Many men get it wrong. Some dress badly because they think clothes are unimportant, some leave the buying of their clothes to their wives and others, we know, dress-young as they struggle to keep up with the gang.
Obviously around M-M time dressing in an odd-ball way is fine if you are an eccentric or perhaps a painter or sculptor but it is hardly constructive if you still want to get ahead and be successful. With the ego already worried a man needs all the help he can get from his outer trappings. Just as his face and hair care contribute to confidence, so the choice of clothes should help bolster career and life in general.
The truth is that no matter how much a man may swear he is disinterested in clothes, deep inside he knows he would like to be well-dressed and admired for the way he dresses. Often the problem is simply that he does not know where to start and at around forty it seems to him that every shop window is full of clothes designed exclusively for the fashion-plate whose age must be twenty-five.
To succeed with minimum trouble all it needs is a few guidelines and one important recommendation that will undoubtedly be repeated: at this age, spend more not less — but buy less. Inexpensive clothes may look fine but on a man around forty they look what they are, inexpensive and inexpensively made. They may be fun and cheap but they rarely flatter.
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Tags: Men’s Health
The strength of the lungs is tested by the simple means of blowing a number of times into a small machine and blood and urine samples are taken to check the efficient functioning of the internal mechanisms like liver and kidneys and, amongst other checks, to spot any signs of diabetes or anaemia. In a screening centre they will also x-ray the chest and carry out a more detailed physical examination that includes tests for rectal cancer and the more basic checks for sight and hearing as both deteriorate as we get older. At a screening centre tests will take up to three hours to complete.
Everyone in the Western world knows the hazards of smoking tobacco but many still continue to do so. If you smoke, quit. Two out of every five men who smoke die before they are sixty-five and it has been calculated that a smoker aged thirty-five will live five years less than his equivalent who is a non-smoker. Cigar and pipe smokers are also at risk even though many would kid themselves they are not. Where cigarettes damage the lungs and cause cancer, cigars and pipes contribute to cancer of the mouth, pharynx and larynx. The risk a man takes smoking are out of all proportion to the pleasure the habit gives.
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Tied in with this sense of being life’s failure there may also be a fear of being a sexual failure. This could stem from an earlier failure and the fear of it being repeated or from the anticipation of criticism from a malicious or hostile partner. (Many Go-Go men also live constantly with the fear of failing to perform well as they rush into each encounter hoping to prove their continuing virility).
Change of sexual desire too can at this time lead to a total lack of urge. Though it might not seem like it to a man whose changing attitude to life has started his questioning his sexual tastes, the fact that he cannot have the sexual style he wants may lead him to abstinence or reliance on masturbation. He may want a new young lover, for example, or to dabble in a gay relationship and feel frightened of making advances in that direction for fear of rejection or making a fool of himself. He would rather be abstinent than foolish.
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‘By forty I thought I had gotten past it. For months I had felt depressed and discontented with everything . . . but nothing more. I still looked good with a tan on the beach.
‘Then at forty-five my world fell apart. I felt suicidal and my body behaved like someone else’s, not mine. Now THAT was the male-menopause!’
Survivor, forty-seven, L.A.
Despite the myths and rumours, there are no purely physical symptoms that can be directly attributed to the male-menopause. There are, as we know, no hormonal changes to take place but there are strange side effects, both real and imaginery, that can be triggered by it nonetheless. Many are linked with the problems of having an aging body to contend with.
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It is unfortunate that a cry for help may not be recognized for what it is because not knowing how to come to the point and explain the troubles compounds a man’s predicament.
Men are capable of a wide range of feelings and emotions yet somehow, possibly since history began, it is the accepted norm in masculine imagery to expect a man to hide his inner feelings. For a man, showing emotion appears to be equated with showing weakness — so asking directly for help to sort out what in essence is an emotional crisis takes an act of supreme bravery. Never before has he been more exposed or defenceless. Most, as a result, plump for complaining about their lot in the hope that someone will come to their aid with an easy solution.
According to therapists, looking for help at home represents the most difficult task. A wife will point out all that is good about his life (his job, his pension, his family, the car) and the reasons why he should not change anything (the mortgage, the pension, the money, school fees, aged parents). These are the very ties that are oppressing him but she sees them as his manly responsibilities. Her suggestions that you pull yourself together and face up to your responsibilities, although along the right lines, are hardly demonstrative of understanding or constructive in their support. She may also suspect because of his irrational behaviour that he is having an affair and suspect he is not telling her the truth anyway as he talks to her and that he is hiding something.
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Lengthy exposure to the reflection of the sun on water or snow can make the eyes sore. Do you know what to do when you or someone in your family are affected in this way and perhaps the eyes begin to burn during the night? The remedy is quite simple. All you need to do is take the white of an egg, beat it lightly, spread it on a cloth, and bandage the eyes with it. The burning sensation will subside and the patient will be able to sleep. It is more than probable that the inflammation will have diminished, if not disappeared, by the morning. If no egg is available, soft white cheese (quark) or even a piece of raw meat (veal, beef or chicken) will achieve similar results. These well-proven remedies can be used whenever you need them, including cases of snow-blindness caused by the intense reflection of sunlight from snow and ice.
A ‘streaming cold’ is best treated with onions {Allium сера). Dip a slice of freshly cut onion into a glass of hot water. Remove the onion after only one or two seconds, allow the water to cool and sip this throughout the day. This is also an excellent remedy for spring colds. If, in addition, you place half an onion on your bedside table, you will inhale its odour while sleeping, thus reduc-ing the tendency to catarrh and alleviating your cold. An onion poultice applied to the neck during the night is equally effective. Another way to help rid yourself of a cold is by sniffing up salt water, lemon juice, or a natural calcium powder (for example Urticalan).
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Superficial scratches and small wounds which prove difficult to heal can be dealt with quite simply. Use concentrated whey {Molkosan), which is one of nature’s best cleansing agents. Then dust the wound with biological calcium powder (for example Urticalctn) and, for two nights running, apply soft white cheese (quark). Should these items not be available, soak some wheat grain (which needs to be minced afterwards) or bran in fresh milk. Then cover the wound with the resulting mash and you will find that this also acts as a thorough cleanser. Once again dust the wound with biological calcium powder and after two days of treatment apply pulped cabbage leaves, preferably using Savoy cabbage for the best results. Cabbage leaf poultices have proved more effective than many modern remedies. If the wound is stubborn, causing swelling or discoloration, and if everything else seems to have failed, you must not lose patience but continue the treatment with cabbage leaf poultices for weeks or even months. Alleviation will be experienced even in serious cases and a complete cure is often possible.
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Treatments to Try Out
‘Can I really trust your simple natural remedies?’ you may ask at first. ‘Will they encourage me to consult you whenever I am in need?’
‘Of course,’ the ‘Nature Doctor’ replies, ‘try them and see for yourself!’
Burns from flame or fire and scalds from boiling liquids call for quick action. Immerse the affected part of the body immediately in cold water. Where this cannot easily be done, apply a cold compress. Cover the burn with gauze, or with a clean cloth if a large area is affected, until medical help can be obtained. To avoid infection, do not puncture any blisters. In cases of third-degree burns, immediate medical attention should be sought if complications are to be prevented. St John’s wort oil has also proved to be an effective remedy for burns and scalds.
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So there you have the Fat Blocker Eating Program, which I truly believe is the very best way to eat. A billionaire who could afford to hire his own team of scientists and nutritionists couldn’t end up with a better, more nutritious diet than this. Yet it’s simple, easy to follow, and all of the foods are readily available at your local grocery store. All that’s necessary is a little advance planning. Keep healthful foods at hand, prepare dishes in advance for quick reheating, and bring food along with you when you’re not sure what will be available. It’s when we’re unprepared that we tend to grab whatever food is nearby—and that’s when we have problems.
But, above all, don’t forget to bring the Chitosan. Without that, you will be in trouble. And only the traditional draconian diet (the ideal that shows us the way but may never actually be achieved) will be enough to save you. Without Chitosan, you’ll be back trying to attain an impossible dream. With Chitosan, you’ll be able to lose weight in the real world.
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Splurges should be carefully planned and reasonably infrequent. If you let Chitosan enable you to splurge more often than you used to, you will undo all of your good efforts. Splurges are difficult to categorize because by their nature they are spontaneous. In general, however, I feel that you should try to limit them to no more than 20 grams of fat and a maximum of 300 extra calories. (If the splurge contains food groups from the Eating Program, the extra calories you should count are those above and beyond what you typically eat. For example, at lunch your plan may call for 1 serving of meat and 2 grains, which would equal 270 calories. If you decide to have a hamburger instead, which contains 330 calories, your extras would only amount to about 60 calories). Of course, since most of that extra is fat, 1 or 2 grams of Chitosan will take care of it.
To help you with your planning, use this list of typical treats that might be used for a splurge, including the fat and calorie amounts that they contain.
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