Excess belly fat, beyond looking bad and having you feeling awful, ups a woman’s risk for heart disease, diabetes and now new research finds it also increases their osteoporosis risk. Fat in the tummy has just as devastating an effect on bone health as it does on your heart, liver and pancreas.
Posts Tagged: heart disease
Estrogen and Weight Gain
If a woman is gaining weight, there could be numerous reasons for it other than eating fat laden food and leading a sedentary life. At times, even though a woman has not made any changes to her diet, it is quite possible that she notices that she has put on weight around her stomach region…. Read more »
Understanding What Bioidentical Hormones Are
Many women are in need of hormone replacement therapy for a variety of reasons. However, they can present users with many risks such as developing blood clots, strokes, heart disease and breast cancer. This has caused doctors and patients to stop taking this treatment. This is was in spite of these risks being relatively low…. Read more »
5 Essential Screening Tests Every Woman Should Have
Cholesterol is another factor which has been perturbing women since many years. Women who have higher levels of bad cholesterol in their diets can get heart disease. So, the incidence of this disease can be found by doing a lipid profile of a woman. Even women are quite prone to type 2 diabetes. This disease… Read more »
Can Coffee Benefit Women’s Health?
One common fact in life is that with age, you often become more conscious of protecting your health and preventing the development of diseases. If you are a postmenopausal woman with these concerns, you will be happy to know the latest research that drinking 1 to 3 cups of coffee each day will protect your… Read more »