Healthy Eyes and Ears

Here is an article from womenshealth.gov about healthy eyes and ears.

Vision and hearing losses can happen as you age. Other problems with your eyes and ears can happen as you work and play. Prevention, early detection, and proper treatment for injury or disease to your eyes and ears will help you enjoy independence and a better quality of life.

Steps you can take:

Get your eyes examined according to this schedule:  

• If you are between the ages of 18 and 39, discuss with your doctor when you should have a comprehensive dilated eye exam.
• Get a baseline exam at age 40, then every 2 to 4 years (or as your doctor advises) until age 49.
• Have an exam every 2 to

STRESS

Here is an article from womenshealth.gov about stress.

Women today have busy, demanding lives! You may feel pulled in different directions and experience stress from dealing with work, family, and other matters, leaving little time for yourself. Learning to balance your life with time for yourself will give you big rewards.

Caregiver stress

Caregivers usually take care of the medical needs of their loved ones. You may be taking care of a child with medical needs, or you may be caring for your aging parents. Maybe you’ve already raised your own child and now you’re raising your grandchild. You might be taking care of your spouse, or a sibling. Whomever you care for, your health can be affected

10 Bad Habits You Need to Quit for Healthy Living!

Without realizing it, a few daily habits that you did actually make the body more susceptible to disease. Such as skipping breakfast, or watch too much television. Before you get sick, it is better to stop the bad habits that quoted from the Health Me Up below, and start living healthier.

#1. Skipping breakfast

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day – says Ms. Eileen – Nutritionist, Mumbai. If your entire breakfast comprises one cup of rushed coffee and a toast, then you're setting yourself up for an unhealthy future. This will affect your digestive system. Besides, it will also harm your energy reserves and negatively affect your metabolism. If you skip your breakfast, you are likely to eat more during the other meals and this can lead to weight gain. Eileen says – the key to a good breakfast is a balance of protein, fat and carbohydrates.

#2. You became an ‘Owl’ at night

Many of us, burn the midnight oil for exam preparations and work. But if this becomes routine, you will damage your body in the long run. Without 6-8 hours of good sleep, you are damaging your immune system and other body processes and systems. Due to lack of sleep, your immune

Diabetes

Diabetes means that your blood glucose (sugar) is too high. Your blood always has some glucose in it because the body uses glucose for energy. It’s the fuel that keeps you going. But too much glucose in the blood is not good for your health.

When you take steps to prevent diabetes, you also lower your risk of heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, blindness, and amputation. Small changes in your lifestyle can make a difference.

Steps you can take:

• Get moving. Although health benefits can be gained from any increase in your physical activity, the most significant health benefits may be gained by doing the following each week:

   • 2 hours and 30 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity
   or

   • 1 hour and 15 minutes of vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity
   or

   • A combination of moderate- and vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity
   and

   • Muscle-strengthening activities on 2 days

• Stay at a healthy weight. Being overweight

Healthy Bones

Here is an article from www.womenshealth.gov about healthy bones

Women of all ages need to take steps to keep their bones strong. Unfortunately, millions of women already have or are at risk for osteoporosis (oss-tee-oh-puh-RO-sis). Osteoporosis means that your bones get weak, and you’re more likely to break a bone. Because there are no symptoms, you might not know your bones are getting weaker until you break a bone! There are steps you can take to stop your bones from becoming weak and brittle.

Steps you can take:

• Get enough calcium each day. You can easily get it through many foods, including dairy products like milk, cheese, and yogurt, fortified cereals, oatmeal,