National Stroke Awareness Month

As May is National Stroke Awareness Month, I had to include a mention in African-American Wellness (AAW) about the symptoms or warning signs in both women and men to look out for.  Catching them in the first few hours that they occur, and getting medical treatment as soon as possible, is crucial to recovery from a stroke!  See the website below, for the symptoms:

http://www.stroke.org/site/PageServer?pagename=WOMSYMP

Also, did you know that having Type 2 Diabetes is a risk factor for stroke?  Have your doctor give you the a1c blood test, to see what your blood sugar level is for the last 3 months.  The a1c will tell you if you are pre-diabetic—like me!—and then you can go on a diabetic diet to reduce the likelihood of getting full-blown DIABETES.  “Over nine million women in the U.S. have diabetes. And three million of them don’t even know it (FDA, n.d.)!”   See the Diabetes PDF document at the following website:

http://promotions.usa.gov/dearabby.html

Don’t forget that if you already had a stroke, that you could still get another one, so preventative treatment is important!

{DISCLAIMER:  I am not a licensed healthcare practitioner.  If you have any symptoms, you should consult a healthcare practitioner.}

Reference:

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Office of Women’s Health & Federal Citizen Information Center.  (n.d).  “Healthy Women’s Action Kit featured in ‘Dear Abby’”.  Diabetes PDF available from http://promotions.usa.gov/dearabby.html

National Stroke Association.  (May 2010).  “Women and Stroke.”  Retrieved May 30, 2012 from http://www.stroke.org/site/PageServer?pagename=WOMSYMP

Quickstart to Success Contest

I did not plan to bring up The AIM Companies’ opportunities this soon in my blog, but there is a income-earning contest, “Quickstart to Success” (or Contest #3) that I need to make you aware of—the deadline to signup is July 31, 2012!  Please scroll down the PDF document:

https://www.theaimcompanies.com/downloads/2012-Cash_In_QuickStart_contests.pdf

to where it explains the Quickstart to Success contest.  After signing up as a Wholesale Member, AIM will definitely pay you $500 after meeting the 3-month order requirements, plus your commission from the minimum five(5) new Members you sign up during the contest period!

For your information, BVP stands for Bonus Value Points, which you accumulate for each AIM product that you order as a Wholesale Member; and, AMR stands for Automatic Monthly Reorder, of which you get 10% off any month’s order valued at higher than $125.  If you have any questions, about AIM’s Contest #3 (or the other 2 contests), please email me:  shelleydryden@gmail.com

Introduction

Welcome to the initial post of my blog, African American Wellness (AAW)!  As I am an African American woman, the purpose of this blog will be the prevention (or improvement) of chronic disease among women of this racial group—although men will find useful information as well!  Personally, my a1c test places me in the prediabetes category, so I need to watch my blood sugar.  In addition, two(2) women in my immediate family had strokes, along with a few—more distant—female relatives were diagnosed with breast cancer.  Thus, you should expect to see more in my blog on the following:  diabetes, stroke, breast, and other (like lung and colon), cancer, and high cholesterol—a risk factor for heart disease.

In my journey towards long-term wellness and longevity I will share resources that cross my path.  These resources include information derived from course textbooks during my current studies in the university, of nutrition science.  With heart disease being the number 1 cause of premature death for women, diet plays a crucial role in preventing or improving this chronic disease, as well as others.

In addition to my current studies, I am an independent distributor of nutritional supplements made by The AIM Companies (Nampa, Idaho)—You can access the company’s website via mine at:  www.myAIMstore.com/myeverydaywellness .  You can access data sheets (for each product) online, become a wholesale member (for the cheaper price, compared to retail), and/or place an order via my website, if interested.  Please feel free to email me directly if you have any questions regarding what products might be able to help improve the functioning of any of your body’s systems (for example, cardiovascular, nervous, or musculoskeletal system); email:  shelleydryden@gmail.com (Put “Blog:….” and whatever else sums up your email, in the Subject line of email.)  If you email me your mailing address, along with your personal health concerns, I will try to send you a sample of an AIM product that could possibly help with that health concern.  There are a limited number of AIM products that come in sample packs.  The following image is apple cider that was sold in the local Washington, DC farmers' market at Eastern Market on the weekend.  Ideally, apples should be organic, as it is a high-pesticide crop in the U.S.!

For the men out there…You should read my blog for the African American women (of all ages) in your life and for yourself.  I won’t only have sex-specific tips, but more general health tips, useful for all “our people”.  Please forward this blog address (and my AIM website address) links to other possibly interested African Americans!  I also look for feedback from my readers, and will try to reply to comments that are posted.