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...
Today, May 19 marks the 91st birthday of Malcolm X, one of the most preeminent and influential leader in my life. Born Malcolm Little in 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska, Malcolm X later changed his name to El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz Once in a great while, you read a book, and it changes your life forever. For me, the autobiography of Malcolm x was one of those books.A book that will forever remain at my bedside.DOWNLOAD BOOK HERE
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