7 Steps to Protect Yourself from the Winter Sun

Written by Roger Carr


What outdoor activities did you do this past summer? Maybe you went on a vacation torepparttar beach. Maybe you spent some time playing your favorite sports such as baseball, golf, or tennis. Maybe you went swimming or had a barbeque inrepparttar 114680 backyard with family and friends. Regardless ofrepparttar 114681 outdoor activities you did overrepparttar 114682 summer, most likely you were aware that it was important to protect yourself from sun while outdoors.

Now winter is approaching. I am turning my attention to putting away my summer items to make room forrepparttar 114683 winter ones; long sleeve shirts for short sleeve ones, corduroy pants for shorts, and boots for sandals. Most ofrepparttar 114684 sports equipment I have been using is going to get put away as well. But what about those items I have been using to protect myself fromrepparttar 114685 sun? Things like my sunscreens, sunglasses, and sun protective hats and clothing.

You may be putting these items away and not using them duringrepparttar 114686 winter. The National Council of Skin Cancer Prevention reported in their January 2003 newsletter that research shows only 3 percent of Americans routinely wear sunscreen duringrepparttar 114687 fall months, and only 2 percent duringrepparttar 114688 winter months. However, you can still get a sunburn and snow blindness during these months. The colder temperatures do not blockrepparttar 114689 UV rays and reflections offrepparttar 114690 snow and higher altitudes can make matters even worse. You may be causing yourself significant, long-term damage by not properly protecting yourself.

How do you protect yourself fromrepparttar 114691 winter sun (or any other season)? Follow these simple sun safety action steps recommended byrepparttar 114692 US Environmental Protection Agency:

1. Limit Time inrepparttar 114693 Midday Sun - The sun's rays are strongest between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Whenever possible, limit exposure torepparttar 114694 sun during these hours.

A Lifestyle Approach to Remedy Snoring

Written by Kevin Meates


If you want to remedy snoring, you have to findrepparttar underlying cause. Snoring is not an affliction likerepparttar 114679 common cold, where you wake up one morning and you’ve just got it. It is something that normally arrives slowly over time. Most people can’t rememberrepparttar 114680 day and date that their snoring started. It was sometime in my mid 30’s or some such vague description isrepparttar 114681 normal response to a question on its arrival.

The lifestyle approach to remedy your snoring, doesn’t treat it as a condition or a disease. But rather treats snoring as a symptom, or a warning, thatrepparttar 114682 body is out of balance.

I like to think of snoring likerepparttar 114683 ground proximity alarm in a modern jet aircraft. (The one that goes “WOOP! WOOP! PULL UP! PULL UP!”, ifrepparttar 114684 aircraft gets too close torepparttar 114685 ground when it’s not supposed to). If you are a pilot, you’d prefer not to hear it. But if you did, you would be grateful forrepparttar 114686 warning before dire consequences arrived. I'm surerepparttar 114687 warning siren must be very annoying when it is activated but a lot less painful thanrepparttar 114688 alternative. Likewise snoring is annoying, but not responding torepparttar 114689 warning may have more serious consequences.

The above example may seem extreme butrepparttar 114690 reality is there has been an enormous amount of research in recent years linking snoring to a range of serious conditions such as hypertension and coronary disease.

The human body is a truly amazing machine. It hasrepparttar 114691 ability to self regulate a complex array of interacting chemical and electrical processes within fine tolerances. This ability of homeostasis meansrepparttar 114692 body can keeprepparttar 114693 internal systems (e.g. blood pressure, body temperature, acid-base balance) in equilibrium despite changes inrepparttar 114694 external environment.

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