Nutrition Archives - Women World

A Woman's well-being is like exploring an alpine nation

The map of a woman’s body is like a vast alpine region with its river channels, rocky crevices, and resonant caverns. Her rivers of emotions turn and twist just like her hormones, her blood pressure fluctuates with each new height, and her cycles bring her into the darkness of her cave, only to restore her once again. It’s a wonderful place to be well. But how can we all know our rigged and jagged regions when we don’t know how each one is connected? Here are insights to her alpine femininity.

WOMEN AND DIET: HOW DO WE THINK ABOUT FOOD?

WHEN FOOD IS TOO GOOD TO HANDLE, JUST LOVE YOURSELF!
Since we were young girls, society imposed specific ideologies on us about food,
diet, and beauty. “You should play with this toy, not with this one” – “Act like a lady!”
– “You should lose some weight” and many other phrases that unfortunately, at least
one time in our life, we heard (or even worse, that someone told us). We grew up with
the idea that being slim is good, and fat is bad. This unhealthy conception has taken
root in our minds so, what do we do as soon as “we see extra kilos”? Go on a diet!

However, most of the diets that we come across online are dangerous for our health.
They are either too restrictive (like the hypocaloric diet) or not well balanced to give
us all the nutrients we need. One thing is for sure, though: women have different
daily nutritional requirements to men, but this DOESN’T MEAN we must not eat
carbohydrates or fats!

5 healthy foods that women should eat (and love!)

How many times in our life have we heard about healthy eating? A thousand times,
yes. But what does it truly mean to eat healthy? Let’s find out together!
According to the United Nations Food Systems Summit 2021, a healthy diet is one
that can safeguard your health, and prevent disease by providing nutrients to
maintain you in good health: carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, water, and
minerals. A healthy diet avoids the introduction of health-harming substances and
should be sustainable for the planet.
Well, nowadays it seems to be an impossible mission to keep a healthy lifestyle,
especially for us women – and more than ever during Easter time. We do a thousand
things a day, and when are we supposed to have time to get fresh ingredients? Don't
worry, eat curry (someone would say). Jokes apart, there are 5 superfoods that every
woman should include in her diet in order to keep a healthy lifestyle. Are you ready
to discover them?

Natural and Green beauty products? Could be Greenwashing!

More and more often we hear about “green products”, “cruelty-free” “sustainable
packaging” etc. But how can we recognize if a beauty brand is lying? First, we
need to fully understand the meaning of Greenwashing. Let’s get into it.

WHAT IS GREENWASHING?
By Greenwashing we mean all the marketing activities that the brand set up to
show that its products are natural, eco-friendly, organic or environmentally
conscious — when in reality they aren’t any ofthose things. It is a sales tactic that
can be done through the products’ descriptions, the company name, or the use of
images or packaging design. Those activities would make consumers believe the
product is green.
However, these are companies with no real sustainability mission. They “just” add
labels and phrases to their products with non-factual proof to back it up. It’s
marketing!
Of course, we are not saying that we can’t trust any brand. The trick is to get
informed.
If you’re looking to buy, but haven’t heard of a brand or don’t have time to search
up its credentials, there are a few ways you can know on the spot if a product is
trustworthy.

Body Positivity and our Relationship with Food

Since we were young girls, society imposed specific ideologies on us about food, diet, and beauty. “You should play with this toy, not with this one” – “Act like a lady!” – “You should lose some weight” and many other phrases that unfortunately, at least one time in our life, we heard (or even worse, that someone told us).

We grew up with the idea that being slim is good, and fat is bad. This unhealthy conception has taken root in our minds so, what do we do as soon as “we see extra kilos”? Go on a diet! However, most of the diets that we come across online are dangerous for our health. They are either too restrictive (like the hypocaloric diet) or not well balanced to give us all the nutrients we need. One thing is for sure, though: women have different daily nutritional requirements to men, but this DOESN’T MEAN we must not eat carbohydrates or fats!

Digital Detox

For lots of people, a world without phones and social media is unimaginable – for others it used to be normal! More of the younger generations are beginning to see the benefits and hop on the Digital Detox trend in order to get back to real life.

So what exactly do we gain from it? And are there any downsides to taking care of our mental health and clicking pause on our online personas?