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“Goodbye Mom, Hello Siri” – Meeting My Replacement
My daughter turned 13 last Tuesday. A month before her birthday, I received the following useful email (I was in the same room with her when she sent it). Mom — I feel that in past birthdays, I have been not been the happiest girl with what presents I get.
Estrogen Replacement for Women
Estrogen replacement, also called hormone replacement therapy, replaces the hormones that naturally decrease with menopause. While menopause is often associated with older women, the removal of the ovaries at any point also causes menopause. Estrogen replacement showed promising benefits for women, but starting in 2002, concerns about the safety of the therapy began. Hormone replacement comes with potentially serious risks that all women should understand before starting.
Weight Loss: Meal Replacement Shakes
Meal replacement shakes are a popular weight-loss strategy. If you have a busy lifestyle, using meal replacements can eliminate trying to purchase, cook and eat healthy and well-balanced diet meals. Typically, a meal replacement shake includes a balance of protein, carbohydrates and fat along with a good quantity of vitamins and minerals. Calories are kept low to fit within a reduced calorie eating plan.
Side Effects of Female Hormone Replacement
Hormone replacement therapy is a medical treatment administered to women after undergoing hysterectomy (removal of uterus) or upon reaching menopausal stage. It uses a medication containing hormones such as estrogen, progesterone or testosterone, which can treat symptoms associated with menopause that include hot flashes, vaginal dryness, anxiety and sleeping disorders. Just like any medical treatment, hormone therapy has health risks that women should consider before undergoing treatment.
Egg Prices Are Cracking Our Budget! 6 Easy Egg Alternatives
If you have kids, you know that some foods just vanish the moment they hit the fridge. In my house, eggs are one of those foods. My kids eat them every. single. day. Scrambled, fried, on toast, in pancakes—if it has an egg in it, they’ll eat it (except egg salad… apparently, that’s offensive). So when I went to the store last week and saw a carton of eggs for $10, I just about had a meltdown in the dairy aisle. Ten dollars?! For eggs?! At that price, I half expected them to be hand-delivered by a hen wearing a butler’s uniform. Egg Prices Are Cracking Our Budget!