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Tips For Helping Seniors Have A Healthier New Year

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It’s pretty likely you have someone elderly in your life, whether it’s a parent or grandparent or even an aunt or uncle. Everyone grows old, and as you grow old it’s increasingly important to do what you can for your health. Your body doesn’t do the things it once did as you get older, so keeping it fit is important.

If you have older folks in your life you may want to help inspire them to stay healthy and keep moving. If they already have issues with mobility they can still use your help and your positive outlook. Here are some things you can do for the elderly people in your life, to help them stay healthy and happy! [Read more…]

Addiction Treatment Starts With You

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If you are someone you know and love has an addiction problem there really is no help until the person with the problem realizes that they have a problem. There is no help for an addict that doesn’t see they have a problem. Once you’ve confronted the fact that you have a problem you can reach out for help, instead of trying to fight it.

Although treatment needs to come from a treatment center, you also need to work on it at home, whether you are the addict or it’s a loved one with the problem. Here are a few things that will help in the steps to recovery. [Read more…]

4 Ways To Look Better in Jeans

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When it comes to looking great in jeans there are some of us that are less blessed than others. Sometimes a pair of jeans can look so fantastic on the hanger, only to try it on and there are things squishing out of places that things shouldn’t be squishing out of, your derriere looks like a muppet with crazy eyes, and wait a minute, is that a….muffin top???

Don’t despair, feeling less than ideal in a pair of denim is a pretty common thing. And it certainly doesn’t mean you are fat! Sometimes it’s all about the fit and quality. Before you make the switch completely to sweatpants, consider turning to some of these tips for looking hot in a pair of jeans. [Read more…]

How Substance Abuse Affects Your Health

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Substance abuse, whether drugs or alcohol, can have more negative effects on your life than you might have imagined. While it can cause strains on your family and your job, it can also cause strains internally. Alcoholism and drug abuse can even lead to death, but for some people it could be a slow and painful one.

If you or someone in your family is suffering from addiction it is important to get help. Aside from messing up your family and maybe even causing you to lose your job, here are some other things that could mess up your life, and health, when it comes to substance abuse. [Read more…]

Include Your Car In Wellness Routine

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What’s typically going to be part of your wellness routine? Basic nutrition. Check. Exercise. Check. Laundry. Housekeeping. But what about – your car? If you have a car, and you do any driving at all, then putting it on your wellness list makes sense, because if you’re not safe in your vehicle, what does all that other stuff matter!

So follow some back to school tips this year for your car, and then add your wheels into your wellness schedule with cleaning, paying attention to recall notices, prepping for bad weather conditions, and keeping a road safety kit handy at all times. Safety and health first, in all aspects of your life!

Back To School Tips

For students, back to school car safety tips are going to be one of your first wellness orders. If you’re on the college warpath, you know that you’re going to be fighting for parking spots, avoiding road rage during athletic events on campus, and keeping away from local security. As much for mental wellness as physical safety, keep that car in perfect working order.

Scheduled Cleaning Advice

Want to avoid getting sick as much as possible? Keep your car in the cleaning mix. Don’t leave food sitting in the back seat. Don’t let cups of soda mold and rot in the cupholders in the back. Seriously, stick to a car cleaning schedule, and not only will you make sure a rotting banana doesn’t gross you out, you’ll look more put together to your friends that op a ride with you to the next event down the road.

Paying Attention To Recall Notices

Want to stay healthy? Then you probably don’t want your airbag malfunctioning in your car. Or breaks to go out. Or other known mechanical issues to pop up. So pay attention to recall notices. They could, quite realistically, save your life. Stuff that cars get recalled for can malfunction even at strange times when you’ve done nothing wrong, so keep up on those lists regularly.

Prepping For Bad Weather Conditions

In lots of different places in the country, different seasons mean different kinds of bad driving weather. And whether than means repairing or replacing windshield wipers, or keeping snow chains handy, the more prepped you are, the better off you’ll be.

Keeping a Safety Kit With You

And in addition to having your bad weather gear handy, it’s not a bad idea to make sure that you have a car safety kit around as well. They aren’t very expensive, but have basic first aid stuff in them typically, as well as jumper cables, and sometimes even road cones in case you have to pull off somewhere and want to make sure people see you there and avoid you.

3 Ways You Can Improve The Air Quality In Your Home Today

With the amount of time that people are spending within the walls of their homes now, it’s more important than ever to ensure that the air that you and your family are breathing is clean and pure. When the air in your home is polluted—and indoor air often is more unhealthy to breathe than outdoor […]