Discover The 7 Basic Principles for Successful Weight Loss!

Monday

FOODS OUR BODIES NEED TO STAY HEALTHY

To be healthy and strong our body need a balance of different nutritious foods everyday. At every meal, we should eat something from each of these four food groups

BODY-BUILDING FOODS OR PROTEINS
Proteins are body-building foods. They are necessary for making muscles, brains, and many other part of our bodies grow properly. To grow and be strong, everyone should eat enough protein everyday.
Food high in Protein
Meat
Chicken
Eggs
Fish
Seafood
Milk
Cheese
Soyabeans
Insects

Food with some Protein
Beans
Peas
Lentils
Nuts
Groundnuts(Peanuts)
Dark Green Leafy Vegetable
Cereals(Wheat, Oats, Millet,etc)

ENERGY FOODS OR CARBOHYDRATES SUGAR AND STARCH
Starch and sugar are energy foods. They are like wood for our fires. The harder a person works, the more energy foods he/she needs.
A diet of these foods alone without protein, makes our bodies weak
STARCH
maize(Corn)
Cereals (Wheat, Rice, Oats, Millet Sorghum)
Noodles (Pasta)
Potatoes
Sweet Potatoes
 Yam
Squash
Cassava(Manioc)
Plantain (Cooking Banana)


SUGAR
sugar
Honey
Fruits
Sweet Ripe Banana
Milk.

ENERGY STORAGE FOODS: FAT AND OILS
Fat is a concentrated form of stored energy. Our bodies change fat into sugar when more energy is needed. To eat a lot of fat can be harmful, but eating some fat or oil with each meal is healthy.
Food High In Fat
Cooking Oil (Vegetable Oil is better than Pig Fat)
Slad Oil
Lard
Bacon
Butter
Margarine


Food with some fat
Groundnut(Peanut)
Soyabeans
Coconut
Nuts
Avocado
Milk





FOOD RICH IN VITAMINS AND MINERALS
Vitamins are protective foods. They help our bodies work properly. We become sick if we do not eat food with all the necessary vitamins. Minerals are needed for making healthy blood, bones, and teeth.

Saturday

Addressing Perimenopause Lesson 2

Stress reduction: Practiced regularly, stress reduction techniques, such as meditation on God's word ( The holy Bible), can promote relaxation and good health throughout a person's lifetime, but may be particularly helpful during the peri-menopausal transition.


Supplements: Certain nutritional and herbal supplements can help ameliorate the symptoms of peri-menopause. These would include
Balanced Woman Cream or Wild Yam Capsules
Menopause Formular or Menopause Support
Evening Primrose Oil
Flax Oil
Oil of Oregano
Vitamin b12/b6/Folic Acid
Natural Vitamin E
aN Iodine Supplement or Sea Vegetables ( e.g Brown Seaweed, Kelp)
Vitamin D3
vitamin C with Cytrus Bioflavanoids
Red Clover
Maca Root
Black Cohosh
 Dong Quai etc.
One piece of recent research shows that melatonin supplementation in peri-menopausal women can produce a highly significant improvement in thyroid function and Gonadotropin levels, as well as restoring menstruation and fertility and preventing the depression associated with menopause. Note: it is always wise to seek professional advice before taking the listed supplement

Thursday

PERI-MENOPAUSE; Complete Lessons

Peri-menopause marks the interval in which a woman's body begins its transition into menopause. It encompasses the years leading up to menopause. This could be anywhere from two to eight years plus the first year after a woman's final mensuration. It's a natural part of aging that signals the ending of a woman's natural reproductive years. Oestrogen level rises and falls evenly during perimenopause. A woman's menstrual cycles may lengthen or shorten, and she may begin to have menstrual cycles in which she does't ovulate anymore. Menstrual irregularity in women in their 40s is probably one of the first signs of impending menopause. Some women however notice changes as early as their mid-30s. Peri-menopause causes some subtle (and some not-so-subtle) changes in the body. Some things a woman might experience during peri-menopause include:

Tuesday

ADDRESSING MENOPAUSE

Women have peculiar health challenges that are exclusive to them due to their unique physiology. The working of the productive cycle of a woman give rise to a number of special health concerns.The productive cycle of a woman begins with Menarche (the onset of mensuration)and continues until Menopause(the permanent cessation of mensuration).Between menarche and menopause are about 30 reproductive years(plus or minus a few years) in which a woman menstruates monthly and can conceive to give birth to children naturally.Beyond those reproductive years, it would require specialist medical intervention from God, for a woman to conceive and bear children. Sarah and Elizabeth in the Bible are examples of divine intervention.

Friday

Health: Natural ways of preventing wrinkles.

Walk away from stress. Feeling tense can make your face scrunch up
and encourage wrinkles to develop.