Today's Women and Health is all about You!

Our Goal Is To Help You...

"Achieve A Healthy Lifestyle"

Wednesdays from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. on your Hometown Station, AM 1220 KHTS!

With your host:

Karina Lineback, with Pilates Teck

Karen Roth, MS NC

www.nutritionalchoice.net

With all of the health risks facing todays woman there are so many reasons you need to start making changes.

Poor choices in nutrition, fitness and lifestyle affect women's health. Heart disease, strokes, diabetes, osteoporosis and cancer are just a few of the diseases that affects women's health world-wide.

Medical science continues to point to the indisputable benefits of regular exercise and managing a healthy diet in the prevention of disease.

Health and fitness need to be an increased priority for women all over the world.

A New Way Of Thinking

Staying informed and being proactive in your lifestyle will dramatically change your health. Good health changes your overall perspective of life.

Achieving a healthy lifestyle, feeling good, looking good and living well makes each of us feel like a new person!

Taking action now will give you benefits that you can see and feel in a very short time. It's never too late to improve your health and lifestyle.

Today, with all of the women's health risks, there are so many reasons you need to start making changes.

Poor choices in nutrition, fitness and lifestyle affect women's health. Heart disease, strokes, diabetes, osteoporosis and cancer are just a few of the diseases that affects women's health world-wide.

Today’s Woman’s Awareness Checklist

Sometimes the mind whispers a message and sometimes the body screams an alarm. Are you listening?

Energy

• Do you enjoy your days without concern of stamina or fatigue or does predictable fatigue determine how you schedule your day?

• Are your sleep patterns regular or irregular? Do you sleep days and stay awake nights?

• Do you keep to a fairly predictable schedule or is your schedule erratic?

• Do you exercise at least 3 days a week for 30 minutes?

Food

• Are your eating habits balanced with equal amounts of protein, carbohydrates and fat or do you tend towards only one of these groups? 

• Do you drink high amounts of caffeine? More than 2 cups of coffee or 4 cups of tea a day?

• Do you eat at regular intervals every day or do you skip meals?

Pain

• Do you experience sharp intermittent pain?

• Do you experience dull aches, like a toothache, that persist?

• Do you experience stinging, itching or irritation?

• Do you have unexplained bruising or bleeding?

Hormones and Mood

• Do you operate on a relatively even keel or do you have mood swings that make you say or do things that you end up apologizing for later?

• Do you feel overly fearful, worried or sad?

• Do you have something that you are looking forward to or do you feel like you are just ‘getting through’?

• Do you have strong friendships/relationships?

Medical Appointment checklist

• Do you perform a monthly breast check? A yearly mammogram?

• Have you had a physical/gynecological check-up in the last year?

• Have you seen a dermatologist for a mole check?

Sex

• Do you have sex with the same partner 1-2 times/week?

• Do you find you only want sex when you are on vacation or ‘unplugged’ from life’s usual demands?

• Do you experience pain, irritation or fear/anxiety during sex?

• Do you find yourself not wanting sex with your partner but fantasizing about other partners? 

Karen Roth, MS, NC earned her Master of Science degree in Holistic Nutrition from Hawthorn University and holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from University of California, Irvine.

As a Holistic Nutritionist, Karen educates her clients on the best ways to prevent disease, but even more importantly, how to take their current state of health and strive for optimal health which can result in increased energy and an overall feeling of wellbeing.

One of Karen’s specialties is hormone balancing where she works with women and men to improve a variety of health-related conditions using food and diet to build a solid foundation.  Her specialties include weight loss, diabetes, hypertension and heavy metal and mineral balancing for more complicated health problems.

Karen is one of a growing number of international healthcare professionals who have been specially trained and certified in the Management of Menopause Type® Program, a holistic model that has benefited women for over 13 years. The program recognizes that there are twelve different Menopause Types, each requiring an individualized approach to alleviating symptoms and reducing health risks.  As a Holistic Nutrition Consultant, Karen considers each person’s unique biochemical individuality and tailors safe, natural and effective protocols to meet those needs.

As a result of a freak golf cart accident which resulted in a broken jaw, Karen  authored the Nutritional Guide to a Liquid Diet book which is a tool for those individuals who have had their jaws wired shut due to an accident or by voluntary surgery.  This user-friendly guide is designed to provide maxillofacial trauma patients with a survival guide of recipes to sustain optimum health and speed recovery.

In the area of public speaking, Karen brings her down-to-earth style of communication to community education classes, providing  common sense nutrition back to the public in a way that is easy to understand and implement.

A member of the National Association of Nutrition Professionals, Karen maintains a clinical nutrition practice in Valencia, California consulting with clients on a  local, national and international basis. She produces a weekly “Food For Thought Thursday” video blog that is hosted on her website as well as on YouTube.