Menopause :AthreattoyourMood andHealth

Chandro Tomar(ShooterDadi)

82Years

Shila Ghosh, who is still working at the age of 87Most people retire and live a comfortable life bythe age of 60 or 65. But Shila is one woman who,even at the age of 87, works tirelessly, trying tomake ends meet for her grandchildren andherself. After her only son died, she took custodyof her grandchildren. She refused to beg andinstead, started selling potato fries in Kolkata, twohours away from where she lives. In spite of beingso old, she believes she's healthy enough toprovide and work for her family.

Pratima Devi, a foster mother to 300 straydogsDespite being a humble rag picker, PratimaDevi has a giant heart. Living and workingout of one of the busiest markets in Delhi,Devi fosters over 300 stray dogs. She refersto them as her kids and makes sure noneof them go hungry. To applaud her greatwork, she has been awarded the GodfreyPhilips Bravery Award For Social Bravery.

Mala Srikanth, an ex Doctor who runs a knittingfactoryLife has been anything but kind to her. Her entire lifehas been one hell of a roller coaster ride. After gettingdivorced and meeting with a serious, life alteringaccident, Dr. Mala returned to India from Oman. Shegave up her practice and started a small knittingfactory in her hometown, Ranikhet, for the bettermentof her people. This act has not only helped her copewith her own personal turmoil, but has alsohelped people in Ranikhet learn a new skill and makeit a part of their livelihood.

Priti Patkar, a social worker bringing hopeto the red light areas of MumbaiPriti, a housewife, started a NGO that hasdone pioneering social work in the red lightareas of Mumbai. Priti actually has startedthe world’s first night care center forchildren of women working in red lightdistricts.

For long a fighter for justice Nauroti who was bornin a poor Dalit family in Rajasthan’s Kishangarhdistrict is now the sarpanch of Hardma village, aland that has bred freedom fighters during India’sstruggle for Independence. Starting with the fightfor proper wages when she was working as a stonecutter, her ascend to become a living symbol ofwomen’s power is nothing short of astounding.

Lijjat is a highly popular pappad brand inIndia. While many may remember the bucktoothed bunny that appeared in their TVcommercials, many may not be aware ofthe fact that it’s the power of rural womenand their self-employment initiative, ‘ShriMahila Griha Udyog’ which made thebrand possible. Started with a loan of justRs. 80, today the co-operative has annualsales of more than Rs.3.1 billion.

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MENO

PAUSE

YOUCAN

RoadBlock

FrequentUrination UrinaryTractInfection

VaginalInfectionHotFlashesandNightSweat

DisturbedSleep Diabetes

CardioVascularDiseases Dementia

Alzheimer’s StressandDepression

Osteoporosis Arthritis

NutritionMatters

• Vitamin:-• Vitmain B6:- Preventsheartdisease• Vitmain B12:- Helpinovercomingdepressionandhelplessness• VitaminB6VitaminB12FolicAcid:-Reduceshomosystine topreventanyproblemswithheart

• VitaminD:-HelpinretentionofCalcium.

Antioxidants:-• Betacarotene:- preventsvaginalInfections• VitaminC:- reducesdangersofBreastCancer,heartdisease,Osteo arthritis• VitaminE:-Preventshotflushes,heartproblems,osteoporosis,brain

Vitamin/Iron

Food

FolicAcid FortifiedWheat,Spinach,Bread,Pulses,Lentils,milk,chicken

VitaminB6

Cabbage,milk,wheat,egg

VitaminB12

Milk,CheeseEgg

VitaminC

CitrusFruits,Potato,FreshVegetables,BlackPepperandMilk

VitaminE

SeedsOilPeanuts

Zinc GreenPeas,Spinach,MasoorMoong

Selinium Cereals,meat,chicken,egg,seafood

Vitamin/Iron

Meal

Omega3 Fish,cannola,flexicideoil

FattyAcid

Oil,soyabean

VitaminC

Citrusfruit,Freshvegetables,BlackPepper

VitaminD

Butter,EggWhite,sunlight

VitaminE

Polyunsaturatedvanaspati oil,seedsandnuts

Magnesium

Wholewheat,honey,almonds,pineapple,greenleafyvegetables,Spinach,nuts,seeds

Calcium Milkandmilkproucts,soyabean,papaya,spinach

Selenium Wheat,meat,seafood

• Increasecalcium• DropSalt• IncreaseHighfibre• ReduceSugar• Drinkwater• Decreasefat• Minimumalcohol• StartMultivitamin

AtwhatAGEshouldwe

startexercising?

AsEARLYAsPossible

APapsmear,alsocalledaPaptest,isaproceduretotestforcervicalcancerinwomen.APapsmearinvolvescollectingcellsfromyourcervix— thelower,narrowendofyouruterus.

• BreastSelfExamination(BSE)

• Mammography40yearsonwards

• Papsmear

• TVSforendometrialthicknessandanyadenexal masses,ifabnormalbleedingordischarge

Gynecologist

Physician

Dietitian

YogaInstructor

DiabetesSpecialist