Periods/Menstruation
To keep a healthy body during a women’s period and to help to reduce their PMS symptoms, you should look at the following recommendations for help:
- Chasteberry – helps with PMS symptoms. Speak with your GP before taking if you take another medication.
- Calcium – Because bone density decreases during menstruation owing to a lack of oestrogen, boosting your calcium intake during this time will ensure that your body is functioning optimally.
- Magnesium – helps with PMS symptoms.
- Vitamin B-6 – helps with PMS symptoms.
Cervical cancer
Attending your smear every 3-5 years once you have reached 25 will help with the prevention of cervical cancer.
Pregnancy
Pregnancy has 3 different categories: trying to conceive, pregnancy and post-natal.
Women’s health while trying to conceive is important as it allows for a healthy baby and a higher chance of conceiving. You should speak with your GP whilst on this journey to find out if you are low on any vitamins/minerals which could help you to conceive. A healthy body helps a women’s hormonal balance and all the pregnancy symptoms that come with it.
Women’s health during pregnancy is important as it helps your baby grow to full term and helps prevent birth defects. Here are some supplements that will help keep you and your baby’s body healthy.
- Vitamin D – healthy baby development
- Folic acid – helps prevent Birth Defects, Spinal Bifida (also taken whilst trying to conceive)
Here are some supplements that are recommended to take during the postnatal period to help women keep her body healthy:
- Vitamin D – healthy baby development
- Biotin – helps keep skin and hair healthy
- Iodine – helps your thyroid produce hormones normally
- OMEGA-3 DHA – this helps with the brain and eye health of breastfed babies
Menopause
Keeping a women’s body healthy during Perimenopause and Menopause is important as it helps you deal with your symptoms and the new changes happing to your body.
Supplements to help with a women’s health during her Premenopausal period and her Menopause include:
- Calcium – bone density reduces due to lack of estrogen.
- Vitamin D – the body doesn’t absorb as much as needed due to age.
- Vitamin K – helps the blood clot as you age.
- Zinc and Magnesium – bone density reduces due to lack of estrogen. Brittle hair and nails.
- Flaxseed – helps with hot flushes, mood stabilising, fatigue and mimics oestrogen.
Breast Cancer
To keep a healthy body a woman has to check her breast at least once a day feeling for new lumps. If she finds any lumps, she will need to book an appointment to see her doctor as soon as possible. Doing this helps catch breast cancer quicker.
To help with the symptoms or reduce the likelihood of getting cancer, here are some things that you should be aware of:
- Coenzyme Q10 – helps cells produce energy which helps makes new healthy cells. people with cancer/ has the genetics for cancer
- Flaxseed – reduces the risk of certain cancers.
- Garlic – preventing the activation of cancer-causing substances reduces the risk of cancer spreading.
- Ginger – contains anti-inflammatory and anti-nausea properties. Add Ginger to food or drink it is not recommended to take as supplements.
- Turmeric – blocking cancer cells from multiplying, killing breast cancer cells and slowing tumour growth.
Old Age
As a women ages it is important she is healthy as this helps increase her life span and most women tend to want to look younger. Here are some supplements that will help you look younger and healthy.
- Curcumin – this will help you look younger
- EGCG/Green tea – helps prevent age-related illnesses, Wrinkles
- Collagen – helps the elasticity of the skin
- CoQ10 – helps prevent cellular damage
- Nicotinamide riboside and nicotinamide mononucleotide – helps DNA cells repair themselves
- Crocin – helps prevents age-related mental decline
- Garlic – helps prevent wrinkles
Other women’s health issues:
- (ARMD) – Lutein helps the eyes stay healthy as you age.
Mushroom Complex Capsules
Mushroom Complex Capsules is an immune-boosting, natural mushroom blend, containing 5 different mushrooms, Astragalus root, Acerola fruit, and black pepper – all in one convenient capsule. This supplement contains active ingredients, not found in other plants. This nutrient-dense vitamin blend supports everything from cognitive function, mental well-being, to energy levels and healthy digestion. This product is designed to help general wellness, lower levels of inflammation and protect the body from oxidative stress.
Routine Ultra Collagen Capsules
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Routine Vitamin C
This supplement is a mixture of vitamin C-based foods, taken from natures richest sources of this essential antioxidant including blackcurrant, acerola cherry, parsley leaf and elderberry. Natural food ingredients are easier to recognise by the body enabling maximum digestion. Packed with antioxidants such as vitamins and minerals, this supplement is gentle and non-acidic, ideal for long-term use, promoting an active and energetic lifestyle. Benefits from this supplement include bone and joint support, heart health, Immunity and hair, skin and nail aid.
H2O Balance
H2O Balance is a powerful blend of concentrated herbals and nutrients designed to help cleanse and detox the body. Bloating caused by excess water affects many people, particularly women. Consequently, many women endure painful bloating of the abdomen and puffiness of the fingers, eyelids, knees, and ankles during each monthly cycle. This vitamin aids the kidneys in regularly clearing excess water and toxic waste, and aids in weight loss. It contains vitamin B, magnesium both approved by EFSA.