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Women’s Health

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When trying to lose weight, have you ever consider getting less sleep because you will burn more calories awake than sleeping? It seems logical, but it is a false assumption. A good night of sleep (as in restful 7 hours) actually does more to help with your weight loss goals than staying awake for an extra 2 hours. Are you interested in a 33 pound weight gain?

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Pregnancy Planning

by asithi on January 28, 2010 · 0 comments

in Women's Health

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Like I said in my previous post about a brighter future, my husband and I are doing some pregnancy planning. Ok, I am the one officially thinking about pregnancy planning. My husband figures that we both have jobs, we both are ready to have children, so what is there to plan?

All you mothers out there, isn’t tons of things to think about? Just off the top of my head, I have at least a handful of questions.

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I believe that my physical independence as I age is base on the things I do now to make sure my body stay strong when I am older. I will never forget the frustration I felt when it took me 20 minutes to walk 2 blocks from my house to the church and back a couple of weeks after my car accident.

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This is the final post on PMS treatment. This post is a discussion of the supplements commonly used by herbalists and natural practitioner to treat PMS. The two previous posts discuss whether PMS is a sign of hormonal imbalance and how commonly prescribed PMS medication do not work.

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This post is a discussion of common medication prescribed for PMS and how they do not address the underlining problem of balancing your hormones to prevent PMS.

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This post is the first of a series of posts about our periods and other womanly issues that are related to our reproductive system. Men, you can stop here and wonder off for a while.

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