Health Tips

Already before the beginning of a pregnancy measures which help to avoid later serious development and health disturbances of the new mortal can be taken up.

Nutrition – Folic acid
It is advisable to begin with a healthy nutrition already in front of the conception. Vitamins and minerals important to the pregnancy are found in “unspoilt” foods, like vegetables, fruit, milk and whole grain products. A central role plays to the folic acid already before the time of the conception. A vitamin of the B group is you and for the cell growth, the development of the organs and the central nervous system.

The vitamin is at the formation of the DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) involved, the molecule for the structure and function of every body cell. The increased need for folic acid as of the fertilization time arises from the important role of the B vitamin at the cell formation and cell division. The sufficient supply must therefore already be ensured at the beginning of the pregnancy since approximately one hundred billion cells form here from a stimulated ovum (zygote).
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Influenza or flu is caused by a virus. The virus enters body cells and changes the DNA in there to include its own DNA code. When the cells reproduce the virus reproduces too. Eventually the body recognizes the DNA altered cells as being foreign and kills them. When all the altered cells have been reabsorbed you will recover from the flu.

Flu symptoms bear a passing resemblance to a heavy cold in humans, but the symptoms go on to include muscle aches and pains, lack of energy to do the most basic tasks and sometimes chest infections.

It is the chest infections that kill old people and infants who develop influenza. This is why it is recommended that older people should be given a flu vaccine. The vaccine is available each autumn and gives some protection against the current flu virus that year. The vaccine changes each year to cope with the changing DNA of the flu virus, so the vaccine must be re-administered each year for the maximum protection.
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Abortion is a sensitive subject for most people. Many people have strong opinions either For or Against.

Others opinions may matter at times, but when it’s your 16 year old daughter who has made a mistake and is pregnant, you have to take a fresh look at the whole issue.

It is best to keep emotions out of the decision as far as possible, though even in the early weeks of pregnancy the pregnant woman’s hormones usually make a decision to have an abortion more difficult than anticipated. The woman’s hormones are adjusting to protect the fetus.
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Menopause is a natural part of a woman’s life. Technically, it is the stopping of periods or menses. The average age is 52 however menopause can occur in the thirties or sixties. Perimenopause is the time around menopause – usually the 2-5 years before but sometimes women have symptoms 10-15 years before stopping their periods. The time of menopause for woman can be dramatic.

Menopause is usually unique for every woman but every woman does stop having periods. Some common symptoms associated with menopause include hot spells during the day- hot flashes, night sweats- heavy sweating at different times of the night, weight gain, emotional ups and downs, and loss of sexual desire. All of the symptoms of menopause can be mild or severe. Many of these symptoms are caused by hormonal imbalances and changes, not necessarily estrogen loss. They are also related to diet, lifestyle, and genetic factors.

Many women reach fifty years of age working 60 hours a week, taking care of a family, children and parents, and have little time for themselves. Their hormones are burnt out and have little reserve for dealing with this natural period of menopause. Basically, during menopause the body is resetting our hormones for the second half. It would be easier if women had more time to relax and go with the flow during menopause, but few have that chance.
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Plan B can be simply understood as a FDA endorsed emergency oral contraceptive or birth control medication. Plan B is an ideal solution to prevent unplanned pregnancy in situations such as unprotected sex, contraceptive failure, or sexual assault. If your age is 18 years or above, then Plan B can be accessed without a doctor’s prescription. Whereas if you are 17 years or below you require a doctor’s prescription to obtain Plan B.

How Plan B works?

Plan B acts on the same mechanism as a standard birth control pill. It averts unplanned pregnancy largely by inhibiting the release of an egg from the ovary, and even put a stop to the fertilization of an egg (the coalescing of sperm with the egg). In this way an unplanned pregnancy can be averted.

How to use Plan B
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Child birth can be one of the most exhilarating life experiences for parents. There are countless heart warming stories of mothers and fathers holding their newborn children for the first time. There are also accounts of amazing births that occurred in taxicabs, on busses, or in other unusual locations.

However, for every amazing and uplifting story, there are horrible tales of birth complications that have left families broken. The following seeks to examine the different types of birth techniques as well as highlight the pros and cons associated with each.

Natural Childbirth
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As women age, many experience sensations ranging from mild flushing to hot flashes, sweating, palpitations and chest discomfort. Severe symptoms are alarming and may be life altering due to sleep deprivation leading to exhaustion, stress and poor concentration. Daytime symptoms are frequently precipitated by stress, invariably occurring at a critical moment during a speech or closing of a sale.

Symptoms may be caused by a deficiency of progesterone, but more often a lack of estrogen. Estrogen causes cell multiplication (estrogenic effect) which is necessary to avoid shriveling, somewhat like a prune, but in excess may lead to fibrocystic breast disease, uterine fibroids, PMS, and possibly cancer (estrogen dominance).
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Osteoporosis (porous bone) may result in the death of twenty-five percent of the elderly suffering osteoporosis related hip fracture with costs exceeding seventeen billion dollars annually.

The problem nature encountered using calcium as the primary component of bone composition is crystallization that occurs over time. The crystallization causes bone to become harder, but less flexible, resulting in brittle bone that will fracture like breaking glass. Nature responds by dissolving the old bone using osteoclasts (bone destroy) cells for old bone removal and osteoblasts (bone build) for the creation of new bone.
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There has been great confusion in pharmacy, medicine, medical literature and the lay press regarding NHRT. I will attempt to clarify the issues. A hormone is a chemical usually secreted into the blood whose purpose is activation of functions of the endocrine system which, in this discussion, include ovaries, testicles, adrenal and thyroid.

These organs produce hormones necessary for life or maintenance of quality of life. The brain monitors and adjusts levels through a feedback system. Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) as practiced for the past thirty-five years claimed the estrogen was anti-aging, prevented heart disease, improved memory, Alzheimer disease, dementias, dryness and various genito-urinary problems.
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Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) refers to a range of symptoms plaguing 75% of women between 15 and 50 years of age. These include crankiness, bloating, back and head aches, weight gain, breast tenderness, fluid retention, fatigue, low libido, depression and irritability commencing around ten days prior to menses. “Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder” (PMDD) is more severe with feelings of helplessness, hopelessness, anxiety, and irrational behavior.

These are symptoms of “estrogen dominance” resulting from abnormal estrogen stimulation which causes excessive cell multiplication. Estrogen dominance is:
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