Food & Nutrition

  • Menopause is the time in a woman’s life when menstruation ceases ending her years of potential childbirth. This typically occurs between a woman’s late forties to early fifties, commonly at the age of 51 years old.

    With menopause come some drastic changes in a woman’s body with decreasing hormones and the potential for osteoporosis due to bone loss. It is important that a woman, while dealing with this change in her body, maintain adequate nutrition. Menopause is a normal occurrence in every woman and a difficult time in her life. For some it can be an easy experience, but for most it is not and will last between 1 to 3 years.

    With menopause come many symptoms, one of these being weight gain. Typically, a woman gains approximately 5 pounds during menopause. In part, this weight gain can be attributed to increasing age and fluctuating hormones within the body.

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  • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, CFS, is a complex condition that affects between 1 and 4 million people worldwide. In fact, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention believes that number is low. They estimate in the U.S. many people who have the symptoms don’t seek medical care for their disability. They know that of those in the U.S. 25% are either unemployed or on disability as a result of the symptoms of their condition.

    Since there is no known cause or cure for the condition many people turn to other natural alternatives to help boost their immune system. One of those alternatives is carrot juice. Carrot juice has long been known to have a number of health benefits for people.

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    When we talking about aging, most of us are agree (or… it’s just my opinion?) that habits play a very important role in determining a person’s life span. One of the habit is eating habit. Since i was a little girl, my parents have always told me and my brother to love or at least like eating vegetables. Later i know that this will not only help us grow up to be big, strong, and healthy person but are also helpful as Anti Aging component.

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