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13 Steps to Achieving Total Self-Love
Even if you don’t feel particularly powerful, think about how far you’ve come, how you’ve survived. You’re here, right now, alive and powerful beyond your knowledge. And be patient with yourself.
10 Supplements for Women: Do You Need Them (and Which Ones)?
Women have specific nutrient needs that change throughout their life span.
For example, teens have different nutrient needs than postmenopausal women, and pregnant and breastfeeding women need greater amounts of specific nutrients than nonpregnant women.
What’s more, your nutrient needs may differ depending on your overall health and lifestyle.
Although nutrient supplementation isn’t necessary for all women, some may need to take supplements to reach their recommended intake levels.
Should Women Pay More for Healthcare Services?
An updated rule under the Affordable Care Act sparks debate over whether insurance companies should be allowed to charge women more for healthcare.
Last month, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a “final rule” prohibiting discrimination in healthcare and health insurance, clarifying a policy already laid out in the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Gender, race, disability, age, and place of birth should not affect the cost and quality of care a person receives from any provider receiving federal funding, the final rule states.
This announcement did not inspire many headlines, perhaps because many Americans have already been reaping the benefits of the ACA’s antidiscrimination policy for several years.
For women, however, the changes could have a major impact.
With many restaurants closed and social distancing in place during the pandemic, you may have found yourself in the kitchen way more often than you liked.
Cooking multiple meals a day meant you had to make even more decisions than you already make daily.
Experts say having to make a lot of decisions at once when under stress can lead to decision fatigue, which is the inability to make decisions easily.
“Decision fatigue can be explained by looking at our stress hormone cortisol. Over time, while living a stressful life, our cortisol tends to ‘burn out.’ This impacts our neurotransmitters, particularly dopamine and we end up feeling ‘meh’, lack of motivation, etc.,” Teralyn Sell, PhD, psychotherapist and brain health expert, told Healthline.
In fact, in a survey by the American Psychological Association, 32 percent of Americans reported having difficulty with basic decision-making, such as what clothes to wear and what to eat because of pandemic-related stress.
“In our world of high stress, we make approximately 35,000 decisions every day. Research has shown that we make just over 200 meal-related decisions every day. By the time we sort through all of the other decisions, planning and preparing meals is last on the priority list,” said Sell.
Simple Tips to Overcome ‘Cooking Burnout’ and Recharge Your Diet
6 Ways To Protect Yourself From Eye Problems Once You Turn 40
Close your eyes and pretend that you will never open them again. How would that affect you? If you could never look at the faces of your loved ones, read a book, see the colors of a sunset, or drive a car…what would your life be like without your vision?
Your eyes are not only the windows to your soul but also to your health. The hormonal changes associated with menopause directly increase your risk of blindness, and more than 65% of blindness occurs in older women—a sobering, but ultimately preventable, statistic.
Let's take a closer look at what happens to a woman's eyes during menopause and the steps you can take to protect your eyes—a precious and underappreciated aspect of our health—before it's too late.
Humans are living longer and longer. Currently, the oldest living person in the world is American-born Spanish supercentenarian Maria Branyas Morera. At 116 years old, she is the 22nd-oldest verified living person ever. As time passes and medical breakthroughs keep pushing life expectancy forward, scientists say the longest possible lifespan for a human being is decades longer than the oldest people on the planet today. But how can you increase your healthspan as you age?
Research Says 150 Years Is the Longest Possible Lifespan for Humans. Here Are 8 Top Longevity Tips for Staying Healthy As You Age
25 Reasons Why You've Got Cramps But No Period (And What To Do About It!)
Cramping is often a telltale sign your period has made, or is making, its arrival. And while it’s never “fun” to experience pain around your stomach, it can be even more unsettling to have cramps—but no period.
The truth is this experience is more common than you might think, and a wide range of health issues, from infections to stress to hormonal conditions, can throw your cycle off. Also, some physical abnormalities in your uterus and ovaries can also cause cramping that feels like pre-menstrual syndrome (PMS) symptoms, adds Chailee Moss, MD, an ob-gyn at The Centers For Vulvovaginal Disorders in Washington, DC.
That said, if you suspect an underlying medical issue is messing with your flow, don't hesitate to bring it up with your doctor. They can help you figure out what's really happening and what you need to do to get your cycle back on track.
The 9 Best Vitamins and Supplements for Skin Health
Whether struggling with acne, an increase in wrinkles with aging, or getting a skin wound to heal, there are a variety of skin health issues many of us can relate to. The skin is the largest organ in the body, and new skin cells are constantly being made. Of course nutrition can impact skin health, but It’s important to keep in mind many factors—like genetics and your environment—also have a big impact on skin health.
Certain vitamins are helpful for skin health, as they provide the building blocks needed for skin and help the skin repair when damaged. They can often be found in topical skin care products. Vitamins A, C, D, and E especially can play a role in skin health. You can get most of these from food–or with vitamin D, from the sun. However if you do not eat enough foods with these nutrients, then supplements may be helpful to boost your intake of skin health nutrients.
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