Healthy Womens healthy society
may is womens health month, and means it’s time to take stock of your wellbeing.
Experts from the UConn Health Women’s Center, in the US, have come up with the following tips that will help you boost health and maintain a good life
Exercise for 30 minutes a day “The number one thing women can do to maintain their health and keep disease at bay is exercise daily,” says Molly Brewer, chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at U Con,t Health. It will not only improve your cardiovascular health but also help you maintain a healthy weight, body mass index, and lower your risk of developing endometrial (uterine) cancer, breast cancer, and colon cancer, which are all linked with obesity. In addition, exercise can lower excess hormones in the body, which in turn lowers cancer risks, along with stress levels.
Listen to your body Over the course of a woman’s lifetime a host of conditions can arise, including endometriosis, ovarian cysts, uterine fibroids, breast cancer, or gynaecological cancers such as endometrial, cervical, or ovarian. “It is very important to see your gynaecologist annually for preventive screenings, potential early cancer catches, and also to report any warning signs or worrisome health changes,” says Luciano. Warning signs are changes in your menstrual cycle, abnormal bleeding and bloating, fatigue, and any change leading you Be in-tuned with your body. Notice changes and take steps to find out more from your physician.
Eat healthy Eating a variety of nutritious, colourful fruits and vegetables daily is key to preventing and lowering your risk of developing breast and other women’s cancers fuelled by obesity. “Women should minimise the processed foods they eat from a box,” says Alex Merkulov, a radiologist at the Beekley Imaging Center of the Women’s Center at UConn Health.