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Eat your fruits and vegetables! The health benefits of a diet rich in fruits and vegetables outweigh the risks of pesticide exposure. Use EWG's Shopper's Guide to Pesticides to reduce your exposures as much as possible, but eating conventionally-grown produce is far better than not eating fruits and vegetables at all. The Shopper's Guide to Pesticide in Produce will help you determine which fruits and vegetables have the most pesticide residues and are the most important to buy organic. You can lower your pesticide intake substantially by avoiding the 12 most contaminated fruits and vegetables and eating the least contaminated produce. http://ewg.org/foodnews/summary/

Key Lab Tests For A Woman To Request  

1. CBC/Hemogram (complete blood count) – screen for such disorders as anemia, infection, and any other diseases
2. Blood sugar test: fasting glucose test and A1c test combined w/ OGTT (oral glucose-tolerance test) – family history of diabetes?
3. Cholesterol: HDL, LDL, Triglycerides (family history of hypertension) – Annually if your LDL, or “bad,” cholesterol measures more than 130. If it’s lower, get tested every five years
4. Serum Homocysteine and C-reactive proteins (CRP) Tests – (Inflammation/Coronary issues?)
5. UA (Urinalysis)— Screen for metabolic and kidney disorders and for urinary tract infections
6. Test for Common STDs/STIs (Chlamydia and Gonorrhea) – Annually if you’re under 25 and sexually active, or older with multiple partners
7. Thyroid Function Panel (Every two years if you’re over 35 or show symptoms)
8. Testosterone Screen (Testosterone testing is used to diagnose several conditions in women, including: decreased sex drive in men and women; infertility; hypothalamus or pituitary disorders; and hirsutism and virilization in girls and women.
9. Mammograms (Get tested annually starting at age 40, or earlier if you have a family history of breast cancer. Start screenings 10 years earlier than the age of your relative at the time of her diagnosis (so if your mom was diagnosed at age 42, for example, you should have your first mammogram at 32)
10. Pap Smears & HPV Screen (A healthy woman who is HPV negative and is either not sexually active or has just one partner can be screened every three years) – The new HPV DNA test is used to detect the sexually transmitted infection in women over 30
11. Bone density: One of the preferred and most accurate ways to measure BMD is Dexa-Scan (dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry or DXA). Any woman at high risk of osteoporosis (because her mother had it or because she is light boned and fair-skinned) should have this DEXA scan to determine her bone mineral density and keep track of how it is declining over time. All women age 65 and older should have at least one DEXA scan to gauge the condition of their bones.

See: http://labtestsonline.org/ To understand these tests.

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I dare you to love courageously today!

Canada at a Glance is a useful reference if you want quick access to current Canadian statistics. This publication gives a glance at the current Canadian demographic, education, health and aging, justice, housing, income, labour market household, economic, travel, financial, agricultural, foreign trade and environmental statistics. This booklet published by Statistics Canada also includes important international comparisons. The guide is updated annually.

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