Fruit and vegetables are part of a healthy, balanced diet and can help you stay healthy. It’s important that you eat enough of them. A diet rich in vegetables and fruits can lower blood pressure, reduce the risk of heart disease, stroke and prevent some types of cancer. In addition, it helps lower the risk of eye and
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Metabolism is taking a natural downturn. After age 40, your metabolism begins to slow down. Even if the routine of our daily activities remains the same, you do not burn many calories. Our body produces less energy when we age, and unburns calories cruelty turn into fat. Yes, you can blame your hormones for this,
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An expanding waistline is sometimes considered the price of getting older. For women, this can be especially true after menopause, when body fat tends to shift to the abdomen. Yet an increase in belly fat does more than make it hard to zip up your jeans. Research shows that belly fat also carries serious health risks.
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Adult obesity is one of the most major health issues in the United States that affects everyone regardless of age, gender, and ethnicity. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, n.d.), obesity rates were higher in populations with lower income and lower education families. African Americans (49.6%) have a higher rate of obesity, followed
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Before your periods stop completely, your body makes the transition to menopause in a phase called perimenopause, which could last 2 to 10 years. During this time, when hormone levels fluctuate and eventually drop, all kinds of changes in your cycle are fair game. What You Can Expect In your 40s — and maybe even in your late
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