex and bend in the wind, but a tree that is really rigid and stiff is more likely to get snapped.”

(www.huffingtonpost.com. Adaptado.)

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Here’s why men don’t like going to the doctor

 

Anna Almendrala
June 13, 2016

 

    Men tend to die earlier than women, are more likely to die from eight out of the ten top causes of death in the U.S. than women, and are also more likely to smoke and drink excessively. Researchers think a mix of factors are involved in men’s earlier deaths, including the fact that men tend to take more risks, are less socially connected, and have more dangerous jobs than women. But there’s another very simple, easy to fix problem: Men just don’t go to the doctor as much as women do.

    Men are half as likely as women to go to the doctor over a 2-year period, according to 2014 survey data collected by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. They were also more than three times as likely to admit going more than five years without a visit. And finally, men were more than twice as likely to say they’ve never had contact with a doctor or health professional as an adult. Ever. A new online survey commissioned by the Orlando Health hospital system hints at why men may be so reluctant to see doctors. According to the survey results, a mix of busyness, fear, shame and discomfort kept them out of the doctor’s office.

    Men experience very strong, clear messages about how they’re supposed to display their masculinity and hide their vulnerability, and pretty much everything about going to a doctor’s office goes against these rigid gender role norms, said professor Glenn Good, an expert on masculinity and the psychology of men at the University of Florida. Good was not involved in the survey, but said that the results did not surprise him. “Going to a physician involves a couple of things that may feel uncomfortable for men,” Good said. “They don’t want to ask for directions and they don’t want to have to consult an expert about something that they know less about.”

    And while the face of body shame might be female, as women come under extraordinarily heavy criticism for their looks and weight, that doesn’t mean men don’t struggle with other expectations of what their bodies should look like. This could explain some men’s reluctance to find out their weight in the doctor’s office, Good said.

    Men need to re-think their idea of strength if they want to feel comfortable about going to a doctor, he advised. A truly strong, healthy person embraces routine health care, health consultation and daily healthy habits to truly protect his body, Good said — not just his own self-image. “The metaphor of a tree is a helpful one,” he said. “A truly strong tree can flex and bend in the wind, but a tree that is really rigid and stiff is more likely to get snapped.”

(www.huffingtonpost.com. Adaptado.)

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Farm-to-Table

A Simple Definition

 

By Molly Watson

 

    "Farm-to-table" is a phrase that can mean different things to different people. At its heart, however, "farm-to-table" means that the food on the table came directly from a specific farm, without going through a store, market, or distributor along the way.

    In its purest, most honest form, "farm-to-table" means the table is actually at the farm and cooks or chefs prepare and serve the food at the farm (even in the field). These are often special meals or fundraisers planned as one-off events.

    More commonly, the use of "farm-to-table" emphasizes a direct relationship between a farm and a restaurant. Rather than buying through a distributor or food service, some restaurants establish relationships with a farm and buy directly from them.

    Farmers benefit by being able to reap more of the profit their goods can earn at market, and many enjoy knowing how their food will be treated and cooked.

    Restaurants are usually motivated to these direct relationships by the quality and freshness of the food they get from the farms (items will often be delivered directly to the restaurant within hours of being harvested), as well as the ability to get specialty items that not many people in their area grow.

    In some cases, restaurants and farms may have a fairly deep or serious commitment to one another, with the farm growing produce specifically requested by the chef, or the restaurant guaranteeing to buy a certain percentage (or even the entirety) of a crop.

    "Farm-to-table" can also refer more loosely to farmers markets and other venues where people can buy food directly from growers, with the table being the one at their house.

    Like anything with some prestige to it, "farm-to-table" gets overused and definitely misused. I've even seen it on grocery store signs.

    And while those vegetables were grown on a farm and would, if they were purchased, be brought home and quite likely served and eaten on a table, that's not what the spirit behind "farm-to-table" means. The very fact that the food has stopped at the grocery store between being at the farm and getting to the table means that it is decidedly not "farm-to-table."

    How can you know if something labeled "farm-to-table" really is? Anyone using the phrase "farm-to-table" should be able to name the specific farm(s) from which they are sourcing, since they would have gotten the goods directly from that farm!

(Adapted from http://localfoods.about.com/od/localfoodsglossary/ g/Definition-Of-Farm-To-Table.htm)

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Which is the best English translation for: Que tal então a gastronomia, mais na moda do que nunca? 

Difícil é ser cronista regular de algum periódico. Uma crônica por semana, havendo ou não assunto... É buscar na cabeça uma luzinha, uma palavra que possa acender toda uma frase, um parágrafo, uma página inteira – mas qual? ¹Onde o ímã que atraia uma boa limalha? ²Onde a farinha que proverá o pão substancioso? O relógio está correndo e o assunto não vem. Cronos, cronologia, crônica, tempo, tempo, tempo... Que tal falar da falta de assunto? Mas isso já aconteceu umas três vezes... Há cronista que abre a Bíblia em busca de um grande tema: os mandamentos, um faraó, o Egito antigo, as pragas, as pirâmides erguidas pelo trabalho escravo? Mas como atualizar o interesse em tudo isso? O leitor de jornal ou de revista anda com mais pressa do que nunca, ³e, aliás, está munido de um celular que lhe coloca o mundo nas mãos a qualquer momento.

 

Sim, a internet! O Google! É a salvação. ⁴Lá vai o cronista caçar assunto no computador. Mas aí o problema fica sendo o excesso: ele digita, por exemplo, “Liberdade”, e ⁵lá vem a estátua nova-iorquina com seu facho de luz saudando os navegantes, ou o bairro do imigrante japonês em São Paulo, ⁶ou a letra de um hino cívico, ou um tratado filosófico, até mesmo o “Libertas quae sera tamen*” dos inconfidentes mineiros... Tenta-se outro tema geral: “Política”. Aí mesmo é que não para mais: vêm coisas desde a polis grega até um poema de Drummond, salta-se da política econômica para a financeira, chega-se à política de preservação de bens naturais, à política ecológica, à partidária, à política imperialista, à política do velho Maquiavel, ufa.

Que tal então a gastronomia, mais na moda do que nunca? ⁷O velho bifinho da tia ou o saudoso picadinho da vovó, receitas domésticas guardadas no segredo das bocas, viraram nomes estrangeiros, sob molhos complicados, de apelido francês. Nesse ramo da alimentação há também que considerar o que sejam produtos transgênicos, orgânicos, as ameaças do glúten, do sódio, da química nociva de tantos fertilizantes. Tudo muito sofisticado e atingindo altos níveis de audiência nos programas de TV: já seremos um país povoado por cozinheiros, quer dizer, por chefs de cuisine?**

 

Temas palpitantes, certamente de interesse público, estão no campo da educação: há, por exemplo, quem veja nos livros de História uma orientação ideológica conduzida pelos autores; ⁸há quem defenda uma neutralidade absoluta diante de fatos que seriam indiscutíveis. ⁹Que sentido mesmo tiveram a abolição da escravatura e a proclamação da República? E o suicídio de Getúlio Vargas? E os acontecimentos de 1964? Já a literatura e a redação andam questionadas como itens de vestibular: mas sob quais argumentos o desempenho linguístico e a arte literária seriam dispensáveis numa formação escolar de verdade?

 

Enfim, ¹⁰o cronista que se dizia sem assunto de repente fica aflito por ter de escolher um no infinito cardápio digital de assuntos. Que esperará ler seu leitor? ¹¹Amenidades? Alguma informação científica? A quadratura do círculo encontrada pelo futebol alemão? A situação do cinema e do teatro nacionais, dependentes de financiamento por incentivos fiscais? Os megatons da última banda de rock que visitou o Brasil? O ativismo político das ruas? Uma viagem fantasiosa pelo interior de um buraco negro, esse mistério maior tocado pela Física? A posição do Reino Unido diante da União Europeia?

 

¹²Houve época em que bastava ao cronista ser poético: o reencontro com a primeira namoradinha, uma tarde chuvosa, um passeio pela infância distante, um amor machucado, ¹³tudo podia virar uma valsa melancólica ou um tango arrebatador. Mas hoje parece que estamos todos mais exigentes e utilitaristas, e os jovens cronistas dos jornais abordam criticamente os rumores contemporâneos, valem-se do vocabulário ligado a novos comportamentos, ou despejam um humor ácido em seus leitores, ¹⁴num tempo sem nostalgia e sem utopias.

É bom lembrar que o papel em que se imprimem livros, jornais e revistas está sob ameaça como suporte de comunicação. ¹⁵O mesmo ocorre com o material das fitas, dos CDs e DVDs: o mundo digital armazena tudo e propaga tudo instantaneamente. Já surgem incontáveis blogs de cronistas, onde os autores discutem on-line com seus leitores aspectos da matéria tratada em seus textos. A interatividade tornou-se praticamente uma regra: há mesmo quem diga que a própria noção de autor, ou de autoria, já caducou, em função da multiplicidade de vozes que se podem afirmar num mesmo espaço textual. Num plano cósmico: quem é o autor do Universo? Deus? O Big Bang? A Física é que explica tudo ou deixemos tudo com o criacionismo?

 

Enquanto não chega seu apocalipse profissional, o cronista de periódico ainda tem emprego, o que não é pouco, em tempo de crise. Pois então que arrume assunto, e um bom assunto, para não perder seus leitores. Como não dá para ser sempre um Machado de Assis, um Rubem Braga, um Luis Fernando Veríssimo, há que se contentar com um mínimo de estilo e uma boa escolha de tema. A variedade da vida há de conduzi-lo por um bom caminho; é função do cronista encontrar algum por onde possa transitar acompanhado de muitos e, de preferência, bons leitores.

 

(Teobaldo Astúrias, inédito)

 

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