National Women’s Week – Celebrating everything female.

What makes up half of the world’s population, and comes in a range of sizes colors, ages, and races? Why it’s women of course! In the Philippines, women also make up half of the population, which makes National Women’s Month all the more important and special. What better way to celebrate by participating in an event that highlights the many achievements, discusses continued empowerment, and commits to bettering women all across the country?

Sometimes, women are so busy working hard to makes the lives of their loved ones happy and healthy, that they sometimes forget and neglect their own wellbeing. National Women’s Month, which all throughout March each year, is a time to reflect on the women in our lives, and for women to address their own issues and concerns about their place in the world.

The last 12 months have been like nothing we’ve ever experienced, with the COVID-19 pandemic posing many challenges and opportunities for women all over the Philippines. This year, National Women’s Month has a strong focus on how women have thrived during these unknown times. Understandably, many of the events surrounding National Women’s Month are being held online this year, with a number of forums and interactive seminars to be held via the Philippine Commission on Women’s (PCW) Facebook Page.

There are a number of more targeted actions you can take to ensure you are living your best life. Often, our unique genetic makeup is responsible for a lot of the way we feel, how we respond to stressful situations like the pandemic, and how we live our lives. A simple and painless DNA test could hold the answer to our health and wellbeing questions, and provide us with valuable knowledge about how to be happy, healthy, resilient, and strong women.

For women who want to optimize and improve their health, the Nutrifit range of tests is a must. EasyDNA Philippines’ Nutrifit DNA test analyses your unique DNA to give you a comprehensive snapshot of a number of essential things that will help you get the best out of your body in 2021!

Your results will arrive in a timely manner and will include a personalized guide that will see you kicking health goals in 2021 and beyond.

Your guide will include:

• Lifestyle and Dietary recommendations
• Coloured and explanatory display of your genetic results
• Food nutrition tables, including nearly 200 different foods along with their caloric values, cholesterol content, and contents of vitamins and minerals, allowing you to effectively plan your meals

Your results will also include information about your:

• metabolism (alcohol, caffeine, and lactose)
• personal needs for macro and micronutrients
• individual response to physical activity, and what activity suits you best
• susceptibility to high cholesterol, high blood sugar, weak bones, obesity

For those women who might have some concerns about which diseases and conditions they have a predisposition to, the Genetic Predisposition Health Test uses your DNA profile to establish whether you have a genetic predisposition toward developing any one of 34 diseases and conditions, including breast, colorectal, bladder, lung, and skin cancer. The test will also provide results about your level of risk of developing other diseases, as well as your estimated lifetime risk compared to that of the average population.

Knowing your level of a genetic predisposition toward developing any of the above conditions can help you live a longer, healthier life.

For the women who have become pregnant during the pandemic, the Prenatal Peace genetic screening test is non-invasive, requiring no amniocentesis or chorionic villus sampling. A standard blood draw is all that is required to undertake the DNA test, but it should be mentioned that this does not replace a diagnostic test. This test provides peace of mind for expectant mothers.

March is the month for everyone to take the time out of their busy lives to show appreciation for the people who have loved, nurtured and cared for us the most during this pandemic: women!