Happy Women’s Day: Complete Nutritional need of Women

Nutritional need of Women International Women’s Day is a day to celebrate and reflect on progress made to promote and protect women’s equality and human rights. The theme for this year is press for progress. Despite progress, societies are still failing women in relation to health, most acutely in poor countries where women are among the poorest in all countries. Nutrition plays a major         Read More …

Physiotherapy and its Effect on your Mental and Physical Health

physiotherapy Physiotherapy In general, we suffer from aches and pains in the body. The reason could be you might have suffered an injury from an accident during sports or any outdoor activity. And the other reasons arise from your lifestyle and occupation. If you lead a sedentary life with very less exercise or you lead a stressful life, performing desk jobs         Read More …

Gestational Diabetes and its Diagnosis

Gestational diabetes: Gestational diabetes Gestational diabetes is generally diagnosed between the 24th and 28th week of pregnancy. During pregnancy, the placenta makes hormones that can lead to a buildup of sugar in your blood. Usually, your pancreas can make enough insulin to handle that. If not, your blood sugar levels will rise and can cause gestational diabetes. It is usually diagnosed during         Read More …

Kegel Exercises: Prevent Urinary Incontinence after Pregnancy

Kegel exercises Pelvic Floor Muscles The pelvic floor is made up of a layer of muscles stretching like a tight hammock from the pubic bone in the front, to the base of the spine. Your pelvic floor supports your bladder, vagina, uterus and bowel and is very important for bladder and bowel control. Your pelvic floor muscles also play an important role         Read More …

Left Lateral Position: Best Sleeping Position during Pregnancy

sleeping position during pregnancy Left Lateral Position The best sleeping position during pregnancy is “SOS” (sleep on side). Even better is sleeping on left lateral position. Sleeping on your left side will increase the amount of blood and nutrients that reach your baby. Keep your legs and knees bent, and put a pillow between your legs. Why pregnant women sleep in left position? Usually,         Read More …

High Blood Pressure during Pregnancy

Blood pressure will change through the various stages of your pregnancy as your body goes through a variety of changes. It will be checked by your midwife (midwives are specialists in pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum and women’s sexual and reproductive health) at your visits. If you have high blood pressure in pregnancy before week 20 it’s possible that it was a         Read More …

Amenorrhea: Treatment, Diet and Home Remedies

Amenorrhea Treatment Using Home Remedies, Yoga, And Diet – Foods to be taken: Consume adequate nutrients each day, including vitamins, minerals and protein, to help prevent amenorrhea. Include more iron-rich foods in your diet such as liver, seafood, spinach, soy beans and kidney beans. This prevents nutritional deficiencies such as anemia that could be causing the absence of menstrual bleeding. Use olive oil to cook to aid weight loss and add natural dietary fiber to improve your digestion and metabolism.