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- Menopause - How to Recognise
[Womens-Interests:Menopause-HRT] The actual menopause is defined as your last period and happens at an average age of 52. However, from the early- to mid- forties, changing and fluctuating hormone production causes subtle physical changes. These may go unrecognized and not everyone has a problem, but for others they gradually worsen until realization finally hits home and help is sought.
- When Do Your Breasts Get Bigger?
[Health-and-Fitness:Womens-Issues] There are two stages in your life when mother nature decides to reward you with bigger breasts; during puberty and pregnancy. Breast development during puberty occurs in two phases.
- Natural Ingredients For Breast Enlargement
[Health-and-Fitness:Womens-Issues] Not many people are aware of the natural ingredients that are available that actually increase your breast size significantly. Below are 13 essential natural ingredients you can use that have been scientifically proven to improve your bust size without any side effects.
- How To Eat, Lose Weight And Burn Fat At The Same Time! - Part 4 Of 4
[Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] Nature provides you with a miracle substance that takes off the pounds while you eat: protein. Protein does this for two reasons.
- How To Eat, Lose Weight And Burn Fat At The Same Time! - Part 3 Of 4
[Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] You need fat to burn fat. Even the most scorned fattener is actually a fat burner. Athletes who avoid fat will suddenly gain weight while their muscles shrink. And no wonder! Essential fatty acids are as important as vitamins. Without them, your body is unable to product fat-burning hormones. Fat isn't just your number one source of energy; it calms your nerves, builds your cells, makes your skin smooth and youthful, and cushions your organs and nerves - and without fat, you wouldn't be able to produce any hormones!
- How To Eat, Lose Weight And Burn Fat At The Same Time! - Part 2 Of 4
[Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] Carbohydrates come from such diverse sources as sugar and honey, chocolate, sweets, wholemeal bread, fruits, and vegetables. The difference between them is that some of these make us fatter, while others are true fat burners that melt off the pound. It all depends on their glycaemic index.
- How To Eat, Lose Weight And Burn Fat At The Same Time! - Part 1 Of 4
[Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] We have to eat in order to lose weight. This simple truth always elicits a certain amount of scepticism. It's deeply engraved in our minds that we must avoid calories, refuse fatty foods, and banish evil carbohydrates! And it's because so many of us believe this that so many people in this country are overweight.
- 10 Days To Get Sexy-Bikini Body
[Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] Need some help getting ready for your holiday? Simple follow the advice in the 10-day workout programme and you'll be working towards a toned up body for strutting your stuff on the beach.
- How To Eliminate Salt From Your Diet!
[Health-and-Fitness:Nutrition] Six grams of salt is the recommended daily allowance for an adult. Many of us consume more without realising. Limiting salt intake is important for reducing the risk for high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease. Research shows that by limiting your salt intake in your daily diet not only reduces the risk of stomach cancer but also protects against heart disease!
- Silent Killer - How To Lower Your High Blood Pressure
[Health-and-Fitness:Heart-Disease] A third of UK adults have raised blood pressure (hypertension), but five million of us don't even know that our pressures are high. Nicknamed "the silent killer", because it can be high for many years without causing any symptoms, it can quietly damage our arteries until it finally triggers a heart attack, stroke or kidney failure. The good news is that keeping your numbers down can help you to avoid these conditions and live to a healthy old age.
- What You Should Be Eating In Your 60s And Beyond - Part 4 of 4
[Health-and-Fitness:Nutrition] Most of us find periods of aching joints and general pains come along once in a while by the time we hit 60. Exercise is the best way to keep joints supple and pain-free, but what you eat will help as well. Most people also worry that their brainpower will diminish as they get older. The right diet can keep your memory and sharpness on top form.
- What You Should Be Eating In Your 50s - Part 3 of 4
[Health-and-Fitness:Nutrition] During the menopause and early post-menopausal years, especially if you are still working and have a family at home, tiredness can be a major problem. Sometimes this is exacerbated by insomnia. There may be menopausal symptoms, such as hot flashes and mood changes, too. Your diet can significantly help with all these. Here are some tips you can use to prevent tiredness, hot-flashes and insomnia.
- What You Should Be Eating In Your 40s - Part 2 of 4
[Health-and-Fitness:Nutrition] Even women who have never had a problem with weight gain throughout their lives can find themselves putting it on during their 40s. By the end of the decade, the perimenopause, which is the phase leading up to the menopause, often begins and hormonal changes can put inches on your waist and bust. Energy levels may take a dip, too.
- What You Should Be Eating In Your 30s - Part 1 of 4
[Health-and-Fitness:Nutrition] Our bodies change as we get older and so should the way we treat them. In your 30s you're still a young adult and, although you may notice a few signs of wear and tear, mostly everything is well in your world!
- What Kind Of Headache Are You Having?
[Health-and-Fitness:Headaches-Migraines] Believe or not, there's more than one. So before you reach for the Nurofen, find out what triggers yours and how you can beat it for good.
- How Strong Are Your Bones?
[Health-and-Fitness] Weak bones can be caused by your lifestyle. The good news is that you can make them stronger whatever your age.
- 10 Ways Get Rid Of Depression
[Health-and-Fitness:Depression] Depression will hit most of us at some point in our lives. Women are twice as likely to suffer from depression as men. Everyone experiences depression differently, and at first it can be difficult to tell whether you are just feeling tired and low, or whether you are actually depressed. Common symptoms include feeling tired and lacking in energy and motivation, feeling low in spirits for much of the day, feeling tearful and struggling to enjoy the things you usually take pleasure in.
- How To Get Bigger Boobs Naturally
[Health-and-Fitness:Womens-Issues] Make Your breast bigger and firmer without going under the knife! If yours have shrunk due to age, diet or breast-feeding, here are 10 tricks to get your bounce back.
- Panick Attack Facts
[Health-and-Fitness:Mood-Disorders] "I felt I was laid back until I had a panic attack..." They are frightening and can feel like a heart problem, but there are ways to stop and prevent panic attacks. Panic facts: At least one in ten people suffer from occasional panic attacks. The attacks themselves are not dangerous, but without treatment they may lead to depression or phobias in the long-term. - Women are twice as likely as men to be affected by panic disorder.
- Girls Guide To Relationship - 10 Easy Steps
[Relationships:Dating] Whereas a trip to the beauty salon used to signal 'me time', these days it's all about 'we time'. The rise of pampering a deux means that you can hold hands while being massaged. But be warned: keep certain treatments- that monthly moustache wax, for example - on a strictly solo basis.
- Are You Heading For Divorce?
[Relationships:Divorce] Modern marriage isn't easy - and almost 70 per cent of divorces are now initiated by the wife. So is that a victory for girl power or sad reflection of the increasing pressures on juggling women? Let's find out how to put the love back into your relationship.
- Masterclass Fragrance Tips
[Health-and-Fitness:Beauty] Fragrance is skin finery. It dresses you up for all kinds of occasions. Ensure perfume is an integral part of your party wear with tips from aroma experts.
- Have The Confidence to Say 'No'
[Self-Improvement:Self-Esteem] If the words 'Yes, of course' slip too readily from your lips, and you sometimes feel you have 'Welcome' stamped across you forehead, you need to learn to say 'No'! For many of us , childhood instructions (like asking nicely, playing nicely, sharing nicely) echo down the decades until, as adults, we find ourselves covering for lazy colleagues, giving in to partners to keep the peace, or being taken hostage in our own kitchens by tea swilling neighbors. Being too darn nice is exhausting - and what's more, it keeps your poor!
- Vital Family Secrets - Protect Yourself
[Health-and-Fitness:Diseases] Discovering which serious illnesses have affected close family members in the past could be the key to protecting your health for the future. Recognizing the illnesses that lurk in your family tree can give you vital clues about your own health risks, provide important information for your doctor and help you discover you should be doing now to protect yourself and the rest of your family for the future.
- Home Medicine Cabinet
[Health-and-Fitness:Home-Health-Care] Experts recommend that we should clear out our medicine cabinets once a year to get rid of items that are out of date, or have lost their labels. Without an annual spring clean, you could and up taking potentially harmful medication...
- Dealing With Life And Over-Thinking
[Self-Improvement:Techniques] After all the hard work, this should be the time of year when we finally stop fretting and start enjoying ourselves. But how do you stop those nagging 'what if?' Worries crowding back?...
- 19 Good Mood Foods
[Food-and-Drink] Food and its nutrients can have a big impact on our mood. If you're feeling down, simple use this guide to mood-boosting foods and reap the all-round benefits...
- Beauty From Within
[Health-and-Fitness:Beauty] Protect skin with an SPF moisturizer - If there is one single thing you can do for your skin regardless of your age, it's to use a daily sunscreen. We still underestimate the power of the sun on our skin and how deep UV rays penetrate, so even if on the skin surface everything looks normal, way down deep in the dermis we are losing the vital structure of collagen and elastin that we need to keep our skin looking plump, firm and smooth.
- Return To Work - 9 Successful Ways
[Self-Improvement:Techniques] No matter how good your holiday was, or how long you've been looking after the children, you know that you can't escape work forever! If you are feeling scared or fearful of going back to the 9-5 routine, don't panic because most people feel this way. Here are 9 ways to dampen that mood and get you back on your feet to work.
- Your Natural Medicine Cabinet
[Health-and-Fitness:Home-Health-Care] It's a gentler way to self-medicate and you probably have most of these natural remedies at home. This article reports on how they can soothe many everyday health problems...
- Attract Success! Good Luck Rules
[Self-Improvement:Success] Some opportunities may seem like luck but in fact the way you think and act will raise the chance that things will go your way. When you walk into a room full of people you take with you all that you are. You carry with you an intangible 'presence' that everyone can sense at the very deepest level.
- How To Look Younger - The Exotic Fruit Bowl
[Health-and-Fitness:Anti-Aging] Tired of doing the weekly shopping and buying the same old groceries? It's time to give your fruit bowl an exotic makeover that will help to keep you feeling and looking great for years to come. Here are 9 exotic fruits are guaranteed to give you the anti-aging boost you need.
- How To Look Younger - 4 Natural Anti-Aging Methods
[Health-and-Fitness:Anti-Aging] You want to know how to look younger. You want to know how to get firmer, smoother skin and maybe a smoother body but without going under the knife? Look no further because here are 4 natural ways in which you can look younger without spending a fortune.
- How To Look Younger - What Does Stress Do To Your Body?
[Health-and-Fitness:Anti-Aging] The rigors of the festive season can wreak havoc on your body. Be aware of the warning signs and the 6 places where your body is likely to suffer!
- How To Look Younger - 9 Little Age-Proofing Tips That Can Make A Big Difference
[Health-and-Fitness:Anti-Aging] The key to weight control is to know how much a serving should be. Limit protein to the size of a deck of cards; carbohydrates like rice and bread and potatoes for example, to the size of your closed fist. Vegetables and fruit should fill half your plate and fats and oils should be kept to a minimum - less than one tablespoon. If you don't exercise very often choose a small plate and pile it high with low-fat, low-calorie vegetables or salad before adding meat or poultry and carbs.
- How To Get A Good Night's Sleep
[Health-and-Fitness:Sleep-Snoring] It's not just a matter of getting enough hours, it's what you do with them that counts. Give your beauty routine a wake-up call and you're guaranteed to look better by morning. It all starts with a good night's rest.
- Sex Buddy - When Your Boy Mate Becomes Your Bed Mate
[Relationships:Sexuality] He's your best male friend and you have a great laugh together, then late one night it seems like a good idea to put sex on the menu. The sex is good.. trouble is you were never meant to be a couple. Before bedding your boy mate make sure you set boundaries so that you know exactly where you stand and don't damage your friendship.
- A Better You - Reinventing Yourself
[Self-Improvement:Techniques] We've all been tied into a fix routine before, living the same monotonous lives, same things, day-in day-out and end up thinking about making massive changes to our lives and reinventing ourselves. Instead of sinking into mid-life crisis, channel the yearnings, the dissatisfaction, the deep questions into a powerful call to action. Here are 5 things to carry with you when you're reinventing yourself and pursuing your venture.
- Advice For First Dates - And How To Tell What's Going On
[Relationships:Dating] Going on a first date is always nerve-wracking. What are you going to wear? What if you can't think of anything to say? Well help is at hand because you'll learn the essential tips on flirting and body language and how to tell if he really fancies you.
- How To Break Up With Your Boss
[Business:Careers-Employment] Leaving a job can be like ending a relationship. Telling your boss you're walking away can often feel like betrayal but it's an integral party of moving up the career ladder. Here's how to leave with your head high and your reputation still intact.
- Why Are Men Such Bad Communicators?
[Relationships:Communication] Its the question that's long plagued womankind but the answer is simple. Either a) he's not interested, or b) his plane's crash-landed on a desert island. Unfortunately the first reason is much more likely. But don't panic, there is a third one - he may be playing hard to get. If your man hasn't called in three days and you haven't spotted his picture in the papers under the headline 'Man Kidnapped', he's probably just not interested.
- 5 Things You Might Regret Saying And How To Fix It
[Relationships:Communication] Ever been told you only open your gob to change feet? Don't worry, our guide will put an end to those embarrassing foot-in-mouth traumas. Here are 5 things you could regret saying to your friend and how to fix it.
- Shopaholic! How To Take Control Of Your Shop-A-Holic Addiction
[Self-Improvement:Time-Management] Shops find sneaky ways to trick you out of cash. Here's how to avoid "post-shopping regret".
- 5 Professional Tips On How To Apply Make Up
[Womens-Interests] Painted pouts are making a comeback with new textures and finishes giving the face a modern look. If applied well, lipstick will not only look sexier, buy will last far longer than lip gloss!
- Lose 12 Lbs In 8 Weeks
[Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] Thousands of women have shaped up by making simple changes to their daily lives. Now you can do the same. You don't even have to diet. Just follow our top tips and you could lose 12 Lbs in eight weeks.
- Sex Anyone?
[Relationships:Sexuality] Sex is important. It's linked to creativity, drive self-esteem and long-term health. Those who have regular sex within a loving relationship are judged by their peers to look five to 10 years younger then they really are.
- What To Eat At 30,000 Feet
[Health-and-Fitness:Nutrition] Feeling sleepy and jet lagged after a flight? Red-eye and de-hydrated after a long hour flight? Worry not because with our advice you'll be packing the right foods and drinks that will keep you energised and feeling great whilst 30,000 feet in the air.
- Like A Fine Wine, Instinct Develops With Age
[Self-Improvement:Self-Esteem] In your twenties, going with your gut instinct had you dirty-dancing with your boss, drunk-dialing your ex and cutting your own fringe. Turns out, like a fine wine, your instincts get better with age. Sometimes it's easy to act on impulse.
- Holiday Health Guide - The Most Common Summer Health Problems Solved
[Health-and-Fitness] Most of us don't worry about our holiday health until we come down with something while we're away - cue the dash to the local pharmacy to try and explain our symptoms in sign language. A little forward planning can make this panic unnecessary. The most common summer problems -sunburn, upset tummies, travel sickness, insect bites - are all preventable or quickly treatable with a little know-how.
- The Sun Worshiper's Survival Guide
[Health-and-Fitness:Skin-Care] If you want to worship the sun, without suffering from nasty after-effects, make sure you protect yourself. Here are six safe-sun essentials to put in your beach bag.
- Relationships - How To Spend The Weekend Together Without Killing Each Other
[Relationships:Conflict] Okay, so it's another Friday night where you and your decide to not go out and stay the night in but still want to plan ahead for the Saturday and Sunday without the usual conflict. You want to go shopping, he wants to go to the pub with the lads. You want him to do the house work, he wants to drink beer...etc. Here are 6 survival tips for the disagreeable couple weekend.
- 5 Tips For Going On Holiday And Having A Great Time
[Travel-and-Leisure] Holidays are fab for talking time out from a stressful, modern lifestyle. But it's worth thinking about what you're letting yourself in for before you go so you can avoid and nasty surprises. It's now worth letting anything spoil that precious time with your friends. Preparation is key!
- How To Get A Sexy Bikini Body
[Health-and-Fitness:Exercise] So you're going on holiday and you've made last minute arrangements but your body is in no shape to be seen in a bikini? Here are 3 exercises that you can use weeks before your holiday in the sun to attack your thighs, tummy and bottom to get those heads turning.
- The Top 10 Juices You Should Be Drinking
[Food-and-Drink] Ever wondered why experts and leading dietitians have always advised which juices were good for you and why? This article will help clear up any confusion and tell you which juice you should be drinking and why.
- What Is Cystitis And How Do I Cure It?
[Health-and-Fitness:Diseases] Cystitis is an infection or inflammation of the bladder. If an attack is due to an infection by germs or bacteria, it is called bacterial cystitis. If it is due to inflammation only, it is called non-bacteral cystitis.
- How To Get Luck And Attract It
[Self-Improvement:Attraction] Were you born lucky or does your toast always fall butter-side down? Being lucky is about confidence and opportunity so chuck out your rabbit's foot and memorize these luck-bringing tricks...
- How To Save Money For A Holiday In 3 Months
[Finance:Personal-Finance] Start stashing cash now and you'll be saying 'hola' to the pool boy in no time! Are your finances looking bleaker than a British summer? Don't panic.
- 5 Quick-Fix Body Tricks
[Health-and-Fitness] We're all busy with our daily lives which leaves very little room for exercise, focusing on your diet or anything else. Why not learn 5 quick-fix body tricks that you can use in your day-to-day life.
- How To Look Younger - 5 Minute-A-Day Miracle
[Health-and-Fitness:Anti-Aging] Speedy facial massage helps give your complexion a healthy boost and makes you look years younger. Here are 4 quick and easy tips on how to massage your face which can be used daily.
- The 3 Causes Of Wrinkles And Their Effects On Your Skin
[Health-and-Fitness:Anti-Aging] We may not welcome them, but wrinkles are inevitable. In fact, we'd look pretty odd without them. The trouble is, with so many anti-aging creams pouring onto the shelves, all promising results, it's all too easy to become seduced by the dream that, with one application, it's bye-bye wrinkle. Sadly, this isn't the case, and an increasing number of experts reckon we're too confused by the hype to know what's really best for our skin.
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