Guys it's not that hard to prepare for the winter season, but you know what it is hard
to prepare for? Man flu season.
Viewers outside of the United States might be more familiar with this British slang term
'man flu' but no matter where you live you might be familiar with this anecdotal observation
that when men get sick with the flu or simply a cold, they tend to get sicker for longer--I
don't feel so good--Some women might also report that their husbands or boyfriends also
seem to be a bit whinier about their sickness. Symptoms of man flu tend to involve excessive
grumbling, moaning and requests for soups. But there is a new study out of the Stanford
University School of Medicine suggesting that in fact men might be biologically inclined
to yes, come down with man flu. Why did I do to deserve that? What these Stanford researchers
specifically looked at was how men and women responded to an influenza vaccine and they
found that it was most effective in women and men with lower levels of testosterone.
I want pizza rolls. That hormone which has naturally elevated levels in the male body
versus the female body has anti-inflammatory effects. Oh anti-inflammatory that sounds
like a good thing. Actually if you have some kind of infection or a virus or some kind
of bacteria that's attacking the inside of your body making you feel really bad, that
is stopping that inflammatory immune response that will then attack that bacteria or whatever
is infecting your body. I think I'm dying. It appears that estrogen might be doing us
ladies a big old solid because it seems to benefit that inflammatory process. Evolutionarily
speaking, mothers needed to be strong and healthy to take care of all those babies.
Hah. So if you're a lady that might be frustrated that a guy in her life is coming down with
a bout of man flu--I can feel all of my bones--remember that the female body might be able to weather
sickness a little bit better than the male body. But guys are also less likely to go
to the doctor compared to women, which means that by the time they're actually in bed and
sick they might be really, really, really sick. You ever have Nyquil dreams? They're
so messed up. So is man flu real? Well so far the research is on your side guys. Or
on man flu's side. I don't know whose side man flu would actually be. But what do you
think about man flu? Have you observed that women tend to get well faster, have you observed
that men might be a little more dramatic in their sickness? Vice versa, are women simply
making all of this up and we are actually the cry babies when it comes to sickness?
Let me know in the comments below and hey if you're watching this and you're under the
weather, you might have the flu because it is peak flu season, I hope you get to feeling
better. Stay hydrated. And watch lots of my videos. That's doctor's orders.