Salute your Health | Clean Hands, Healthy Hands! DIY Care for Friends and Family!

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The Coronavirus is making quite an impact on our world my friends!

*** >With much of the world still living under varying degrees of lockdown we find ourselves wondering what the new normal will look like. As for me, I love the opportunity to DIY foods and household products which are scarce! I grew up with a grandmother who taught me so much; I was like a sponge, soaking up everything she shared. Sewing, cooking, gardening, harvesting and preserving were just a few of the many wonders of her world. ***

*Little did I realize all of this knowledge would become so crucial one day!*

*** >We’ve all heard about how critical it is to wash our hands! Health care providers tell us touching your face with your hands is the easiest way to transmit most flus and viruses. Well, if you’ve tried purchasing hand wash and hand sanitizers good luck! The shelves are bare! Finding some soaps are difficult too! ***

*No worries, you can easily make hand sanitizers and hand wash yourself!*

*** >I’ve been making hand sanitizers for our home as well as friends! I Friends drop off empty bottles and I fill them up! We're still making masks as well! Both will help keep you and your family healthier! Since my youngest daughter and grandson are here, they have plenty of access to both masks, hand soaps and sanitizers but today I’m preparing a care package to send to my oldest daughter @mountainjewel!

Come along, it’s so simple! You can make it yourself!

*** ##### *Bird Song Healthy Hand Spritz!* * 70 % Rubbing Alcohol (2/3 cup) * Organic Aloe Vera (2 tbsp.) * Germ Destroyer (20 drops) * Colloidal Silver or Filtered Water (1 tbsp.) * Organic Essential Oil (10 drops) (Lavender, Lemon, Rose) * Tea Tree Oil (10 drops) ***

Why use these products?

* 70% Rubbing Alcohol: Medical professionals indicate at least 60% strength will kill most viruses. * Organic Aloe Vera: Oenetrates the skin layers delivering nourishing essential oils and antibacterial treatment deep within the skin layers. Aloe Vera moisturizes the skin to help prevent the drying effects from increased hand washing.

*photo thanks to pixabay* * Tea Tree Oil, Lemon Oil, Germ Destroyer Essential Oils all contain qualities which help boost the immune system. Something we all need!

Combined and poured….

into recycled spray bottles!

##### *Bird Song Germ Destroyer* Gel! * Aloe Vera (1/4 cup) * 70% Rubbing Alcohol (1 tbsp.) * Germ Destroyer Essential Oil (20 drops) * Tea Tree Oil (10 drops) * Lemon/Lavender/Rose Essential Oil (10 drops)

All of these ingredients together...

will create a thicker, slightly gel consistency hand sanitizer which I use in smaller pourable bottles, something I could carry with me! Time to pull out those recycled bottles and bottle up!

All bottled and ready to go!

Perhaps a sweet Bird Song Label?

Packed with care…

and of course with a few sweet treats! A few fun cloth masks which I know my daughter will love!

*** >Making these hand sanitizers took very little time. I had everything on hand including several recycled bottles ready to fill. Feel free to experiment with your favorite essential oils, have fun with it! I must say; making your own hand sanitizer is much less expensive than buying. You don’t have to be a chemist to make it! Plus just knowing the ingredients are soothing to the skin as well as antibacterial and immunity boosting, it’s a win-win! I hope you’ll try it!

Keep those hands clean! Stay safe and healthy my friends!

*** *And as always, blessings to you all!* ***

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Originally posted here: https://hive.blog/hive-114105/@birdsinparadise/salute-your-health-or-clean-hands-healthy-hands-diy-care-for-friends-and-family

Break Fast Challenge - Day 6

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It's the holy month of Ramadhan and many people around the world fast during this month. The month of Ramdhan will last for 29 or 30 days. I thought this will be a great opportunity to make this a contest and ask everyone to share what they ate at the time of "iftaar" - a time of breaking a fast. If you don't fast, you can still participate in the challenge by sharing at least 3 pictures of your breakfast. Easy? Isn't it, just remove the space between "break and fast". Use #breakfast as one of your main tags to get an entry into the contest. It can be anything, a cup of tea/coffee or whatever you eat. Here is what I had today when I broke my fast: #### Sandwich

Today was all about eating healthy. We prepared sandwiches and used cabbage, carrot, and cucumber as filling. It felt very light but it never causes any trouble. #### Dates

And there we go again, dates, dates, and dates. While fasting and when I feel hungry, dates come to my mind first and I think to myself that I will get to eat dates. I just love dates, can't help it. #### Watermelon

It is the sixth day and the only fruit I ate these days is watermelon. It's because of the lockdown as we don't get things easily. I will try to buy melon or something else tomorrow. Again, anyone can participate in the contest whether you are fasting or not.  @peerzadazeeshan has already participated in this contest. ## Download [Brave](https://brave.com/sye093) and start earning BAT.
Originally posted here: https://hive.blog/hive-131777/@syedumair/break-fast-challenge-day-6

Sleep better - Tips for teens (and all)

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You've had a hectic day.  Going to classes, running up and down the sport field, trying to concentrate on studying for a test and doing your homework.... You are really tired.  But what are you doing???

You are lying in bed staring at the roof.  You have been trying to sleep for 2 hours and the more you try and sleep the more active your brain gets.

You know you need your sleep for your body to recover and recharge for the next day - you actually did listen to your teacher going on about the benefits of sleep in the Science class, but you just cannot get yourself there.  

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O how you wish you still believed in the 'sand man' that would come and throw sand in your eyes that will make you sleepy and take you to dreamland...

There are ways in which you can help your brain to come to rest and let you get the sleep you need. (This will differ from person to person but these are some general guidelines.)

As a teenager, you need at least nine hours of sleep, so before you go to bed, drink something warm.  A milky drink like Horlicks or warm milk is fine, but avoid drinks with caffeine like coffee and tea because the caffeine will have the opposite effect and instead of becoming calmer, it will 'wind you up'.

Have a routine that you follow before you go to sleep.  Something that will make you feel sleepy.  Take a warm bath or read a book.  Rather avoid being on your cell phone or laptop or watching TV, because the light and sound actually wakes up your brain.

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You don't want to skip dinner, because you will not be able to fall asleep while listening to your empty stomach begging for food, but also do not eat a huge meal right before bed time.  Your stomach will be too full and busy digesting the food, which can also create pain or noises.

This is not always possible, but try and keep regular times in which you go to bed and when you wake up.  The more your body and brain gets use to the same times, the more your 'internal clock' will work and your brain will know when it is time to sleep and when it is time to wake up.  

Being a teenager means that you will most probably have parties over weekends and sleep late the next morning and this will throw your schedule out, but try and not go to bed too late on the Sunday evening, which means you must not sleep too late the Sunday morning.

It is good to exercise because besides from keeping you fit and healthy, it will also help you to sleep at night. Do not exercise right before bed time, because it will make your brain very active.

This may sound like an impossible thing to do, but believe it or not nothing will happen to you if you do it. Switch off all your 'lifelines with society' namely your cellphone, TV, PC and games at least an half an hour before your sleep time, so that you can start relaxing and get ready to sleep.

Leave your cellphone off during the night, you will not miss a lot if you do that, but at least the 'beep beep' of a message will not wake you up every now and then.

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We all have worries and these worries can keep us awake or wake us up during the night.  It is easier said than done, but do try not to concentrate too much on your worries.  There is nothing you can do about it during the night and things usually look better the next morning.  

If you do wake up because of things that worries you, write it down and discuss it with your parents or friends the next day.  Just sharing your worries will already make you feel better.

Your bedroom and the way you decorate is also important.  Try and make your bedroom your 'sanctuary' where is is nice and quiet and dark so that you can get your sleep.

Unfortunately all of these things are not always possible to do, or sometimes do not work and like everything else in life, each person is unique.  

Find the thing that helps to get you to sleep and be sure to make it your routine every night that you get a good night's rest.

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Originally posted here: https://hive.blog/hive-122108/@alishi/sleep-better-tips-for-teens-and-all

Day 46 of Lockdown: Home Workout Routine

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Happy Thursday, Hive!  Today marks the 46th day of us being on lock down, and in spite of staying mostly indoors since March, it is always important to include exercise in your daily routine.  I started my day with a good workout focusing mostly on abs and legs training today.  Stay safe and healthy everyone!

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Originally posted here: https://hive.blog/hive-193552/@pinoy.viajero/actifit-pinoy-viajero-20200430t151209084z

My intro to Hive's Fitness Community

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https://images.hive.blog/DQmegdUc985Ciiuobmm7guoJoe2mSCa6aCCFvkBbFNnb4X7/fitness%20series.jpg Disclaimer. I'm not a professional gym instructor or dietician. I'm just a potato wanting to get fit during the days of the pandemic. This Fitness Series is my diary, the goal is to share my own journey towards better choices and building new habits. But I do not encourage anyone to recreate my routines and food choices. What works for me may not work for you. This series of blogs is to give hope to people like me. And if you like to watch people working their ass off towards their goal, well this series may entertain you! On this Fitness Series, expect my development with my Home Workout, Zumba video, I will show my Meal preparation, and I will also share some smoothie recipes! **This is the beginning of my fitness series.** **Changing my mindset is the first thing that I needed to do!** Being active and healthy have always been in my New Year's Resolution since 2018. But that didn't happen. I always make excuses and move plans to the incoming year. I thought... There will always be a next time to be productive. Then COVID-19 virus exploded like a bomb, I set aside my procrastination and decided to get things done NOW! Not later, not tomorrow, not next year... I only have NOW! What if there's no 2021? When the end of times vibe creeps inside me. It started to feel like I'm running out of time. I don't want to feel any regret because I did nothing to change my unhealthy lifestyle. That's scary! So I motivated myself that March 15 is my NOW or NEVER! Aside from being lazy, my mouth was the most active part of my body. I always want to chew delicious foods, even when I wasn't hungry at all. I don't know what causes this. It feels like this mouth gets bored when not grinding anything from left to right. The results of my unhealthy habits are double chin, acne, bloated stomach, no energy. I also noticed that I became more and more absent-minded every day that it's so close to Alzheimer's Disease! I don't want to find myself on news one day in a situation like... "An old woman kept walking in the streets for a year because she forgot her home address." I prefer to be a cool grandma someday still attending dancing class and living her life to the fullest! >Consistency is the key! In reality, I'm really scared to challenge myself because I knew how half baked person I am. I'm productive now, then halfway I'll suddenly drift away in the ocean of procrastination and become out of focus. But thanks, God! For more than a month, I am consistent with my fitness routine. I workout every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning. I've tried to exercise daily in my first week but my muscles felt sore and too tired. I decided to switch, do my fitness training for at least 3x a week. I love my body, I'll take care of it. Make it better and not punish it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX4poDR-ysM&t=13s [This video is from my Youtube channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNFNY0An8Is0Ce_1jlUwImg) My routine contains 40mins to 1 hour of workout that focuses on my Arms, Upper back, Waist, and Butt! Followed with 2 hours of cardio. I've chosen to incorporate Fitness Dance or Zumba as my cardio with my workout because I love to dance! I enjoy the feeling of sweat squeezing out my body! The happiness from all that endorphins kicking in my system awakens the sleeping warrior inside me every time I dance. I never felt so strong than before! Now I know that I can walk 12,000 steps and take what my body only needs. **How did I change my diet?** I listed down the healthy foods that I swear love to eat. It was easy for me because my Mom is Ilokana, she taught me to eat vegies since I was a kid. For my diet, I only eat oatmeal, sky flakes, vegetables, fruits, tofu, egg, chicken breast, yogurt, tea, and milk. I learned to say NO to high carbs, oily, anything with sugar and pork. I'm not a vegan, not yet.

**Discipline** I prepare a weekly food plan. I cook all the meals one day a week and re-heat them once it's time for a meal. By doing this, I became in control of what could enter my body. Not tempted from food delivery, because I know I have foods in the fridge, it will be a waste if I will not eat them. For drinks, I like to create fruit smoothies and I learned to add sliced lemons in every water that I'll drink. Lemons are good detoxification and as well as weight loss! **Changing the size of my plate.** It was so cool how effective it is seeing your plate is empty that will send a signal to your brain that you finished your plate, you're done and feel full. **Tools help me: Yoga Mat, Huawei Smart Watch GT 2, & Xiao Mi Smart Body Weight Scale** Yoga Mat and Mi Weighing Scale were around me for a long time. Like I said I've been wishing to this life shift even before. While my Huawei Smart Watch G2 is a gift from the love of my life when I visited him in Thailand. Hi Mahal! You're the best Man on Earth! Thanks for spoiling me with this watch. <3 It's a very helpful present to me. Every workout I did is recorded here. It's really cool how I was able to see my BPM, and the number of calories I'm burning during the routine. This is my favorite watch ever! I'm so happy that I got this.

Reflections everyone should consider when changing to a healthy lifestyle... 1.)Find inspiration. 2.)Know your thyself. 3.)Do it because you love your body. Hating won't help! I hope you find my first blog this Fitness Series helpful. Maybe one of your friends needs inspiration with their own Fitness Journey? Sharing is caring! Send the link of this blog to your friends! Do not forget to follow me here to Hive and in my other social media links below. Have a nice Wednesday night and see you again on my next blog. Bye! https://images.hive.blog/DQmc3Ex7s5idEwhhy8JRDJWf1aFmXMzoLanAwToSKRDDX2R/follow%20me.png [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/monkeypattycake/) [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/monkeypattycake/) [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNFNY0An8Is0Ce_1jlUwImg)
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Adding Antioxidants to Your Salad

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Eating salad at least a few times a week is a very healthy lifestyle choice. It is a perfect way to combine many healthy ingredients into one meal. The beauty about salad is that you can put anything in it. You can design your salad to match your nutritional needs. This article lists foods to include in your salad to make it richer in antioxidants. Antioxidants aid in neutralizing free radicals in the body that can cause disease as well as premature aging. If you are a person who is looking to add more antioxidants to your diet, here are some things you can add to your salad to accomplish that goal. ## Spinach In addition to the traditional iceberg or romaine lettuce, add a little bit of spinach leaves. Spinach contains the antioxidants metalthionein and sulphoraphane which can aid in cancer prevention and toxin elimination. https://images.pexels.com/photos/2325843/pexels-photo-2325843.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=1&w=500 ## Dried fruit Dried fruit actually contains higher concentrations of antioxidants than fresh fruit. Throw in a few dried blueberries, cranberries, or raisins for some added antioxidant punch. https://images.pexels.com/photos/3474/dried-fruits.jpg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=1&w=500 ## Nuts Nuts are another good source of antioxidants. Pecans and walnuts are a good option for salads to up the antioxidant value. https://images.pexels.com/photos/1295572/pexels-photo-1295572.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=1&w=500 ## Fresh Vegetables The main ingredient in many salads anyway. Many fresh vegetables are rich in antioxidants, including broccoli, any color peppers, tomatoes, and carrots. These vegetables contain vitimans C, E, and beta carotene. https://images.pexels.com/photos/1359326/pexels-photo-1359326.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=1&w=500 ## Beans Another food that contains antioxidants is beans, use some red or black, or pinto beans to toss into your salad for some antioxidants. In addition, beans are one of the best sources of fiber out there. https://images.pexels.com/photos/1313643/pexels-photo-1313643.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=1&w=500 Images: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
Originally posted here: https://hive.blog/hive-174578/@mazima/adding-antioxidants-to-your-salad

10 SIMPLE Ways To Keep A Happy & Healthy Mind

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6A_SgCgnz8 Amazing ways to keep our mind healthy and happy!! Check it out guys!! Cheers! :-)
Originally posted here: https://hive.blog/health/@ljquimpo/10-simple-ways-to-keep-a-happy-and-healthy-mind