Wash Your Hands

Warning! This might be unpleasant to some people.

How often do you wash your hands? Think about it.

I love that hand shaking is a great way to greet someone, but when you are about to shake someone’s hand, have you ever wondered what that hand has just experienced?

Just the other day I accompanied a friend to the hospital to have some necessary tests done and while we were waiting for the doctor to see him, I witnessed a disgusting event.

A woman who seemed to be in her mid-fifties was picking her nostrils. She proceeded to conduct a thorough examination of all the crevices that her finger could access, not caring that I was staring at her with a disgusted expression on my face. Even when my eyes widened when our eyes met, she continued as if it is a normal and accepted thing for her to do. I eventually had to turn away.

How often do you see a man peeing by a light post, a wall, near bushes, anywhere along the roadside?

How about persons who believe that they are being very clean by carrying a small wash rag which they use to wipe their faces, into which they are always coughing, blowing their noses? It’s also the same rag they throw over one shoulder.

What about someone who sneezes into their hands. Or blows their nose, wipes it away with their hand, flash the mucus away and wipes the hand on their clothes?

At a fast food restaurant; ever seen the servers with or without gloves, handling the utensils, cashing, or wiping their faces then using their hands to nudge your food onto the plate?

Ever seen a chef turns his head to sneeze or cough? Or cough right over the food as he cooks?

At a restaurant, do you wash your hands in the restroom then turn off the tap and open the door with your clean hands?
Now you understand why we bless our food as well as the hands that prepared it.

This is just some of the disgusting things I’ve seen and why I believe we should all heed the phrase: “cleanliness is next to godliness” and ‘wash your hands’.

For God’s sake, wash your hands as often as you can with soap and water if you want to avoid getting sick and spreading illnesses. It’s probably impossible to keep your hands germs free but you can limit the accumulation of them on your hands throughout the day.

Using hand sanitizers is only an alternative to proper hand washing when you do not have access to soap and water.

Wash your hands:

*before, during and after you prepare food.
*before and after you eat.
*before and after you touch a sick person.
*before and after treating a cut.
*before you touch your face.
*before you handle your contact lenses.
*before holding your baby.

Wash your hands:

**after you handle raw meat.
**after blowing your nose or sneezing into your hands – then wash your nose.
**after using the toilet.
**after changing your baby.
**after handling anything dirty.
**after doing your chores.
**after playing with your pet.

Notice how many times I’ve said “wash your hands”? Prevention is my middle name....

The Effects Of The Digestion Process

The human body is composed of various kinds of cells and by looking at the body from this perspective is the best way to comprehend what free radicals are.

The chemical bond of a cell is composed of various types of molecules that are held together with one or more atom.

The composition of an atom is: nucleus, proton, and electrons where the sum of the protons determines the total amount of electrons that will be around the atom.

The role of the electrons is to manage chemical reactions that occur inside the atom as well as the substances that makes the atoms form molecules. Much like planets, electrons revolve around the atom in one or more shells.

A atom is considered full when two electrons occupy the innermost layer. When the second layer is filled with electrons, the process starts all over again

The most important thing in determining the structural characteristic of an atom is the number of electrons in the outermost shell.

Maximum stability is reached when the atom has a full outer shell. This is the ideal condition every atom seeks to attain and is achieved by the following conditions:

Picking up or dropping electrons that will either occupy or leave the outer shell

Bonding together with other atoms and sharing electrons to complete the outer most shell

The most common way atoms achieve stability is with sharing electrons with other atoms. In this way the atom is able to achieve maximum stability.

Frequently, the bonds remain intact so that the atoms do not become unpaired. However, when this does occur the highly unstable free radicals are formed and they react quickly to obtain their own stability.

The ideal way free radicals attack is by locating the nearest molecule they can find that has achieved maximum stability and start stealing electrons. Once a molecule is attacked, it too becomes a free radical. This process creates a chain reaction that continues until it causes cells to become damaged.

Common times when free radicals occur are during metabolism as well as when the body is fighting off bacteria or viruses. Pollution, cigarette smoke, radiation, and pesticides are other times when free radicals can occur.

Most of the time the body is able to fight off free radicals, but if antioxidants are unavailable or if there are too many free radicals, cellular damage can occur. As you get older free radical damage gets more progressive.

Author: Dr. Lorna Mistranski


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Aloe Helps Wounds Heal Faster

I just wanted to share another use of the aloe with you. I normally put a slice of aloe gel in the container of drinking water for my dogs.

Well, recently one of my dogs had an urgent operation and you know how dogs are – licking, grooming themselves and it seemed that after a couple of days he somehow ripped out the stitches and was left with an open wound.

I called in the vet and he came that same morning and performed a little surgery on my pet. Do you know what he asked me for after the operation? Some aloe, yes, aloe vera – he said that it would help the cut to heal faster, and not only that but, with aloe on the area dogs don’t really trouble the wound because they don’t like the taste. But I argued that my dogs are accustomed to having aloe in their water so it may not work.

This is what he did – after stitching the wound, he applied the purple lotion, smeared aloe gel all over the wound and surrounding area, then sprinkled it with wound powder.

Of course, it worked. Two days later the swelling had disappeared and it was healing nicely. It seemed to me that the aloe minimized the itching also as my pup didn’t try to scratch it. A week later you wondered “what cut”? “where”?

There you have it, another aloe episode.