Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) overtakes women every month, and it seems, there’s no way to avoid it. Headache, irritability, swellings and permanent food cravings – every woman suffers from these symptoms monthly in a varying degree. PMS is a whole range of physical, psychological and emotional symptoms. Although they vanish after the menstruation starts, they often create a lot of problems for both women and people around them. How to help yourself to outlive these terrible days? Full story

It seems to me, there’s no woman among friends of mine who have never tried to lose weight by dieting. I myself heard the word “diet” already in my childhood. I remember my mom eating only boiled meat or only drinking kefir during the whole day to become slimmer. She read about such diets somewhere in a newspaper or they were recommended by her friends. But did my mom do this the right way? And do you do it correctly? Here are top 6 mistakes women make while dieting. I hope, you can correct them. Full story

Most women trying to be thin and lose weight don’t eat bread. But in reality coarse meal bread and whole grain bread can reduce the risk of breast cancer in young women. This has been found due to a seven-year study of 35000 women. According to the researchers, 350 patients developed malignant breast tumor before menopause. All of them consumed food rich in proteins instead of fibers. As a result, this type of diet was one of the causes of breast cancer. Pr. Janet Cade from University of Leeds claims, that nutrition can have a dramatic impact on cancer development in young women. Full story

In order to live longer you should give up smoking and do your morning exercises daily, right? But not! The latest studies show: longevity has a more cheerful recipe. Though a human body can live about 150 years genetically, our lives are much shorter. An average Japanese lives till 79 years, while Nigerians and Somalis hardly last out till the age of 47. Experts have analyzed the experience of long-living people and have elaborated 10 rules, which can help to prolong your life. Full story

Norwegian scientists have conducted a study on the interconnection of the weight and duration of life. It has occurred, that in 90 percent of cases too little weight and a too thin figure reduce the duration of life by 9 years, while excess weight and obesity reduce life by only 4 years. Obese ... Full story

Researchers at Purdue University’s Ingestive Behavior Research Center have compared the way artificial sweeteners (saccharin) and sugar effect health. Sugar substitutes are much sweeter than natural table sugar, but have practically no calories compared to 15 calories/teaspoon contained in the latter. Nonetheless, experimental mice, who ate yoghurt sweetened with zero-calorie saccharin, consumed later more calories and, as a result, gained more weight and fat than those mice, who ate yoghurt with glucose (simple sugar). Full story