18 Dec 09 Stay Healthy Through Cold Season

Staying healthy during cold and flu season means being careful. You have to take careful note of your surroundings, and your habits, so that you can avoid risky scenarios. Really avoiding the flu and staying healthy is all about looking after yourself. Once you really know what to do, looking after yourself is really quite easy.

The biggest part of looking after yourself is really about maintaining your good health before you get sick. Try taking a vitamin supplement every day, to ensure you get all the vitamins your body needs. Make sure that you exercise, as exercise is great for your health in general, and also makes you stronger so that you would bounce back from a sickness faster.

Also make sure that you are drinking enough water. Not being properly hydrated can increase your risk of developing the flu, or a cold. Keeping enough water in your system keeps your whole body regularly circulating, which decreases the likelihood that a virus or bacteria can take hold.

Make sure that you wash your hands as frequently as possible, to keep your hands clean and germ free, but be wary of hand sanitizers. Hand sanitizer seems like a good way to keep your hands germ free on the go, and for the most part it is. But most people don’t think about two factors. One of them being that hand sanitizers don’t prevent most viruses, so you can still get sick. Also hand sanitizers eliminate all bacteria, even the good stuff, weakening your immune system overall, and that’s never good.

Finally, one tip you may not have thought of, is to avoid touching your face throughout the day. Your face is loaded with mucus membranes that offer quick, easy access for any germ looking to infect your body. So avoid transferring the germs on your hands to your face, but keeping them away, unless you’ve just washed them.

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15 Aug 09 Caring For Your Feet

If you’re not real big on making sure you properly care for you feet day in and day out, you’re probably making a mistake that could have a negative effect on your health later on in your life. Consider this, your feet have to endure an impact about 2-3 times your body weight any time you do vigorous activity like running or jogging. Thinking about that, consider the fact that your foot has 26 bones, 19 muscles and tendons, and 107 ligaments. That’s an awful lot of opportunity to go wrong, and all of them good reasons for why you should be properly caring for your feet.

The first step is in the right shoe. Find a good shoe specific store in your neighborhood, as they will be better suited to your needs than a department store. Make sure you do your shoe shopping in the afternoon, as your feet tend to swell to a larger size later in the day, so a shoe that fits in the morning might not fit at night. Also make sure that your foot has plenty of room, and is held in a natural position. This way you can ensure you’re not putting extra pressure on sensitive parts of your foot, and also that your alignment remains as natural as possible. Remember the wrong shoe can lead to all manner of ailments, including back pain.

Beyond your shoes, make sure to clean your feet preferably twice a day, but at least once a day. If it’s in the shower make sure to pay special attention to lathering up between your toes to ensure you get rid of any fungus or bacteria that may be building up. Then dry with a clean towel, especially between your toes, and apply some form of lotion so that you can ensure your feet aren’t too dry. When your skin is too dry on your feet it can cause the skin to crack on the base of your foot and in between your toes, both of which can be quite painful.

Finally, there’s just the preventative care. You should bleach your shower or bathtub at least once a week so that you can ensure no bacteria builds up. Showering while you stand in bacteria is hardly good for your feet. Also if you’re using any sort of public showering area, such as at a pool or gym, make sure you wear thong sandals, to avoid any of the bacteria that builds up from the many different people that walk barefoot on the floor.

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19 Jan 09 Like Fall Flowers – A Tip To Care For Your Winter Garden Pond

Just like caring for your fall flowers it is just as important to beware of what the needs are of your garden pond. Most garden ponds are built to give additional beauty to the area. Yes, these are becoming more common.

Some of these have fish which adds another dimension They are relatively easy to care for. In the colder climates there are some important tips I have for you. If you are susceptible to the water freezing you need to read on.

The debris that collects in the garden ponds can give off toxic waste including gases. Like fall flowers these toxic chemicals need a place to go. This is into the atmosphere.

If they can’t escape they become trapped under the ice and can raise havoc with more bacteria being formed. If you have fish in your garden pond their internal systems will begin to suffer and could fail.

Part of fishes protection against disease is a slime protection over the fish including the gills. Toxins and bacteria break this down. You will notice the brilliant colors become dulled. Protecting Your Garden Pond.

In the late fall you should partially remove debris that collects in the bottom of your pond. Removing this will diminish any toxins that will be given off. And the pond will do better over the winter and any fish will survive it.

Does this remind you of what you need to due with your fall flowers?

Do You Have Fish?

You should consider doing several things. First fish will do well if the pond freezes over providing there is a depth of 1 1/2 to 2 feet deep section. They will survive very well.

It will even be better if there is about 2 foot area that doesn’t freeze over. You could use an aquarium oxygenator to help with this. If you have a pump that creates a small fountain it will keep a space ice free.

Don’t over-feed your fish. They don’t need as much food during the winter and the end of fall. Even early spring there no need to feed as much as during the summer months.

Some Experts Say…

…using some natural salt, that is, salt obtained by drying ocean water is good for your garden pond. It seems to help with the slime coating and also get rid of some of the bacteria and fungus that begin in garden ponds. Check with your garden expert to see about the dose of natural salt. This may be a bit controversial but I would err on the side of doing it.

Although the onset of fall flowers should remind you about also taking care of your garden pond. This doesn’t mean there is a great deal of work.

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