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5 frugal ways to strengthen your immune system. By Guest Blogger Dan R.

By Guest Blogger Dan R.

 

 

5 frugal ways to strengthen your immune system.

Man Relaxing Under the Sun --- Image by © Royalty-Free/Corbis
Man Relaxing Under the Sun — Image by © Royalty-Free/Corbis

Modern lifestyle frequently includes busy moments, so we spend one part of our day working and the other part is all about rushing to complete housework, take care about kids and then all over again. Being occupied with all this sometimes distracts our attention from healthy habits and that’s when our immunity suffers the most. Besides, many women think that immunity boosting requires expensive supplements and food, but there are lot of natural and affordable strengtheners -you just need to grab them:

Keep calm and carry on

This is the rule you should adopt as your daily habit in order to enrich your immunity with enough power. Inadequate or insufficient sleep is one of the main causers of illnesses, since it greatly lowers immunity, so it’s important to provide yourself at least 8 hours of quality sleep daily. If you have trouble to fall asleep, soothing pre-bed bath and calm bedroom are good solutions. Regardless if you’re a mom with crowded schedule or busy girl, try to diminish stress by affording yourself occasional relaxation with your favourite book, meditate, or go for a walk. Combination of good sleep and relaxation don’t cost anything, and you’re doing great thing for your immunity.

Healthy but affordable nutrition

Healthy food is not always expensive, but it’s an excellent booster of your immunity. You can buy spinach very cheaply almost everywhere, and it contains large amounts of C vitamin and antioxidants crucial for boosting immunity’s protective ability. Nettle is famous for its numerous healing purposes -it’s excellent for blood, soothes inflammations, improves immunity and it’s also cheap. Even when you’re busy, you can replace fast food with salad enriched with flax or hemp seeds, which are both full of beneficial minerals, fiber and essential omega-3 and omega- 6 fatty acids. In case you discover gluten allergy symptoms, you should enrich your diet with gluten-free food.

Put some moves on

Devote some time during the week to exercising, since it speeds up circulation and, as such, leads to stronger immunity. Simple home exercises for arms and legs, short morning jogging or swimming are very simple and costless physical activities that can contribute to better flow of immunity cells and keep your body healthy. If you’re having some difficulties to begin with your workout, you can consider wearing leg weights

while you walk to your office. You’ll be surprised with the feel after removing the weights – it’s so liberating (almost like flying).

Just black, please.

Sugar, especially the white one, apart from body figure also negatively affects your white blood cells, which are the core immunity warriors. Although it’s sometimes hard to resist, especially early in the morning with recognizable aroma of the first cup of coffee or when you see that yummy cake in the pastry store, it’s important to stay away from bad sugars. Nevertheless, don’t be disappointed, you can always grab a fruit salad when it comes to sugar crisis.

Embrace the sun

You’re surrounded with it almost every day, it costs nothing and it’s good for your immunity. Short daily exposure to natural sunlight is valuable source of vitamin D, which is crucial for proper immune system functioning. So, provide yourself with 15 minutes of walk on sunny day, and don’t be afraid for your immunity!

Even though women’s world is sometimes super-busy, health should be always a priority, and plenty of cheap, easy and natural solutions can enable it, it’s only up to you to try it.

Daniel is an enthusiast when it comes to healthy lifestyle and developing healthy habits. For years, he is searching for ways to share his experience and knowledge with passionate people who feel the same way he does. You can follow Daniel on Facebook , or if you have some questions feel free to contact him by e-mail: danielrogers2107@gmail.com

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Cut the Smell in the Fridge.

By Tia Cristy

 

Cut the Smell in the Fridge.

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Odor’s driving you crazy in the refrigerator? Most likely, something is rotting in there or starting too.

Clean the fridge, thoroughly. (For safety: unplug the refrigerator, while cleaning.)  Using vinegar is a great thing to kill bacteria.

Once the box is dry, plug back in. Before restocking the shelves let it run for an hour, empty and see if the smell returns. If so, repeat cleaning. If not, restock and add used tea bags in a bowl, to absorb any odors let on product packing.

Replace tea bags on a daily basis, to absorb regular odors.

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Prevent Eye Makeup from Running. Quickie:

by Tia Cristy

Quickie: Prevent Eye Makeup from Running.

White powder on whiteEye makeup can tend to run or look smudged by the days end. Prevent this unintentional, messy, smokey eye, by putting a thin layer of cornstarch under the eyes, before applying makeup. This process can also help in concealing day under eye circles and bags.

 

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Best Way to Clean the Grill.

By Tia Cristy

Problem: Hello Tia. Do you have any suggestions on the best way to clean a barbeque grill?

Hot Dogs on the Grill
Hot Dogs on the Grill

Tip from Tia:

There maybe better techniques and cleaners out there, but the best tip that I’ve seen and I can give for cleaning the grill on a daily basis is, using it’s own heat. Just like a self cleaning oven does, turn the flames on the grill to high once the food is done cooking. Let it run high while you eat and then turn it off. Once it cools, that grease can become ashy and be easily brushed off with a  dry scrubby pad .

(Be sure if you try this tip, to remember to turn off your grill. Safety is very important when cooking and grilling.)

The next time you go to use the grill, turn it on and let it bake off more before putting on the food. Plus, preheating a grill also allows even cooking. And, using the burn off technique infuses the flavors on the grill.

For deep cleaning, only handle racks when completely cool. Using a shop vac to get the dry grease and debris from the bottom is a great way to keep it simple. And for the racks, use a grease fighting soap with a scrubby pad, hose down and put back on the grill. Burn off the reminisce of the soap and grease before putting the food on.
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Making Your Workspace Work for You. By Guest Blogger, Jane Blanchard

Making Your Workspace Work for You

By  Guest Blogger, Jane Blanchard

The average person spends 3,750 days of their life at work. That’s 90,000 hours — an awfully long time to sit at a boring desk surrounded by depressing off-white walls and dusty mass-produced art, which is unfortunately the scenery for so many office workers. Knowing that environment can affect productivity and happiness, creating a comfortable and good-looking workspace is a no-brainer. Read on for some simple ways to give your workspace a much-needed makeover.
Add some life

1a
via Blending Beautiful

Research has shown that indoor plants in an office can actually kick fatigue to the curb during attention-demanding work. Plus, they just look pretty. If your green thumb is more of a sickly gray color, try peperomia, spider plant, or wax plant — they’re all easy to care for.
Improve the lighting

1b
via Design Sponge

Nobody looks good under fluorescent lighting. Set up a table lamp on your desk or go big with a chandelier. (Just make sure you get permission first!)
Give your chair a makeover

1c
via She’s Crafty

That boring black rolling chair is begging for some love. Grab some fabulous fabric and recover the chair with it using this awesome no-sew method.
Make it cheery

1d
via theflairexchange.com

A brightly colored garland + fresh flowers = instant cheer. Keep things simple.
Get a pet

1e
via POPSUGAR Pets

A growing trend, especially at tech start-ups, is allowing employees to bring their dogs to work. If your company isn’t quite that cool, check and see if it’s alright for you to bring a fish. Set up the bowl so that it’s visually interesting — try using bold colors for the rocks and a bright green plant inside.
Hang art

1f
via Apartment Therapy

Treat your cubicle’s walls like the walls of your home and hang up art you love. I love how this person has hung up three similar prints in matching frames so it looks unified and neat.

For more design tips and tricks, head to Modernize.com.

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