Sites that address some of our unique concerns...
MENOPAUSE ONLINE - Treatments - Hormone Replacement Therapy..
Excerpts from GoodHousekeeping/January1995,
"Researchers across the world have found that the best way to manage...cravings is to satisfy them immediately with a small portion...
(This is a great article, full of insights and understanding of women's unique makeup; it is lengthy, and the book sounds like it would be a good investment.)
"What are little girls made of,
"What are little boys made of,
"...is based on an old wives' tale that actually is not an old wives' tale at all but has been proven by scientific evidence, that women who conceive while on a diet heavier in fats, sugars and carbohydrates tend to have girls, and women who conceive while on a leaner diet heavier in proteins (lean meats) and lower in fats tend to have boys.
Thanks, Liv:)
Wild Yam Cream
What can you have for 300 calories?
Scroll down for a pleasant surprise...
Thanks to Great American Home Cooking Magazine
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Excerpt from University of California, Berkeley
"Berry good for you...
Unidentified Funny Vitamins (from U of CA - Berkeley Wellness Letter, Vol. 15, Issue 9) "...Many marketers on the Internet are inventing new ones..."
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article
"Why Women Need Chocolate"
(based on Debra Waterhouse's book of the same name)...
"Researchers...found that women...craved sugar because of estrogen's effect on brain chemicals and blood sugar levels...
"[They] took the food/mood link one step further:
"Women didn't just crave sugar for its calming effects, they also craved fat for its mood-elevating effects...
"Fat [releases] other brain chemicals, the endorphins, which energized the mind and lifted the spirit.
"The most powerful female food cravings are for sugar and fat combinations-with the most powerful
craving of all for chocolate [surprise, surprise]...which has the perfect combination of 50% sugar and 50% fat...
"What women biologically crave is a reflection of what the female body biologically needs..."
And here is some input from Liv4Adonai in the same vein, a provocative thought or three...
What are little girls made of?
Sugar and Spice and everything nice,
That's what little girls are made of.
What are little boys made of?
Snips and snails and puppy dog tails,
That's what little boys are made of...
So maybe the sex of a baby isn't determined ENTIRELY by the man after all..."
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Here's an interesting testimonial...thanks to LoveCeltic for telling me about the site
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(See graphic at bottom of page)
WELLNESS LETTER
"UTI's are usually caused by e.coli, a common intestinal bacterium (thus the one reliable treatment is antibiotics)...researcher [report in New England Journal of Medicine]...that special tannins in cranberry (as well as blueberry) extracts inhibit the binding of E. coli to cells on the lining of the urinary tract. Presumably, that would allow the bacteria to be flushed from the bladder with the urine.
"Cranberry juice can be used as an adjunct to treatment--not a substitute for it. If a UTI is serious enough to cause symptoms, it requires medical attention. If untreated it may turn into a bladder infection. But those susceptible to UTIs may want to try cranberry juice as a preventive measure. A 1994 Harvard study found that women who drank 10 ounces of cranberry juice cocktail daily significantly reduced infection rates over a six-month period.
"The cranberry juice cocktail [found in stores] has been diluted and heavily sweetened...the pure juice is very tart. Artificially sweetened juices are also available. Health food stores sell undiluted, unsweetened juice: you can dilute it with orange juice concentrate and water (or other juices) to make it less sour.
"Capsules containing cranberry juice extract are available... Many women find that these help prevent UTIs, and one small study supports this. However no one knows what the right dose is, and you can't even be sure that the capsules contain what the label says."
"Vitamin F: this appears to be unsaturated fatty acids, found in most vegetable oils. Claimed, falsely, to be a cure for multiple sclerosis.
"Vitamin O: a bottle of salt water containing oxygen molecules...costs $20 a pop..."O" is advertised for mole removal, cancer, sexual dysfunction, etc. But oxygen is not a vitamin, which is too bad, since the air is full of it.
"Vitamin P: a flavonoid (plant pigment) sold to relieve leg cramps.
"Vitamin T: supposedly from egg yolks and sesame seeds, it cures anemia, according to its adherents.
"Vitamin U: sold to relieve ulcer pain, often in a pill also containing Vitamin A.
"'B' vitamins: a number of so-called B vitamins are also for sale, with numbers running up to B-17 and beyond. You might have thought a B-17 was a military plane, but it also designates laetrile, an apricot-pit derivative and bogus cancer treatment.
"You need 13 vitamins to live: A, C, D, E, and K, plus the B complex consisting of 8 vitamins (thiamin or B1, riboflavin or B2, niacin or B3, folic acid, pantothenic acid, biotin, B6 and B12). These come from foods (and pills), and Vitamins D and K are also manufactured in the body."
All puffed up? |
(Excerpted from Good Housekeeping, February 1995)
"Here are the most common causes of fluid retention:
To minimize fluid retention: "Avoid salt and sodium-laden foods [eg. canned soups and vegetables, processed foods, salty snacks, and frozen meals not specifically labelled "low sodium"].
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