Health

The changes your skin goes through during and after pregnancy

Collaborative Post¦ Pregnancy brings many changes to your body, and this included changes to your skin. So, while you may have ‘that pregnancy glow’, there are some other changes that your skin goes through. Some of these changes are well known, such as stretch marks, but others might come as more of a surprise if you don’t know about them beforehand. For this reason, I’ve put this article together to hopefully shed some light on these changes and hopefully help any readers who may not be aware of them.

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3 Ways You Can Definitely Get A Better Night Of Sleep

Collaborative Post¦ It’s quite common for parents to struggle to get the right amount of sleep that they need. Sleep is crucial for good mental and physical health. If you’re not getting enough sleep or even the right quality of sleep, then you are going to find that you feel constantly exhausted and this can be an absolute nightmare. The good news is that there are a few simple ways that you can correct this issue. Here are some of the possibilities that we recommend you explore yourself. 

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How To Manage Type 2 Diabetes

Collaborative Post¦ Type 2 diabetes (T2) is becoming more and more of a concern nowadays as many are developing it. As it is becoming common, this means that more people now have to learn to live with a life-changing condition. That can be tough, especially when it happens later on in life.

T2 diabetes is a condition whereby the pancreas, a part of the body, doesn’t produce working insulin. This is usually because a fatty, sugary diet has been consumed over time, so the pancreas has forgotten how to create good insulin as it usually relies on the glucose in fatty, sugary foods.

Unfortunately, it’s not ideal to have a fatty, sugary diet as it can cause a whole range of health conditions. However, now the body has become used to a poor diet. When the body breaks down carbohydrates for energy, it will crave more sugar as that’s what it’s used to.

As a result of the body not making good insulin but needing it, blood sugar levels are often all over the place, and the body gets confused. Thankfully, it is a manageable condition, but there are a few steps to doing so.

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Looking After Your Own Health As A Parent

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Collaborative Post¦ On top of looking after your kids, it’s important to look after yourself. Being a parent can be physically and mentally challenging. This can take its toll on the mind and the body.

Get seriously ill and it could affect your ability to look after your kids. This is why it’s so important to look after your own health as well as your child’s. Below are just some of the ways in which you can look after your own health as a parent. 

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How to maintain good oral hygiene

Collaborative Post¦ Good oral hygiene is a must. Not only does it mean your mouth and teeth are clean, but it’s also ideal for the rest of your body too. After all, as you chew and swallow, heaps of bacteria are entering your body and this bacteria all needs to be processed. If hygiene is not kept up, this could develop into different illnesses and cause a lot of complications.

Another result of not keeping up with basic oral hygiene is that teeth can decay more quickly, resulting in pain and discomfort and a loss of confidence. You’ll soon find yourself needing emergency toothache relief or even needing teeth removed if you don’t practice good hygiene. Thankfully, this can easily be avoided by maintaining better oral health.

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