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21 things you should know about your body
August 22, 200821 things you should know about your body
by Anne Montague
Here’s an inside look at how women’s bodies work.
1. Some Bacteria Are Good For YouBugs can be beneficial in certain parts of your body. The average woman’s vagina is loaded with bacteria, fungi, and viruses, and they’re there for a reason: they usually promote cleanliness. By absorbing debris and fighting one another, they help keep the vaginal environment balanced and healthy. Don’t be overzealous with soap and perfume products as this area of your body is designed to look after itself.
2. Thin Bra Straps Cause Headaches
According to doctors at the
3. Women Have More Grey Matter Than Men
Men may have bigger brains, but women have more of the grey matter that’s vital for information processing. This explains why they perform just as well on intelligence tests, despite the difference in brain size.
4. It’s Essential For women to Drink Safely
“Women’s bodies contain less water and more body fat, which means alcohol reaches the liver more quickly and in higher concentrations than in men. We not only get drunk more quickly, but are also more vulnerable to long-term damage to our heart, liver, pancreas, and nervous system,” explains Dr. Sarah Jarvis. “Hormones play a role, too. Women become even more vulnerable to the effects of alcohol around their period,” she adds. Drink safely—no more than two to three units a day (one unit equals ten milliliters), no more than 14 units a week, with a few alcohol-free days. And be sure to have food when drinking. “Everyone underestimates how much they drink, so be totally honest—or you’re just fooling yourself,” says Dr. Jarvis. “More than six units in one sitting counts as binge drinking, which in the short term doubles your risk of stroke.”
5. The Time of The Month Affects How You Feel Pain
Your perception of pain alters during your menstrual cycle. Burn your hand around that time and it may hurt more. Researchers at the University of Michigan found that estrogen is vital for regulating the brain’s natural ability to suppress pain. Just before ovulation, when estrogen levels are highest, the brain’s natural painkilling system responds more powerfully, releasing chemicals to dampen pain signals. But when estrogen levels fall, the system is less efficient.
6. Our Bodies Aren’t Designed To Walk Upright
“If women walked on four legs, they’d have fewer pelvic floor problems,” says Jeannette Haslam, a physiotherapist specializing in women’s health. In women’s bodies, the pelvic floor muscles have a lot of work to do. “We have the weight of the bladder plus the strain of pregnancy and childbirth. The pelvic floor is the only area of the body that undergoes such stresses,” says Haslam. To strengthen it, tighten the muscles around your back passage, vagina, and front passage and pull up inside as if you’re trying to stop passing urine. It should feel like a ‘lift and squeeze up’ inside. Aim for 10 quick pull-ups and 10 slow, holding in for four seconds, three times daily. Do as many as you can and build up gradually.
7. Women’s Brains Make Less Serotonin
It may be why women are two to three times more likely to suffer depression, and why a low carb diet can leave you irritable. Eating carbohydrate0rich food, such as fruit, bread, rice and pasta, stimulates the production of serotonin—a neurotransmitter that helps to boost mood.
8. One in Four Women is Iron Deficient
“A recent nutrition survey shows many women aren’t getting enough iron,” says Bridget Aisbitt, nutrition scientist at the British Nutrition Foundation. Iron helps make hemoglobin, found in red blood cells, which transport oxygen to the body tissues. Red meat is the best source of iron; it’s also found in dried fruit and green leafy vegetables. Avoid tea and coffee with meals—they can hinder iron absorption.
9. Giving Up Smoking Has Greater Benefits For Women
Women smokers may be at a higher risk of heart attack than men who smoke, and women are prone to developing incurable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), which kills more women than breast cancer. Smoking also increases the risk of at least ten cancers, and women smokers are more likely than men to develop lung cancer.
10. Drugs Can Work Differently For Women
Doctors are finding out that men and women react differently to certain drugs—certain antibiotics and some medication for hypertension are more effective in women, for example, as are morphine-like painkillers.
11. We’re All Very Different
Vaginas and cervixes come in many shapes and sizes. “If you find smears uncomfortable, tell the nurse or doctor as speculums do come in a variety of sizes,” advises Dr. Kate Worsley, head of medical development at Marie Stopes International Global Partnership, a foundation which provides information on sexual and reproductive health. “Sometimes women feel discomfort because the doctor or nurse has to search for the cervix. Wombs and cervixes can be tilted at various angles in different women and it may be hard for the doctor or nurse to find it immediately.
12. Killer Heels Really Are Bad For Your Health
Worn too often, high heels can cause painful bunions, calluses, and corns—and it’s not just the feet that suffer. High heels can affect your posture, putting stress on the spine, resulting in back problems. Long periods of wearing high heels can shorten calf muscles, leading to back, hip, and knee difficulties.
13. Diabetic Women are More At Risk of Heart Attack
“A man with diabetes has double the risk of heart disease; for women, the risk is raised up to seven times,” says Dr. Vahini Naidoo, nuclear cardiologist at the Roayal Brompton Hospital.
14. Gum Disease Can Trigger premature Birth
Studies show that women with severe gum disease may be twice as likely to have a pre-term baby and may be at more risk of pre-eclampsia. Researchers at the University of Alabama think bacteria from diseased gums can trigger increases in the levels of compounds that induce labor. By giving pregnant women regular gum treatment, the team reduced premature births by up to 84 percent.
15. Women Wake More Quickly From Anesthetics
Women come round faster—in an average of seven minutes rather than the 11 it takes men to recover; possibly because women are less susceptible to anesthesia.
16. Aspirin Protects Women Against Stroke
Researchers from the Women’s Health Study found that while a daily aspirin reduced the risk of a first heart attack for middle-aged men, it doesn’t for women. But aspirin reduces women’s risk of stroke (an effect not seen in men) and reduces risk of heart attack in women of 65 and more.
17. Women Need To Take More Care of Their Bones
Women comprise 80 percent of those with osteoporosis. After menopause, levels of estrogen—the hormone that protects against bone loss—fall and women can lose up to 20 percent of bone mass in the first five to seven post-menopause years. But osteoporosis is preventable: Take weight-bearing exercises, don’t smoke, and get plenty of calcium and vitamin D.
18. Genes Affect Orgasms
If you’re among the one in three women who rarely or never climaxes during intercourse, it may be due to genes. When doctors at St. Thomas’ Hospital compared to 4,000 female twins they found that the ability to reach orgasm was genetic. This may have developed originally as a way of weeding out less desirable men—that is, if a man can’t bring a woman to orgasm, he is probably not a good long-term mate.
19. Heart Disease Symptoms Can Be Different
“For some women, the symptoms of heart attack are the same as in men, although women may be more likely to experience indigestion-like pain around the breast bone, shortness of breath, overwhelming tiredness, and feeling generally unwell, rather than the classic, crushing chest pain,” says Dr. Naidoo. “The important thing is to take symptoms seriously, whatever your age, and know your risk.”
20. It’s harder For Women To Get To Sleep
The US National Sleep Foundation found 50 percent of women had disrupted sleep for two or three days round their period, when estrogen and progesterone levels fall. It’s thought that both these hormones may affect how you sleep—while progesterone may make you feel more sleepy. Peri-menopausal symptoms such as night sweats are also a factor.
21. Alzheimer’s Is a Greater Threat To Women
“There are three times as many women with Alzheimer’s disease as men,” says Professor Clive Ballard of the Alzheimer’s Society. “We’re still not clear why.” However, new research has shown that women taking estrogen had lower levels of the protein beta-amyloid in their blood. In Alzheimer’s disease, beta-amyloid form “plaques” in the brain, which lead to the death of brain cells.
The silent ways he says I love you
August 4, 2008This article would help you understand your man more.
Enjoy reading =)
The silent ways he says I love you
by Myatt Mendoza
The first time I let a woman know I loved her, she walked right out of my life. Okay, okay, I didn’t say “I love you” exactly. But the setting couldn’t have been more romantic—the two of us basking in the afterglow of midmorning sex, breathless and blissful. We locked eyes and held each other for what seemed like forever. And that’s when I realized how much she meant to me. My phone was ringing in the background as I finally found the courage to brush back her hair and whisper three special words that would convey my feelings.
“Wanna get that?”
But the only thing she got was her clothes and the hell out of there.
What my beloved didn’t understand was that for me, the ringing phone didn’t interrupt the lovey-dovey moment, it defined the moment—the perfect opportunity to show her I wanted to share every part of my life with her. You see, men are stoic believers that actions speak louder than words. It’s why we play basketball rather than chat with friends, give flowers instead of uttering “I’m sorry’s, ” and yes, send smoke signals instead of simply saying the L word. The problem: Those cryptic I’m-crazy-about-you messages (like letting you answer the phone to prove you have access to every private part of our lives) aren’t easily understood by you word-oriented women.
So I bribed my braver friends to break the male code of silence and fill you in on the unmistakable signs a guy’s gaga for you. If he does any of the following, he’s pretty much saying, you know, that phrase.
You catch him staring at your eyes.
The eyes are more than just windows to a man’s soul, they can also be a tattletale to what’s welling in his heart. Men always ogle the objects they desire—it’s the reason you’re always busting us cleavage peeping. So consider: With all that eye candy out there, if it’s you he’s staring at, his affection runs deep. There are two types of I-love-you looks. There’s the secret stare (you’ll have to catch him in the act). “Watching my girlfriend at a party allows me a private moment when I can pinch myself and wonder how I deserve this amazing person in my life—a perspective I can’t get when she’s right there in front of me, ” says Patrick, 30.
Then there’s the steady gaze. Guys are guarded when it comes to showing emotion. When they lock eyes for a full-tilt, unabashed stare, they’re lowering their shield to let you in. “I’d never hold that sort of eye contact with anyone else, but an intense gaze with my girlfriend reflects how comforted and captivated I am by her, ” says Chip, 29.
He stocks his kitchen with stuff you like.
Discovering that his kitchen is loaded with biscotti, cappuccino, and other feminine edibles (that would only pass his lips at gun point) shows you’re lingering on his mind on the most unexpected, unromantic places—like the produce aisle on a solo shopping trip. “One day I checked out my shopping cart and saw all the bags of baby carrots and the bottles of diet soda meant for my girlfriend, ” says Patrick. “It struck me that it had become second nature for me to consider what would make her happy, and that’s when I knew I was in love.”
Furthermore, stocking up means he’s gone public with your place in his pad. You see, men like to maintain at least the image of being detached for as long as possible. So leaving unmistakable evidence in our home that there’s a woman present in our life is a bright red flag that you’re the one.
He talks about where he wants to live in three years.
Telling you he plans to relocate to the States one day may seem like a neon warning not to get any long-term ideas because your man’s getting set to leave you in the dust. However, it might also be his wily way of letting you know that he wants you in his future. “Every time I tell my girlfriend where I see ‘me’ down the road, I’m really trying to gauge whether she sees herself there with me, ” says Jon, 26. So how do you know when a guy’s just bragging about his grand game plan and when he’s quietly declaring his love? It’s all in the way he talks. If he tells you he wants to move to Boracay, be a beach bum, and ogle the local girls, no dice. If he mentions that he sees himself eventually settling in Makati, then immediately asks if you could ever envision yourself living there, he’s emitting serious long-term relationship rays.
He wears the sweater you gave him all the time.
Trusting you behind the wheel of his wardrobe is something no man does readily. Not that guys are all that picky about their appearance, it’s just that we pride ourselves on being, well, ourselves. “Blame it on the inflated male ego, but to permit any tampering with our identity, even if it’s for the better, is considered a sign of weakness, ” explains Peter, 29. consequently, every time a guy does don some item he obviously didn’t pick out for himself, he’s showing that he’s letting you take control and do a little remodeling. It’s a bold statement, one that guarantees he’ll encounter a certain amount of abuse from his peers. Translation: He’s willing to endure his pals’ ridicule to make you happy.
He stands right next to you in public.
Where he stands when you’re out together says a lot about where you stand in his life. Consider this key truth: Call us dogs for it, but guys are hardwired to check out women. “It’s second nature for men to scan every room they enter for possible trade-ups if he’s still in the market for Ms. Perfect, ” says Robert, 31. That’s why when a man’s still uncertain about his feelings, he’ll either trail several feet behind you or get out in front of you and lead the path—two safety positions that keep his wandering eyes hidden. “But if he’s in love, he’ll squelch this most basic male instinct, ” says Chad, 28. sliding up shoulder-to-shoulder is his way of showing his commitment by keeping his eyes right where you can see them. Plus, sticking close puts him in range of being touched in public by you, and that limits his ability to go after a sexy chick he may spy. “Being side by side puts my girlfriend within lips’ reach, making it easy for her to whisper in my ear or lean in for a surprise quick kiss, ” says Ryan, 27. “It’s my way of telling other women I’m taken.”
He doesn’t flinch if you pick up his phone.
Men never know what potentially image-damaging force might be lurking on the other end of their phone line—from ex-girlfriends looking for a last hurrah to an overly inquisitive mom. If we let you answer that jingling time bomb, it means there’s absolutely nothing about us we want to keep concealed from you. “Men aren’t big on sharing. So when a guy lets you grab the phone—possibly making you privy to personal information you could use to blackmail him for the rest of his life—it means he’s planning on staying with you for a very long time, ” says Richard, 29.
But more than just sharing his secrets, a guy handing you the rights to his receiver is essentially the same as giving you the key to his kingdom. “A guy’s phone is the last thing left in the relationship that’s truly his own, ” says Jeremy, 26. “Giving up that remaining piece of autonomy is something I only do with someone I love.”