Question for women in their 40’s…?
Posted April 20, 2010 – 12:50 am in: Green Cleaning TipsPlease share your health tips! What are vitamins, supplements, foods, products, anything you use, make or buy to benefit your health, weight, skin, hair, etc. on a regular basis?
I drink green tea for it’s benefits,
hot water w/lemon to help burn calories
eat grapefruit to help burn calories
drink pomegranite juice for heart benefits
take vit D supplements to help prevent disease
diluted vinegar on hair a couple times a year to clean off hair products
To Pop Top…I’m not looking for a fountain of youth. Re: vit. D, I got skin cancer despite using a sunscreen therefore with my risk factor I choose to stay out of the sun and take vit. D.
I appreciate the doc’s advice very much, peaceful living is definitely something that I need to strive for.
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Make sure to keep your diet varied. Don’t eat the same foods every single day (I sometimes fall into this bad habit) Variety of green vegetables with a lot of fiber, fruits, nuts and seeds (very important “good” fats) plenty of water, variety of teas–very good cleansers to rid your body of the “crappy build up” in a sense, calcium supplements….
I usually like to recommend to people that they eat only foods that are closest to their natural form (e.g. an apple not apple sauce) Don’t eat processed foods or anything canned if you can help it.
Vitamins and supplements are only crucial if you aren’t getting them in your diet. If you are eating a lot of veggies, etc, you may not need a multi every day.
Everything in moderation is the key!
Amy their are two items on your lists i would look into one is the green tea , 2 weeks ago in a medical jounal it is now saying that green tea can give you cancer , , but as i am no doctor , i would advise you to look this one up and find out more about it ,The other one is the you say you wash your hair in vinigar , yes i know you said you dilut it , , but just remember that vinigar is an acid , and can burn the scalp on your head this needs to be checked out , to .
I am not a woman in my forties, but I have quite of few of them as patients.
My advice for health is simple…. good sense and moderation. Moderate and regular exercise. Eat a sensible diet, but don’t obsess or deny yourself occasional pleasures. A dish of ice cream will go a long way to making you happy sometimes. Just don’t eat it a half-gallon at a time.
And, I honestly subscribe to the notion that a glass of red wine each evening is good, both for your body and soul. It promotes both good cardiac health, and is a very social drink, having a glass of wine with friends and family.
And last but not least, seek peace. Find peaceful ways to enjoy life, family and friends. Find reconciliation and reasons to be happy.
Keep up with regular health care maintenance, but do not obsess over it. Find or keep a doctor/practititioner that you’re happy with and work together to stay happy and healthy.
John Jones, M.D.
I am not 40 but.. there is really no benefits in green tea, nor lemon and water. Grapefruit does not burn more calories and with some prescription drugs it could be harmful.
Take a multivitamin every day, you can get Vitamin D from 10 minutes in the sunshine.
To get hair products off your hair.. just wash with another brand of shampoo or baby shampoo it does the same thing.
There is no magic fountain of youth. I suggest you focus less on products and focus more on actions. Keep your weight under control and your muscles toned by regularly exercising. Swimming is an excellent exercise if there’s a year-round pool convenient to you. Your weight depends on calorie intake as well as calorie expenditure, so do be careful about what you eat. Now is a good time to cut out French Fries and soda.
Take care to get enough sleep each night.
See your doctor for a checkup. Ask the doctor how often you should be checked and mark it down so you don’t forget. As the years go by, you’ll find yourself needing appointments with more and more different kinds of doctors. Remember checkups for your eyes and for your feet as well as for the many important organs in between.
Many women in their 40’s seem to decide that taking care of long hair is more trouble than it is worth so they cut it short. My vote is to keep your hair long-ish even if you need to spend a little more time on it. It looks more youthful (but maybe that’s just my opinion).
If you consider the available alternatives to growing older each year, growing older is far better than not growing older.
Getting closer to your actual question, I do take a multi-vitamin each day and a vitamin D supplement, though the scientific support in favor of the vitamin D is shakey. After menopause, you should switch your multi-vitamins to vitamins without iron. While you are still having your periods, vitamins with iron make sense. You didn’t mention sunblock but SPF-30 before spending time out in the sun is a good idea.