Nutrition and Women’s Healthcare


Health plays an important role in one’s life; the individual should be healthy in terms of physically, mentally, and socially. Changes in health can be caused by deficiencies of calories, protein, vitamins, and minerals connect with infections and poor health and social conditions, lost in the strength and well-being of women and teenage girls around the world.
                                                
Although malnutrition’s effects during adolescence have been recognized for decades, there has been little measurable progress in addressing the specific nutritional problems of women and adolescent girls.

A woman’s health is her capital so our food choices may play a significant role in health issues affecting women, including menstruation and menopause, pregnancy and breastfeeding, and risk for certain types of cancer. Eating healthy food plays a significant role at any age, but it’s especially important for teenagers.

Being a teenager can be great, but it can also be difficult as your body shape changes. The physical and mental changes can be hard to deal with if they aren’t what you are expecting. There will be pressure from friends to be or look a certain way, and this might affect the foods you eat. It’s not a good time to crash diet, as you won’t get enough nutrients, and you may not reach your full potential. Following a well-balanced diet is a much better option, both for now and in the long term.

What should eat?

Iron-rich Foods: Iron is very essential for healthy blood cells; iron becomes especially important when girls begin to menstruate. With each cycle, a woman loses small amounts of iron.

Folate (and Folic Acid) during the Reproductive Years: This form of B vitamin helps prevent neural tube defects, especially spina bifida and anencephaly. Folic acid & B12 fundamental requirement for healthy nervous system development and function. Pregnant women especially vegetarians may fall short on B12 since it is present in animal protein and to a lesser extent in dairy products.

Daily Calcium and Vitamin D Requirements: Getting enough calcium is important for all ages, but it's particularly important during adolescence and early adulthood, when bones are absorbing calcium. Vitamin D also plays an important role in body development and proper functioning, vitamin D that skin cells produce when they are exposed to sunlight.

Choline: Adding egg in your diet can fulfill the requirement of choline as it is the excellent source of choline. Low choline levels can increase the risk of neural tube defects.

Omega-3s: Play many roles in the body, including building healthy brain and nerve cells. Omega- 3s includes essential fatty acids, EPA and DHA.

Foods and beverages to limit: In adolescent age consumption of alcohol and caffeine product can increase the risk of breast cancer.

But the most important part of health is Eating Right and Balancing Calories with Activity. 

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