Showing posts with label Pregnancy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pregnancy. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

How To Boost Fertility In Women


WOMEN  MUST KNOW THIS

Fertility is the natural capability of giving life. If a woman is fertile, then there is a good chance that she would become pregnant. Pregnancy may not happen right away unless both a man and a woman are fertile.

For increase chances of a woman to become pregnant, there are certain dietary and behavioural changes she must do that may boost her Fertility.

WHAT FERTILITY SPECIALISTS RECOMMENDED FOR BOOST OF FERTILITY IN WOMEN

REGULAR EXERCISE

Moderate exercise can be a good natural fertility treatment. Exercising with a balanced and nutritious diet can help maintaining a healthy body weight.
Exercise helps to burn off excess body fat allowing hormones level to return to normal.



STAY AWAY FROM COFFEE AND ALCOHOL

Drinking too much coffee or alcohol can impair a woman’s fertility and reduce the ability to conceive and having a healthy pregnancy.

Alcohol is a toxin that can kill the sperm generating cells in the testicle. A sperm takes at least three months to develop and high level of alcohol is likely affect the growth of the sperms.

REGULATE YOUR WEIGHT

Too much fat in the body can lead to an over production of certain hormones that disrupt ovulation. Cycles may be less regular and affect ovulation by lowering chances of getting pregnant. Higher body mass indexes always increase the chances of erectile problems and impotence.

TIMING

Certain tools have been developed for calculating the days when a woman would be more fertile. This can be done by observing menstrual cycle for a few months and then arriving at the days when the woman is likely to conceive. Ovulation occurs about 14 days before the menstrual period is due.

CONCLUSION

It is never too late to adopt a healthy lifestyle to increase the chances of conception whenever a woman is ready to start having baby.
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Thursday, May 3, 2012

effects of passive smoking

 The smoke that is expelled to the air by a smoker is called a passive smoke. The inhalation of Passive Smoke is very dangerous to the health and is a very significant public health hazard.

Passive Smoke contains about four thousand chemicals that are harmful to health. Most of these chemicals are carcinogens and other toxins that have been scientifically proved to cause various diseases in human and even animal. These chemical are Hydrogen, cyanide, Carbon Monoxide, Acetaldehyde, Benzene, Ammonia, etc.

Diseases caused by these chemicals include Cancer of the Lung, Cancer of the Kidney, Cancer of the Breast, Cancer of the Bladder, etc.

Exposure to Passive Smoke can lead to Respiratory diseases like Chronic Bronchitis, Coronary Artery Diseases, Stroke, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Aggravation of Asthma in children, etc.

Particularly, those people at the risk of passive smoke are people that hang out in bars and restaurants, children and pregnant women.

Over three thousands of non smoker die every year from Lung Cancer caused by Passive Smoking. Carbon Monoxide in Passive Smoke is a known cause of growth retardation and developmental toxicity in unborn babies, while Benzene causes chromosomal abnormalities in foetus

The World Health Organisation through the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control has come up with some guidelines to help protect people from the harmful effects of Passive Smoking. These guidelines are part of the articles of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which is a treaty with 168 countries.

Top on the list of the articles of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control are United State, New Zealand, Uganda, Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, United Kingdom, Canada, etc have been able to enact smoke free policies through the enforcement of the policies.

The importance of the effective passage and enforcement of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control cannot be overemphasised. The government has a huge responsibility to protect our Pregnant Women, Children, Workers at bars and restaurants, and the entire world populations from the danger of the Passive Smoking. 
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