Vitamins are essential for overall health and ensuring that you get enough in the daily recommended intake (DRI) can often be a challenge. While it is easy to get the necessary quota with a healthy, balanced, diet, some women might still need vitamin supplements. Also, although there are common dietary recommendations for men and women, when it comes to vitamins, women’s needs are different. Vitamins and micro nutrients are crucial…
It is that time of year again, when I have to go for my annual health check. I like to do it in March because I feel good about showing myself some self-care as International Women’s Day approaches, especially after my Mom passed away in 2010. I always imagine her nagging me to make the appointment, as I might postpone it otherwise. Now that I am in my 50s, and…
Women lead busy lives – we work, we look after the home, we take care of our children’s needs. And the responsibilities? They just seem to pile up all the time. With these daily demands, every woman wishes to have a healthy life, with little or no effort, preferably. I have lost track of the number of times I’ve meant to note down and keep track of my periods and…
A healthy heart is important. We all know that. The theme for this year’s World Heart Day was about a life course approach to the prevention and control of cardiovascular disease (CVD) with a special focus on women and children. Healthy children grow into healthy adults with healthy hearts, who in turn mean healthy families…which makes a healthy heart a good goal to aim for, especially when we can prevent…
September is Healthy Aging Month. If there is one thing I’ve learned, it is this: you are never too old to live healthy. And hey, September is also my birthday month. When we’re young, we take good health for granted, thanks to our natural stamina. Then, some minor problem crops up. Sooner or later we all reach the point when we start worrying about our health. But the fact is…