Keeping Your Home Healthy
Most people are aware of the impact of outdoor pollution. Smog, vehicle exhaust and pesticides are recognized as major health threats. But how many people recognize the many dangers inside their homes? Sadly, very few. Yet our houses are full of irritants that can be absorbed through the lungs, skin, eyes and digestive tract.
Improved building standards have made newer houses almost airtight, increasing the amount of allergens, chemicals and pollutants in indoor air. This is particularly problematic in winter when windows are more likely to remain closed. The increased pollution of indoor air has been cited by many health specialists to be the most likely cause of a recent increase in respiratory diseases and conditions such as allergies and asthma. Other indoor pollutants include chemicals in new carpeting, harsh detergents and even grooming products and cosmetics. You can help reduce risk to yourself and your family by:
using as few chemicals as possible around the house. (Hair sprays, room sprays and other aerosols, oven cleaners, carpet stain removers and many furniture polishes frequently contain harsh chemicals.) Many supermarkets now carry "organic" cleaners or you can make your own.
stay away from pesticides as they have proven severe negative impacts on health.
investing in an air purifier to help trap airborne pollutants and allergens.
watching what you put on your skin. Soaps, shampoos (particularly those that contain sodium lauryl sulfate) and many body lotions contain irritating and allergenic substances. If you don’t believe that your skin absorbs substances applied to it, try rubbing a garlic clove on the sole of your foot. Within a minute or so, you will taste garlic.
keeping bathrooms and other "damp" areas well ventilated. This will discourage the growth of harmful moulds. Clean bathroom walls and wash bathroom mats often.
When purchasing toys for the kids consider the potentially harmful chemicals used in the manufacturing process. Choose healthy options instead.
Maintaining PROPER HYGIENE is considered to be the first step towards living a healthy life. If one follows proper hygienic habits, the chances of he becoming ill are very less. Having a command over hygiene is a difficult task and depends a lot on personal cleanliness. If one person in a house has good cleanliness habits, then he can teach the rest of the family members about the same and maintain proper hygiene in the house.
Now, personal cleanliness is not only related to using the best soaps or wearing properly washed clothes. It is much more than that. Also, the definition of personal cleanliness can vary amongst people. Imagine, a mother tells her kid to wash his hands and face before eating anything. Now the kid might think that merely rubbing his hands under the tap water would clean them up. But that is not true, and hence the mother would ask the child to make use of soap and properly clean the hands.
The example discussed above tells us that one would take so much care of maintaining cleanliness because it has many benefits. Firstly, a person with clean habits will always stay fit and fine. The environment we live in is so polluted that everywhere there are germs, dirt and bacteria which can cause infections. Practicing clean habits will not only help in preventing infections to you but also to those around you. And following cleanliness is much easier and cost effective option than to suffer from a disease and spend lot of dollars for the treatment.
It is evident that cleanliness standards are not the same everywhere. And therefore everyone should practice personal cleanliness depending upon their age, geographic location and habits. Remember, that cleanliness is not merely a pleasant outward appearance. It is a state of a personâ mind that involves his habits, values, morals and beliefs. Therefore it is important for everyone to follow proper hygienic habits in the lifestyle to keep themselves as well as others healthy and happy.
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