How often do you wash your towel? Some people wash once a week, while some, once a year. The towel is a fertile breeding ground for millions of microbes, especially those found on human skin and on the gut. No wonder the towel is one of the objects that facilitate fecal-oral contamination (literally connecting the two ends of the gut). Worse still, most people keep towels in the bathroom (near the toilet). Every flush of the toilet sends mist with millions of microbes, ranging from H.pylori, salmonella and other deadly bacteria and viruses. When you wash your hands ready for a meal, and dry them with your body towel, there's high chance you are directly ingesting your fecal matter, or, if in a shared lavatory, someone else's faeces. Unless cleaned well, viruses such as human papillomavirus (causes warts, anal cancer and cervical cancer) can be transmitted when towels are shared with infected individuals. So, what to do? 1. Launder towels once a week. 2. Use hot water and det...
The old adage, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away," is back in vogue as the negative effects of processed, sugary foods become a larger part of the public consciousness. But apples aren't the only food that can stave off the medicine man; if you stick to whole fruits and vegetables, you have a fairly decent chance of staying in good health. What is it about the natural goodness of fruit that helps us humans live happier and healthier lives? The folks over at Natural Healthy Concepts have made a list of 20 different fruits and their unique disease-fighting, health-promoting benefits. Now you can back up your healthy eating habits with solid information. So read this and head to your local organic produce retailer to pick up your daily apple fruit-for-health-infograp.png
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