Tips and Insights
What happens during menopause?
It was about 3pm on the 20th of December. My cousin had called and intimated me of the crippling health challenges his wife had been experiencing lately. They had gone from one primary health institution to another and visited two referral health institutions, one at...
Grow your own tea and spices
If you are a tea lover like me and you like cooking with a lot of spices, it might be beneficial to start your own garden where you will plant your preferred herbs and spices. Fresh herbal leaves such as mint, rosemary and basil from your garden will take your tea...
Sit down and plan your meals
A well-balanced meal plan adequate in nutrients and calories should be an essential part of our lives in our golden years. One kind of food we can add to our diet and which will keep us healthy is fibre. Studies have shown that fibre is important in keeping our bowels...
What you need to know about organic food
The benefits of organic food have continued to gain attention as one of the important factors that facilitate healthy living. Foods that are described as organic are made from crops that are grown without the use of chemicals such as synthetic pesticides, GMOs or...
Healthy diet for healthy living
Bad eating habits are when you engage in comfort eating, junk food binges, nighttime snacking, overeating, or undereating. On the other hand, you can choose the right eating habits and cultivate healthy nutrition by eating fresh and organic food in good portions and...
How to strengthen your pelvic floor muscles
Do you dread jogging, jumping, coughing or sneezing because you might wet yourself? You are not alone, especially if you have gone through menopause. But you can put a stop to this by strengthening the pelvic floor through regular exercises. The floor of our pelvis is...
When was the last time you checked your feet?
Our feet have many bones, joints, ligaments, tendons and muscles. So, every time we walk, jog or pound our feet on the ground we indirectly put pressure on them. Yet a lot of us do not take care of our feet. Going for a pedicure is different from taking care of our...
Your mobile phone and your health
Mobile phones have made life very easy and they offer many advantages such as helping us to be healthier by using several apps to record our food intake, how many calories we burn every day and how many steps we walk on a daily basis. Like television and radio, the...
What you need to know about dementia
Dementia refers to a group of symptoms that affect everyday life functioning. These symptoms include personality change, difficulties with speech, memory loss and a lot more. In the olden days, dementia was always associated with old age, but the belief changed in...