Posts Tagged ‘menopause’

Menopause and Sleep

menopause and sleep

Menopause is a special stage in the life of every woman. The end of menstruation and decreased estrogen levels cause women to live a hormonal revolution when they reach a certain age.

Among all the symptoms of menopause, perhaps the most characteristic are the hot flushes usually occur at night. In this situation, over 40% of women have serious difficulty sleeping every night. And if we add to that the headaches, dizziness and mood swings the picture may become even more complicated by the lack of sleep.

What can you do to improve the quality of your sleep during menopause? We told you then.

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Avoid Stroke, Reduce Fat and fried

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Dare you include high-fat foods and sugar? Apparently you have to fix your eating style. Not only cause weight loss easy ride, but also the risk of stroke is very high, especially in women.

You probably already know a high-fat foods can cause constriction of blood vessels at risk of heart disease. A recent study conducted on 87,230 respondents mentioned the risk of stroke by 44 percent higher in those who eat fatty foods hobbies.

Major health risks that this could have been prevented. It should be understood, that is bad for the heart is also bad for the brain.

Before entering menopause, in fact risk of stroke for women lower than men. But at the age of menopause, the risk becomes equal. Therefore, women over the age of 50 years are advised to reduce intake of foods high in fat.

Research shows, the risk of stroke in women who ate foods hobbies saturated fat, like margarine, fried foods, cakes and sweets, 30 percent higher. Which is also worth noting is wary of hidden fats in food.

Get used to read the packaging and note the table of food servings in / create. Simple things like this, especially if you avoid fried foods, highly profitable health-menopausal women.