Is Your Pillow a Pain in the Neck? The solution to a good night’s sleep can be using the right pillow. Recently, I’ve been waking up with a pain in my neck. I calculated how long I’ve had my pillow – way too long – and decided the solution was to get a new pillow. [...]
Keeping Healthy
Will eating hot or spicy foods cool you down? Yes! Even though it seems counter-intuitive to eat something that makes you hot, being forced to sweat helps you to cool off. This helps to stabilize your body’s core temperature. Eating hot (temperature-wise) foods such as soup also help for the same reason. Spicy-hot foods help [...]
Did You Know that some foods – like lamb and pork – need to “rest” a few minutes after being grilled? This allows the interior temperature to increase, thoroughly killing germs. For more information and chart of rest times, visit: food safety.gov
1. For men: Don’t sit on your wallet! When you put your wallet in your back pocket, that’s what you’re doing. That makes you sitting in a unbalanced posture, adding to back discomfort. This is a common complaint of truckers and sales reps. A helpful hint for those of you who travel a lot by [...]
April is stress awareness month – held every April since 1992. Stress can affect your health and well-being in several ways. Stressed people are more susceptible to: headaches high blood pressure heart disease depression a lowered immune system insomnia To alleviate the effects of stress, you can: exercise – exercise and time spent outdoors can [...]
