Two nutritional deficiencies in women that should not be underestimated
Women and men can eat similar diets, but they have different needs for nutrients. In particular, there are two nutritional deficiencies that women are more prone to than men, and in this article we find out why and how to behave.
According to a recent study , in fact, most women have these two deficiencies that hinder health.
In fact, women are more deficient in calcium and iron than men.
The reasons are many: in women of childbearing age, therefore up to menopause, the cycle can create an iron deficiency, although women are more capable than men of absorbing iron from their diet.
In younger women or those on a vegan diet, iron supplementation may be advised by a doctor.
A good supplement that avoids the side effects of ingesting iron (constipation, abdominal pain) is Floradix , made from herbal and fruit extracts.
Conversely , calcium deficiency is also present in postmenopausal and post-menopausal women, due to hormonal changes and pregnancy or breastfeeding, and increases over time.
Women who follow a vegan diet or do not eat dairy products and cheeses can, for example, compensate for the deficiency with an eggshell powder supplement, the recipe for which can be found here.
And at the same time take vegetable drinks or vegetable milks enriched with calcium.
Obviously, it is always better to get these two important minerals from your diet.
For iron it is advisable to eat liver , red meat, legumes from time to time (in this case, add lemon juice or take it in another form, or eat an orange or a kiwi), but eggs also contain it, so such as soybean meal and dried mushrooms. Granola and breakfast cereals may also have added (synthetic) iron.
For calcium , in addition to milk, dairy products and cheeses (the most aged contain more), you can consume anchovies, octopus, sesame seeds, almonds, figs or dried apricots, broccoli and spinach, shellfish.
Crustaceans and molluscs have a good supply of both of these minerals.
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