Resources

This page is where we link out. Everything here is independently maintained by someone else, none of it is affiliate-linked, and we get nothing for sending you to any of it. We keep the list short on purpose — a dozen good resources are more useful than a hundred you'll never have time to read.

Major organizations

• American Heart Association (heart.org). The long-standing patient-facing cardiovascular organization in the US. Their lifestyle guidance, BMI calculators, and "Life's Essential 8" framework are practical and aimed at general adults, not clinicians.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (cdc.gov/men). The CDC's men's health section is prevention-focused, plain-language, and includes screening recommendation summaries by age group. Useful for understanding what your routine physical should actually cover.
• Men's Health Network (menshealthnetwork.org). Educational nonprofit focused on men's health awareness. Free fact sheets, age-by-age screening guides, and prevention resources.
• Mayo Clinic Men's Health (mayoclinic.org/men-health). A reliable second source for almost any specific topic. Patient-facing tone, evidence-backed, no product placement.

Tools

• A home blood pressure cuff. Cheapest reliable models from Omron or A&D run $30-50 at any pharmacy. The point isn't to obsess over readings — it's to take one in the morning twice a week for a month and see what your actual baseline is. Bring the readings to your next physical.
• A paper notebook. The most underrated men's health tool. Write the date, your morning resting heart rate, hours slept the previous night, and a 1-10 energy score. Two weeks of these reveal more about your patterns than any wearable.
• A basic kitchen scale (optional). For the first two weeks of paying attention to portions, a cheap digital scale is useful for calibrating your eye. After that, you'll rarely need it.

Further reading

• "Outlive" by Peter Attia. A long, dense, but extremely well-cited book on the four chronic diseases that cause most of the suffering in adult men, and what's actually known about preventing them. Skip the longevity hype chapters and read the parts on cardiovascular and metabolic health.
• "Why We Sleep" by Matthew Walker. Some of the strongest claims have been challenged, but the core message — that sleep affects almost every health marker doctors track — is well-supported. Short, readable, and likely to change how you think about your bedtime.
• "The Salt Fix" by James DiNicolantonio. Controversial in some circles, but a useful counterweight to a generation of low-salt advice that may have been overstated. Worth reading critically alongside mainstream guidance, not instead of it.
• "How Not to Die" by Michael Greger. Plant-leaning, citation-heavy, occasionally over-confident. Useful framework even if you don't go fully plant-based.

Podcasts

• Peter Attia's Drive — long-form interviews on longevity, cardiovascular health, and metabolic disease. Technical, but the men's-health episodes are excellent.
• ZOE Science & Nutrition — general nutrition and metabolism with men's-health-relevant episodes. Higher production value than most.
• Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick — research-heavy interviews on aging, cardiovascular health, and exercise science. Some episodes are dense; the show notes are excellent.

What we don't link to

A few categories we've decided not to include, even though they come up often in search results: supplement company websites (they sell supplements), "boost your testosterone in 30 days" product pages (the claims rarely survive the fine print), and most Instagram or TikTok accounts dedicated to men's health (too much low-quality content to endorse any without vetting). If you have a favorite we've missed that fits our criteria — reputable, free, not selling anything — send it to us via the contact page.