MARCH, 2019 | Th e HEALTH
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Tips for
new dads
Y
oU have to understand that when you have
your fi rst baby, you yourself are a baby. You are
a new born dad. You would be so afraid that if
you do something wrong, it might aff ect your
child’s future. It could be something as simple
as feeding them a few minutes later. You do
not actually have to plan everything you do with your child
or make schedules. Th ere are good and bad approaches to
parenting and those are things that you would fi gure out
by yourself. You’ll never feel like you have this thing down
and that’s good. You will be able to manage it as you get to
know child.
Your child is your teacher. Everything you need to know
about becoming a dad is from learning from your child.
What they like and dislike, their allergies and more.
Th ere are a few reasons a baby cries and that is when
they are sleepy, needs to be cleaned or fed. Th e baby is the
one who will decide when diapers need to be changed, but
you can be proactive in setting up an eating and sleeping
routine.
Lastly, get sleep. Lots of sleep. Th is does wonders for
both you and your baby. You need to be able to function and
stay alert at any time an emergency might arise.
Here are some tips in point form:
• Get comfortable holding your newborn
• Know the reasons why your baby cries
• Help your wife as much as you can
• Man up and change those diapers!
• Get as much sleep as you can, even though it may seem
impossible
• Be very, very patient. You will be waking up in the
middle of the night often now. — Th e Health
tips for men over
50 to lose weight
Eat more fruits and vegetables
to lose weight, you obviously need to take in fewer calo-
ries than you expend. But instead of focusing on what to
eat less of, let’s talk about what to eat more of. People who
increased their intake of fruits and vegetables lost weight,
especially if they ate more berries, apples, pears, soy, or
caulifl ower.
Make bean stew
Beans are packed with fi lling fi bre and protein, and as they
travel through your digestive system, their roughage and
resistant starch feeds the good bacteria in your gut, says
tucker. Th ese bacteria in turn create short-chain fatty acids,
which are helpful in protecting your metabolism
Make friends with your weighing scale
Weigh yourself each morning so you notice right away if the
number is trending up instead of down. If you gain weight,
and if you focus on it early and it’s only a few pounds, you can
lose it quickly, but if you let it stay, basically it reprograms
your body at a higher weight and it makes it hard to lose
because you get hungry.
Focus on food
Between your kids’ goings-on, appointments with your
accountant, and all the other obligations facing the modern
middle-aged man, you might not be giving your meals the
respect they deserve. Eating slowly and mindfully can help
your weight-loss eff orts.
Stop drinking sugar
sugary foods and drinks fi ll you with calories — about 150
calories in a can of Pepsi, for example—but they don’t satisfy
your appetite. Eat the equivalent in a salad, and you’ll stay
full longer.
Mix up your workouts
If you’ve been leaning on one type of exercise up to this
point, now is the time to mix it up. In a recent study from the
University of Illinois at Chicago and Iowa state University,
older people who did a combination of 30 minutes of aerobic
exercise and 30 minutes of resistance exercise three days per
week reduced their body fat percentage and gained muscle.
(Th ey also showed improvements in blood pressure and
cardiorespiratory fi tness, important boosts to an aging
heart.) — Th e Health
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