Women need more Choline

Another must have to reduce the effects of aging.

-- Women need more choline (a nutrient that is
needed for cell membrane formation and to make
the neurotransmitter acetylcholine necessary for
brain function) after menopause or are at risk
of liver and muscle damage.

from the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition May 2007

Disturbing news on the cervical cancer front.

Pre-cancerous lesions of the cervix risk developing into tumours more than 25 years after treatment, according to a study published online Friday by the British Medical Journal (BMJ). The Swedish study followed women with severe dysplasia or CIS of the vagina and found they were nearly seven times as likely to have cancer as the general population, but this risk decreased to less than threefold, 25 years after treatment.

Women with cervical lesions were more than twice as likely to develop invasive cancer of the cervix as the general female population, and the risk rose with the age at diagnosis, especially among women aged more than 50, the paper says.

The good news in all of this----If you make it past the 25 year mark your odds for avoiding cancer go up. Lets look at this from another angle. We know that stress, life style, eating habits and exercise go hand in glove with cancer.

If you have experienced a CIS diagnosis then you need to revamp your life style to avoid a more sever diagnosis in the future.

Women spend their entire adult life cycle taking care of things; other people, multiple jobs, children, a home, the yard, pets in all shapes and sizes. The stress level can be killing level high.

Women teach other women to sacrifice their own health and well being for others. It doesn't have to be that way. Letting your children stand on their own feet is a good thing. Encouraging a mate to help with chores and responsibilities is a good thing.

Ladies -- if you have always taken care of everything to the detriment of your own health ---- what happens when you get really sick and can't take care of things. Who will have the knowledge to step into your shoes?

Lets end this on a lighter note, after all humor is the best medicine in your life.

LOVE IN A MENTAL HOSPITAL

Jim and Edna were both patients in a mental hospital. One day while they were walking past the hospital swimming pool, Jim suddenly jumped into the deep end. He sank to the bottom of the pool and stayed there. Edna promptly jumped in to save him. She swam to the bottom and pulled Jim out.

When the Head Nurse Director became aware of Edna's heroic act, she immediately ordered her to be discharged from the hospital, as she now considered her to be mentally stable. When she went to tell Edna the news she said, "Edna, I have good news and bad news. The good news is you're being discharged; since you were able to rationally respond to a Crisis by jumping in and saving the life of another patient, I have concluded that your act displays sound mindedness.

The bad news is, Jim, the patient you saved, hung himself in the bathroom with his bathrobe belt right after you saved him. I am so sorry, but he's dead."

Edna replied, "He didn't hang himself, I put him there to dry. How soon can I go home?"

Got this joke from my favorite EFT site. If you are looking for a good place to start improving your life, please check out EFT.

until next time smile
Sharon