Bam! Personal Injury Avoidance and Safety TipsWritten by Henry Lawson
Personal injuries can happen to anyone. Some personal injuries can be life altering to point where only thing left to think about is regret. Most personal injuries can be avoided by taking some simple precautions. Whether inside home or while out-and-about, taking some simple, common sense action steps can save you and your loved ones from life-altering injuries.In Home Avoid personal injuries inside home by applying some common sense fire safety methods. Keep all flammables such as plastic and linens away from heat sources. Never bring gasoline inside home and be sure to store in a safe place and within an approved container. Douse cigarettes and butts outside home. Do not leave heat sources such as stove, candles or barbeque grill unattended. Have fireplace and chimney professionally cleaned once a year. Do not overload electrical outlets and check all power cord wires for wear and tear. Home security is not just to protect your possessions but to protect your personal welfare as well. Check to make sure all door hinges are on inside and that all door and window locks are operable. Use deadbolts on all your main household doors. Check outside lighting and use motion detector lights to deter unwanted visitors. Install a reliable home security alarm system as a high-tech solution and / or get a watchdog as a low-tech solution. Ask a trusted neighbor to watch your home when you’re away. Join or develop a neighborhood watch program on your street. For parents, first thing to think about in avoiding personal injuries inside home is childproofing your house. Besides installing necessary hardware, such as safety locks on cabinets, it is also important to educate your children about avoiding flames and heat sources such as stoves, fireplaces, candles and light bulbs. Matches and lighters need to be locked in a secure place. Have older children memorize your address, phone number and particularly 911 in case of emergency.
| | Proper nutrition is fundamental as a first step in optimizing your healthWritten by Eric N. Leclair
Proper nutrition is fundamental to optimizing your health. By eating right foods, you help supply your body with proper elements that are needed to ensure superior health. When your body is in optimal health, it is better able to repair parts that are damaged from sickness, injury or disease. However, in our modern-day world "just eating right" may not be sufficient. Modern agriculture has supplied us with an unprecedented abundance of food. Ironically, this abundance and underlying agricultural intensification has created a new set of problems; poor soil quality. Furthermore, long-haul transportation and crop-breeding practices are all believed to be contributing to drop in vitamins and minerals found in fruits and vegetables. Additionally, intense processing and sterilization of foods renders many of their healthy nutrients and minerals biologically inactive. For example, while pasteurization of milk enables us to kill many pathogens that would make us very sick, it also denatures and even destroys many of valuable nutrients that our bodies need to survive. The end result is that we need to replace components that have been lost so that we can again, function at optimum levels.
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