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- Becky Striepe
- November 15, 2011
- 6:05 pm
- 107 comments
Wash Your Hands Like Crazy
One of the simplest things you can do to prevent illness is wash your hands. A lot. You also want to avoid touching your face or putting your hands in your mouth. I’m lookin’ at you, nail-biters!
When a cold or the flu is going around, folks are coughing and sneezing into their hands, then touching things from money to doorknobs. You don’t need to obsessively use hand sanitizer, but frequent hand-washing can go a long way towards keeping those germs out of your system. If you do opt for a hand sanitizer during cold and flu season, just check the ingredients to make sure it doesn’t contain triclosan. This chemical is terrible for public health and the environment, and it’s not necessary to kill cold and flu germs.
Cough Like a Vampire
Speaking of all of that coughing and sneezing, make sure you’re not spreading germs yourself by adopting the “vampire cough.” Rather than coughing into your hand, use the crook of your elbow to “catch” your cough or sneeze. Here’s a hilarious video showing you how to do the vampire cough:
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Image Credit: Creative Commons photo by SCA Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget
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Becky Striepe
Becky Striepe is a freelance writer and vegan crafter living in Atlanta, Georgia. Her life’s mission is to make green crafting and vegan food accessible to everyone! Like this article? You can follow Becky on Twitter or find her on Facebook!
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You'll automatically eat less if your meals contain lots of proteins, vitamins, minerals and fibers …
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Been there, done that, and don't plan on doing it anymore.
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107 comments
+ add your ownsounds about right. But I thought adults were safe with up to no more than 4000 iu of vitamin D before toxicity?
thanks for this information
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good reminders! thanks
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Great advice! Thank you. Good health everyone!
Thanks for the information,
WHY must these articles always be shown in a slide-show format? Just give me all the pertinent information in several well-written paragraphs and skip the pictures.
Thanks!
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