Following these simple, common-sense tips will significantly improve your overall health and quality of life.
- Start a healthy nutritional program in your home. Involve your family in the effort, for support and mutual benefit.
- Plug in a regular exercise activity, like walking, jogging, or biking. Dust off your exercise bike or treadmill and begin again gradually.
- Stop smoking and limit alcohol use.
- Start taking a multivitamin/mineral supplement. (Options can be discussed during an appointment.)
- Especially for menopausal or perimenopausal women, take a daily calcium supplement (Citracal is a good one). You need 1200 mg of calcium daily divided into 1600 mg tablet in the morning and 600 in the evening
- Make a supermarket shopping list that relates to more healthful foods to improve the nutritional health of your family
- Use sun screen. Avoid skin damage.
- Get 7 to 8 hours of sleep each night. Decaffeinate!
- Keep track of your periods and any cycle related symptoms.
- Try to eat more fruits and vegetables on a daily basis. Have some cut up and ready to eat every day and snack on these rather than fast foods. Try to introduce fresh, raw or steamed vegetables into all of your meals.
