SheConnect-Women Cell at I.T.S UG campus organized an online session on 31^st January 2022 from for all three-year girl students of BBA/BCA on the topic “Women’s Health-All About Hormones” with Ms. Shubhra Darshan, Nutrition, Lifestyle and Wellness Coach, Bengaluru.

The Speaker was welcomed by the Head, Women Cell Dr. Vidushi Singh herself with her ever-heartwarming wordson behalf of the women cell and the UG campus to share insights on impact of hormones on our day-to-day life.

Ms. Shubhra Darshan, who herself has a rich experience in the field of nutrition and lifestyle counselling was a source of motivation for all. She began by making all the students and faculty members realize that, how we always take care of the external things that make us look beautiful from the outside and in doing that how we have forgotten the value of our internal organs. People these days do not put constant efforts to make sure that their organs are healthy. She quoted “Today’s girls with ambition are tomorrow’s women with perception” an empowering quote indeed. She explained if we decide to give more priority to taking care of our body than any other tasks of our day, eventually we will develop certain habits which will not only inspire people in and around our family but willalso be great inspiration for the coming generations as well.The speaker gave insights on what hormones really are, they are biological chemicals produced within glands. They can be amino-based, cholesterol-based or steroid hormones. Then she threw light on the role of Female hormones: they help in moderating metabolism, sustaining cognitive ability, protecting bone density, promoting cardiovascular health and how they can also affect everything from reproductive health to cognitive function. Therefore, we all should avoid the lifestyle that brings a disbalance in the normal functioning of the hormones to prevent ourselves from the consequences like painful mensuration, infertility problems, irregular menstrual cycles, more stress, volatile emotions, depression, cardiac arrest etc.

She suggested to avoid non vegetarian diet, milk products, fast food because it will bring chemically synthesized hormones into our system which breaks the connection between our brain and body so our body stops producing hormones and the end result of all this is fibroids or ovarian cysts. Therefore, we should all adapt an organic diet, eat seasonal vegetables and fruits, include more fibers in our daily diet, avoid snacking, focus on the quality of our meals, and keep ourselves fit by daily workouts.

In the end she concluded by advising everyone to life an active lifestyle because our body is a beautiful machine which cannot be replaced like the other machines we have.

At the end of the session many questions were raised by the students and they were answered in a very informative way. Overall, it was a very enlightening and helpful session for all the students.