Category Archives: Healthier Habits

4 Tips for Not Touching Your Face

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If you can tune out the noise of the widespread panic around the new coronavirus, the advice from the World Health Organization (WHO) on how to protect yourself from COVID-19 is simple: stay home if you’re sick, don’t get too close to anyone who’s coughing or sneezing, wash your hands a lot, and stop touching your face so much. But honestly, that last bit of advice is often easier said than done.

While the coronavirus spreads primarily through close contact with infected people, per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—that means via respiratory droplets produced when someone with the virus coughs or sneezes—the virus can also spread through contact with contaminated surfaces. That’s where not touching your face so much comes in handy, since it’s possible to pick up COVID-19 after touching something an infected person touched, then touching your own eyes, nose, or mouth, Debra Jaliman, MD, board-certified dermatologist and American Academy of Dermatology spokesperson tells Health.

If you’ve read this far without touching your face, great job. Here are some expert tips to help you go a little longer.

Face-touching is often subconscious behavior, which means people do it without even being aware of it. If you want a number, you probably touch your face around 23 times an hour, according to the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). Even health experts have trouble not touching their faces. Case in point: Sara Cody, the public health director of Santa Clara County, California, who went viral last week when she licked her finger only moments after urging the public not to touch their faces to help prevent contracting COVID-19.

Tips for Better Blood Sugar Levels

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glocumeter at 5.3, diabetes, blood, diabetic, sugar, medical ...• Spread out carbohydrate into 3 meals each day and 1–2 snacks, if needed.
• Choose fresh fruit instead of juice. Fruit has fiber and will affect your blood sugar slower than drinking juice.
• Choose a small serving or avoid most desserts, sweets and snack foods. They are high in carbohydrates and do not promote health.
• Choose to drink water and tea and coffee with no sugar.
• Avoid all sugary drinks like regular soda, sweet tea, fruit punch, lemonade, and sport drinks. These drinks are high in sugar and can make your blood sugar levels rise quickly.
• Try to be active every day. If you are not doing any activity at all now, start with just a few minutes of light activity at a time.
• Achieve and keep a healthy body weight by balancing your food intake with your physical activity over time
www.lipid.org/sites/default/files/lifestyle_tips_for_blood_sugar_control_0.pdf

In Lockdown Mode: Pantry Stock-up Basics

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Prepper Pantry Basics

There are a few items that are critical to a well-stocked prepper pantry. Stockpiling these items allows us to enjoy many of the basic recipes that we eat every day.

What should I store in my survival long term food storage supply?

  • Grains: wheat, Kamut, white rice, corn, rolled oats, steel-cut oats, pasta, and cocoa powder
  • Legumes: black beans, pinto beans, white beans, split peas, and lentils
  • Dehydrated Vegetables: onions, carrots, peppers, celery, and potato flakes
  • Seeds: flax seeds, chia seeds, sesame seeds, poppy seeds, and alfalfa seeds
  • Sweeteners: honey, maple syrup, granulated sugar, and brown sugar
  • Dairy: non-fat powdered milk, cheese (powdered, canned, freeze-dried), evaporated milk, and dried eggs
  • Cooking basics: baking soda, baking powder, cream of tartar, corn starch, iodized salt, pink Himalayan salt, canning salt, vinegar, lemon juice, soy sauce, and yeast
  • Spices: beef and chicken bouillon, chili powder, cumin, garlic (salt, granulated, and powder), onion powder, seasoned salt, creole seasoning, black pepper, lemon pepper, crushed red pepper, cayenne pepper, turmeric, oregano, basil, thyme, bay leaves, paprika, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, ginger and allspice
  • Fats: Coconut oil, olive oil, vegetable oil, peanut butter, and canned butter

Your list will likely be a little bit different than ours. There are some things that would make sense to store such as vegetable shortening due to the long shelf life. I have stored it in the past but I never use it. I decided to replace it with coconut oil because that is our favorite.

https://theprovidentprepper.org/prepper-pantry-200-common-baking-substitutions-to-the-rescue/

Free Entertainment While Sheltering

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  • Check out the website below for links to
  • virtual visits at the San Diego Zoo
  • Monterey Bay Aquarium
  • Virtual Tour of the Louvre
  • Virtual tour of Yosemite
  • Twelve museum tour
  • Famous actors/actresses reading children’s books
  • Virtual orchestras

San Diego Zoo:  zoo.sandiegozoo.org/live-cams

Monterey Aquarium:  www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/live-cams

Virtual Tour of the Louvre’:  www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne

Virtual Tour of Yosemite:  www.nps.gov/yell/learn/photosmultimedia/virtualtours.htm

Virtual Tours of Various Locations:

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www.storylineonline.net/

Free on-line resources for families and children:

www.losaltosca.gov/citymanager/page/fun-activities-keep-you-busy-during-covid-19-shelter-place

Virtual Orchestras

 

Sepa más sobre cuándo y cómo lavarse las manos

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Lavarse las manos es una de las mejores formas de protegerse y de proteger a su familia para que no se enfermen. Sepa cuándo y cómo se debe lavar las manos para mantenerse sano.

Lávese las manos a menudo para mantenerse sano

Usted puede ayudar a que tanto usted como sus seres queridos se mantengan sanos al lavarse las manos a menudo, especialmente durante los siguientes momentos claves en que tienen más probabilidades de contraer y propagar microbios:

  • Antes, durante y después de preparar alimentos
  • Antes de comer
  • Antes y después de cuidar a alguien en su casa que tenga vómitos o diarrea
  • Antes y después de tratar una cortadura o una herida
  • Después de ir al baño
  • Después de cambiar pañales o limpiar a un niño que haya ido al baño
  • Después de sonarse la nariz, toser o estornudar
  • Después de tocar a un animal, alimento para animales o excrementos de animales
  • Después de manipular alimentos o golosinas para mascotas
  • Después de tocar la basura
lavarse las manos debajo del grifo

Siga cinco pasos para lavarse las manos de la forma correcta

Lavarse las manos es fácil, y es una de las formas más eficaces de prevenir la propagación de microbios. Las manos limpias pueden detener la propagación de los microbios de una persona a otra y en toda la comunidad, desde sitios como su casa y lugar de trabajo hasta guarderías infantiles y hospitales.

Siga siempre estos cinco pasos:

  1. Mójese las manos con agua corriente limpia (tibia o fría), cierre el grifo y enjabónese las manos.
  2. Frótese las manos con el jabón hasta que haga espuma. Frótese la espuma por el dorso de las manos, entre los dedos y debajo de las uñas.
  3. Restriéguese las manos durante al menos 20 segundos. ¿Necesita algo para medir el tiempo? Tararee dos veces la canción de “Feliz cumpleaños” de principio a fin.
  4. Enjuáguese bien las manos con agua corriente limpia.
  5. Séqueselas con una toalla limpia o al aire.

¿Por qué? Lea sobre los fundamentos científicos detrás de las recomendaciones

www.cdc.gov/handwashing/when-how-handwashing.html

Fueling up for After-school Sports

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kids playing soccer - 15 Fueling Snacks to Take to Your Child

When your little league baseball player or soccer star says, “Your turn to bring snacks,” stress can inadvertently be added to your already hectic day. But, it doesn’t have to when your snack game plan provides nourishing, tasty choices for the hungry kids.

Providing snacks that fuel up, not bog down, rising athletes is a chance to teach kids the proper way to get energy for sports while, at the same time, showing them how much you care. So, instead of reaching for candy or heading to the drive-thru, stop to consider the reasons for snacking and try these suggestions.Snacks serve several purposes for active kids, including:

  • Providing energy (calories) to help working muscles power through activity.
  • Supplying fluids for hydration and to keep the body cool.
  • Providing nutrients for growth and development.
  • Promoting recovery after hard exercise.

In addition, snacks should be easily digested so blood flows to the muscles during exercise and not to the gut in order to digest a heavy, greasy snack.

Depending on the time of the game, different snacks meet different needs. Here is a guide to choosing snacks based on game day and time.

After School Games

Many kids have early lunch periods during school, so they might start the game hungry. A good after-school snack provides quality carbohydrates and protein for quick energy and a satisfied tummy. Consider packing your cooler with these nourishing options:

  • 6-ounce cartons of a variety of fruited yogurt or yogurt in a tube
  • Peanut butter or almond butter sandwiches with natural fruit jam
  • Turkey and/or cheese wraps cut into 1-inch slices for easy finger food
  • Low-fat string cheese and mini pretzels
  • Bottles of cold water or pitchers of cold water with lemon (cold water helps lower body temperature in active athletes)

Weekend Morning Games

Muscle fuel can be very low after an overnight fast. Therefore, if you are rushing out the door to make it to a morning game, consider serving breakfast foods that kids love:

  • A mini cinnamon-raisin bagel with flavored cream cheese
  • English muffin sandwich with a slice of lean ham and/or reduced-fat cheese
  • Greek yogurt with a variety of toppings (homemade granola, chopped almonds or walnuts, dried fruit)
  • Fruit and yogurt smoothies
  • Cartons of low-fat milk with baggies full of cereal
  • 100-percent fruit juice boxes

After the Game

Post-game snacks should help to replace muscle fuel lost in exercise and replenish fluids without ruining kids’ appetite for the next meal. Consider:

  • Air-popped popcorn sprinkled with Parmesan cheese
  • Low-fat plain milk
  • Banana, orange slices or apple slices (dipped in orange juice to prevent browning)
  • Whole-grain granola bars

Providing snacks is a part of every parent’s job, so choose wisely and help your child succeed on the field, in the classroom and life.

www.eatright.org/fitness/sports-and-performance/fueling-your-workout/15-fueling-snacks-to-take-to-your-childs-game