The key to a great sex life is good sexual function, and the natural way to boost sexual health is with the right nutrition. This article will focus on some of the important nutrients that may be able to help improve your sex life.
Although everyone needs the same nutrients, the amounts we need change as our lives change. This message is for all women of childbearing age, mothers-to-be, and growing families everywhere. We will discuss perhaps the three most important phases of nutrient requirements that determine an individuals lifelong health and nutrition status; Pregnancy, lactation, and infancy.
Osteoporosis is a degenerative bone disorder characterized by the thinning and weakening of bone, leaving it more vulnerable to breaks and fractures. Your skeleton is a hotbed of activity. From childhood on through adulthood, old bone is continually being replaced with new bone in a process called remodeling. Bone-eating cells called osteoclasts break down bone tissue creating microscopic cavities with fresh tissue. Then bone-forming cells, called osteoblasts, refill the cavities with fresh tissue. During childhood and adolescence, bone-builders form more new tissue than bone-eaters take away. Then, at around age 30 to 35, bone-eaters begin to outnumber bone-builders, setting the stage for osteoporosis.
Menopause - the end of menstruation, is caused by a decline in the production of two hormones, estrogen and progesterone, by the ovaries.
Both estrogen and progesterone are known for their role in sexuality and reproduction, but both perform a wide range of other critical tasks in the body. At menopause the body’s overall estrogen levels decline about 80 percent, and although the ovaries are no longer making estrogen, some estrogen is still being produced by the adrenal glands and fat tissue. Production of progesterone is virtually nothing, and many women feel the loss of these hormones acutely.
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