Image via Wikipedia As a woman, having control over our bodies and our health is particularly important – especially in terms of pregnancy. While there are many parts of pregnancy that you cannot control, there are two that you can - your nutrition and your fitness. With the help of your doctor, you can develop a plan to help keep both you and your baby as healthy as possible. Nutrition during pregnancy is a funny thing. You have to contend with all the rules, such as no caffeine and no fish, while still having crazy cravings. Your doctor will present you with the ideal pregnancy … [Read more...]
How Women Can Make Healthy Choices Everyday
Image by Christiana Care via Flickr Women face a set of health problems that do not affect men such as menopause, breast cancer and ovarian cancer. When women make healthier choices each day, they benefit their family as well as themselves. There are ways that women can improve their own health by making simple, but effective, choices in their every day activities. 1) Choosing the right snacks. One of the biggest mistakes anyone can make is to assume that they will not snack. Everyone gets hungry during the day, and it can be difficult to concentrate when your stomach is … [Read more...]
Fight Off Cancer with Nutrition
Are you at risk for the development of cancer? If you are like most people, you could be. Cancer is a condition in which the body's cells change and develop in an abnormal way. When this happens, the cancer cells grow and spread, until they stop the function of various organs in the body. Whenever this happens, people are at risk. There are numerous causes of cancer, some more extensive than others are. However, doctors believe that you can fight off cancer by improving the foods you eat. What is in the food you eat? A variety of things, and if you are eating healthy foods, chances are good … [Read more...]
Heart Disease and Women
For women, the leading cause of death in the United States is heart disease. Heart disease, unlike cancers and other illnesses, develops over a period of time often silently. Without any type of screening, it is rare for women to actually know they have this condition until something occurs to alert them to the condition. Heart disease occurs when the arteries that provide blood to the heart become blocked with a build up of plaque. This occurs for various reasons, but it is often a high level of LDL cholesterol in the body that increases the risk for women to develop this condition. Over … [Read more...]