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Women should all take gender-specific health threats seriously and establish habits that can contribute to a long and healthy life.
You Will Need
*Healthy diet
*Breast exams
*Exercise
*Good hygiene
Step 1: Maintain a healthy diet 保持健康的飲食
Maintain a healthy diet to control your weight and blood sugar levels to combat heart disease, which afflicts one in 10 women between 45 and 65.
Step 2: Monitor signs 做定期的身體檢查
Monitor signs of breast cancer, especially if there’s a family history of cancer. A poor diet, obesity, and alcohol abuse can also contribute. Be sure to get regular exams.
Step 3: Limit fats 限制身體的脂肪
Limit saturated and trans fat consumption to guard against strokes. Sticking to fresh, natural foods in moderation, and exercising regularly, is always good advice. Use alcohol, if at all, only in moderation.
Step 4: Preserve your breath 保持呼吸系統(tǒng)的健康
Fight the threat of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, particularly bronchitis and emphysema, by avoiding exposure to chemicals and air pollution, and by quitting smoking.
Step 5: Lose weight 不要超重
Slim down if you’re overweight. Eat lots of fruit and vegetables and exercise regularly to lower your chances of contracting diabetes and to control your blood sugar and blood pressure. Limit your salt intake to prevent kidney disease that can evolve from a diabetic condition.
Step 6: Build bones 多補鈣
Build bone strength through adequate calcium consumption and solid physical activity. Nearly 70 percent of Americans with osteoporosis are women, according to the National Osteoporosis Foundation.
The Centers for Disease Control report that 35 percent of women in the U.S. over the age of 20 are obese.
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monitor vt. 監(jiān)控;監(jiān)視
This method is fast and relatively easy to monitor.
這種方法速度快,也相對容易監(jiān)