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Features Director at National Geographic Men's Health & FastCo alum James Beard Award winner & 3x nominee
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This Living Donor Gave Himself Away, Piece by Piece

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By Ben Paynter Verified
| Men's Health Verified
AS HE MEDITATES, he’s fixated on his kidneys. Eyes half closed, legs crossed in lotus position. It’s a little after dawn one fall day in 2015, and Anthony Cernera sits on a thin mat inside his sparsely furnished apartment on Long Island, New York, looking inward—perhaps a bit too inward. He has two of them, the kidneys. That’s two fist-sized, bean-shaped organs capable of continuously filtering waste and extra fluid out of his bloodstream.
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Tyler James Williams's Big Secret for Becoming Stronger Than Ever

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By Ben Paynter Verified
| Men's Health Verified
Tyler James Williams (right) has learned to listen to his body—and his brother Tylen (left), too. FOR YEARS, Tyler James Williams thought of himself as a “hard gainer”—a guy who just can’t pack on muscle. He played an adolescent Chris Rock on the sitcom Everybody Hates Chris for much of the mid-aughts, but nearly a decade later, well into his 20s, he was still getting calls to play a certain type. “I was trying to read for roles that were my age and I couldn’t get out of high school,” he says.
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¿Por qué los 37 años es física y mentalmente la mejor edad para el hombre? Este estudio te convecerá

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By Ben Paynter Verified, Max Berlinger Verified
| Men's Health Verified
Hace un tiempo,mientras almorzaba con un amigo –yo, ensalada; él, hamburguesa con queso–, me quejaba de mi estado físico.Bici y 10.000 pasos al día. Ayuno intermitente y meditación de diez minutos cada mañana. Duchas frías y ejercicios de respiración. Todo ello. Entonces, ¿por qué los 37 años son la mejor edad del hombre? Puso su mano sobre la mía y dijo: "Max. Sabes que, aunque hagas todo esto, vas a morir, ¿verdad?". Esas palabras cayeron como un puñetazo en las tripas.
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