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General Health

General Health

General health and wellbeing can be quite a broad topic to discuss. There are a number of things that every women can do to help improve their general health and wellbeing. These include dietary plans, food choices, sleep hygiene, exercise (both cardio and muscle workouts) and being mindful for their mental health.

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Sleeping

Sleeping is an essential function that allows your body and mind to recharge. Without enough regular sleep, the brain will not function properly. An insufficient amount of sleep can lead to serious repercussions. These are: obesity, heart disease and high blood pressure (hypertension). According to research 90% of people whom have insomnia is caused by falling and staying asleep.

By focusing on sleep hygiene, this can lead you to have better sleep. Having healthy sleep is important for both physical and mental health. This is due to your body and mind having enough time to recover from what you do on a daily basis. According to research, adults must have at least seven hours of sleep per day. This is due to it giving yourself efficient time to recover and being ready for what is to come in the new day.

woman sleeping on bed beside book

Sleeping

Sleeping is an essential function that allows your body and mind to recharge. Without enough regular sleep, the brain will not function properly. An insufficient amount of sleep can lead to serious repercussions. These are: obesity, heart disease and high blood pressure (hypertension). According to research 90% of people whom have insomnia is caused by falling and staying asleep.

By focusing on sleep hygiene, this can lead you to have better sleep. Having healthy sleep is important for both physical and mental health. This is due to your body and mind having enough time to recover from what you do on a daily basis. According to research, adults must have at least seven hours of sleep per day. This is due to it giving yourself efficient time to recover and being ready for what is to come in the new day.

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Exercise

Exercise is important for our health as it helps to relieve stress which is good for your mental health. It can also help improve your health and reduce the risk of other diseases. There are many different types of exercises that could be done at home or at the gym.

One example of exercise that should be done every day is cardio workouts. Cardio workouts are running, swimming, jumping rope, cycling and treadmill etc. Cardio increases your heart rate, which burns more calories. Try aim for at least 20-40 minutes of cardio a day.

Cardio exercises can help you achieve certain benefits which are;

  • lowers body fat
  • increase energy level
  • helps control blood pressure
  • strengthen immune system
  • Helps control cholesterol

Aside from doing Cardio, other exercises can focus on only the muscle growth that makes you bulk up. These exercises focuses on building up your muscle strength and therefore boost your overall strength. Exercising daily can help you have healthier state of mind and helps with depression and other mental health disorders.

Exercise

Exercise is important for our health as it helps to relieve stress which is good for your mental health. It can also help improve your health and reduce the risk of other diseases. There are many different types of exercises that could be done at home or at the gym.

One example of exercise that should be done every day is cardio workouts. Cardio workouts are running, swimming, jumping rope, cycling and treadmill etc. Cardio increases your heart rate, which burns more calories. Try aim for at least 20-40 minutes of cardio a day.

Cardio exercises can help you achieve certain benefits which are;

  • lowers body fat
  • increase energy level
  • helps control blood pressure
  • strengthen immune system
  • Helps control cholesterol

Aside from doing Cardio, other exercises can focus on only the muscle growth that makes you bulk up. These exercises focuses on building up your muscle strength and therefore boost your overall strength. Exercising daily can help you have healthier state of mind and helps with depression and other mental health disorders.

dumbbells on floor
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Eating

There are many different types of diets that you can follow which helps you avoid certain types of diseases (e.g obesity, and cancers). But, as everyone should be aware of, having a healthy balanced diet will help you lower chances in getting other diseases. For example, having a healthy balanced diet lowers the chance for diabetes and many cancers.  To keep a healthy body you must maintain healthy balanced diet. There are some ways in which women can keep healthy these are being vegetarian/ vegan and having a protein based diet.

Protein:

Almost everyone agrees that protein is important. There is a wide range of food that contains high levels of protein. It’s vital that we get enough protein each day. Examples of food that has high level of protein could be:

·         Lean meats; beef, lamb, pork 

·         Fish and seafood: fish, prawns, crab lobster etc.

·         Dairy products

Protein has many benefits:

·         Good for your bones

·         Increase muscle

·         Reduce cravings

·         Increase fat burning

·         Lower blood pressure

Vegan

A vegan diet is when people only have plant-based foods. This is where all animal-based foods are avoided. People have many reasons to go on vegan diet, these could be for the animals, health and environmental factors.

Vegan benefits:

  • Fight obesity
  • Reduce heart disease
  • Reduce high blood pressure
  • Reduce diabetes

Vegetarian

Vegetarians are those whom don’t eat meat for many different reasons. Some reasons includes health, environmental, ethical or religious reasons. Vegetarian diets can have many health benefits such as providing all the essential vitamins and minerals necessary for healthy lifestyle.

A few examples of vegetarian foods are: fruits, vegetables, legumes, seeds , healthy fats, grains and nuts.

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lemon, avocado, ginger, orange fruit, bananas and calamdin

Eating

There are many different types of diets that you can follow which helps you avoid certain types of diseases (e.g obesity, and cancers). But, as everyone should be aware of, having a healthy balanced diet will help you lower chances in getting other diseases. For example, having a healthy balanced diet lowers the chance for diabetes and many cancers.  To keep a healthy body you must maintain healthy balanced diet. There are some ways in which women can keep healthy these are being vegetarian/ vegan and having a protein based diet.

Protein:

Almost everyone agrees that protein is important. There is a wide range of food that contains high levels of protein. It’s vital that we get enough protein each day. Examples of food that has high level of protein could be:

·         Lean meats; beef, lamb, pork 

·         Fish and seafood: fish, prawns, crab lobster etc.

·         Dairy products

Protein has many benefits:

·         Good for your bones

·         Increase muscle

·         Reduce cravings

·         Increase fat burning

·         Lower blood pressure

brown and beige nut lot

Vegan

A vegan diet is when people only have plant-based foods. This is where all animal-based foods are avoided. People have many reasons to go on vegan diet, these could be for the animals, health and environmental factors.

Vegan benefits:

  • Fight obesity
  • Reduce heart disease
  • Reduce high blood pressure
  • Reduce diabetes

Vegetarian

Vegetarians are those whom don’t eat meat for many different reasons. Some reasons includes health, environmental, ethical or religious reasons. Vegetarian diets can have many health benefits such as providing all the essential vitamins and minerals necessary for healthy lifestyle.

A few examples of vegetarian foods are: fruits, vegetables, legumes, seeds , healthy fats, grains and nuts.

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Mental health

Mental health can be a difficult topic. At some point in life everyone has come across anxiety. Everyone deals with anxiety in different ways. Not everyone is comfortable talking about. If anxiety continues it may turn to depression which is even worse than anxiety. Depression when someone has persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest. Loneliness is not a mental health problem but the two are linked. According to research, it shows that loneliness is associated with anxiety, depression and stress. By maintaining a healthy lifestyle and keeping up to a regular routine, this will help you with your mental health and improve any issues that arises.  

Do you need supplements?

Supplements comes in many forms whether in pill, powder or liquid form. Some supplements work and some don’t. Many healthy people don’t need supplements. You should discuss with your doctor or healthcare team when you start taking supplements.

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woman walking on pathway during daytime

Mental health

Mental health can be a difficult topic. At some point in life everyone has come across anxiety. Everyone deals with anxiety in different ways. Not everyone is comfortable talking about. If anxiety continues it may turn to depression which is even worse than anxiety. Depression when someone has persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest. Loneliness is not a mental health problem but the two are linked. According to research, it shows that loneliness is associated with anxiety, depression and stress. By maintaining a healthy lifestyle and keeping up to a regular routine, this will help you with your mental health and improve any issues that arises.  

person holding red bottle

Do you need supplements?

Supplements comes in many forms whether in pill, powder or liquid form. Some supplements work and some don’t. Many healthy people don’t need supplements. You should discuss with your doctor or healthcare team when you start taking supplements.

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