THE MENOPAUSE

At a  particular time for every woman, the remaining egg follicles in the ovary begin to disappear. This happens between the 45th and 55th year of life.  The menopause does not  happen suddenly, there is a gradual transition from the normal ovarian activity of the reproductive years to the relatively inactive ovary of the menopausal years.

FRUITS CONSUMPTION

Fruit is the most perfect food. It takes the least amount of energy to digest and gives the body the most in return. The only food the brain can work on is glucose. Fruit is primarily fructose {which can be easily converted into glucose} and its most often 90-95% water.This means that fruits  are  cleansing and nurturing at the same time.

EFFECTIVE FOOD COMBINING

Effective food combining means that some foods should not be eaten  with others. Different types of foods require different types of digestive juices and not all digestive juices are compatible. For example, eating meat and potatoes together, cheese and bread, fish and rice, may all be wrong food combining which may be destructive to health.

WATER RICH FOODS

Eighty percent of our body is made up of water. We have to  ensure that seventy percent of our diet  is made  up of foods that are rich in water. This means  fresh fruits, vegetables and their  juices freshly squeezed.

THE LYMPH SYSTEM

 The lymph system is the  body's sewage system. Every cell in the body is surrounded by lymph. We have four times as much lymph fluid in our body as we have blood. Oxygen and nutrients are carried in the blood, which is pumped from the heart through the arteries to the thin porous capillaries

VAGINAL DISCHARGE

Vaginal discharge is the fluid that comes out of a woman's vagina. Vaginal discharge is the fluid made by  the glands inside the vagina. Vaginal discharge is the whitish fluid produced  by the uterus, cervix or vagina which comes out  of the  vagina.

EATING DISORDERS

This is a condition of abnormal eating habit whereby  a person either  takes insufficient food  or too much food  which in turn affects the individual's physical and mental health.  Their are three types of eating disorders.  They are-;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA
This is a form of eating disorder where a person relentlessly pursues the desire to be thin. The individual fears becoming fat and may exaggerate  the size of her body when she looks in the mirror. She therefore exercises excessively and restricts her food intake to the point of self starvation.