It helps our bodies function and make our own custom “medicines” to fight illnesses.
Make water your beverage of choice. We are made up of approximately 70% water, and this fluid is the essence of life. You can try eliminating 2-3 at a time and re-introducing them one at at time after 2 weeks off, to see if there is any reaction. Consult a qualified naturopathic doctor, dietitian, or nutritionist to help you customize a food sensitivity elimination diet, and/or talk to your doctor about allergy testing.Ģ. Common culprits include gluten, dairy, soy, peanuts and shellfish. It is possible that if you are suffering with a gassy, colicky baby, that your diet may be playing a role in baby’s night wakings. OPTIMIZE YOUR SLEEP TO MANAGE MOOD & METABOLISM. The problem turns into a deeper one once life becomes more sedentary, baby is weaned, fewer calories are burned, and the bad-eating habits are ingrained and harder to break. The habit many of us fall into is eating like a teenager when we should be fueling our bodies like athletes. The reasons for weight gain include the fact that too little sleep stimulates hunger through deregulating the hormones ghrelin and leptin, and less sleep increases our cravings for calorie-rich, high-sugar and high-fat meals. Why is it that while we are burning all these extra calories in early parenthood, we continue to gain weight, or find it difficult to lose the pregnancy weight? This challenge is not exclusive to women either – the average man gains 14 lbs during their partners’ pregnancy, and often that weight gain continues for the first year of parenthood, and sometimes longer. Breastfeeding burns fat, right? Get the scoop. ALL of this while not getting the sleep you are accustomed to. You are dealing with some of the most stressful times of your life, with a new role of parent, juggling the other roles you play in life, and the shifting of relationships with your parents, in-laws, and spouse. If you are breastfeeding, you are expending additional energy (500-900 calories may be burned daily), which can be taxing if you do not have enough high-octane fuel. Remember, parenthood is the marathon of LIFE! You are coping with physical demands (long walks with baby in the carrier, dancing baby to sleep, bending to assist them, etc.). Good news for many parents who are at their wits end: there are holistic strategies available. If more of us were educated on this fact from the time we conceived our children, the less likely we would be to feel our child has sleep problems, and the better equipped we would be able to handle our babies’ night wakings. I spend a lot of time with clients discussing diet and its role in sleep. And for many of us, with a new baby! With the additional stresses of parenthood and a whole lotta’ sleep deprivation, what we have is a recipe for weight gain. It’s January… back to the daily grind, stressing over our to-do lists and trying to improve ourselves and stick to our New Year’s Resolutions.
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