One real big challenge that is found in interacting with society, is the sharing of illness. This practice is never meant to hurt others, where in reality it is a personal choice of necessity. The person that is getting ill, or is ill, needs to get something done at work, thinks that they need to go to a meeting or don't have someone to help them get what they need. Step in prescriptions. Drive through is great as you give your prescription through a drawer, and pick it up the same. This limits the contact between others however, with bacteria it is transferred by touch and transferring it by touching your eye, mouth or any open sore. The term of wash your hands often is a very good way to keep from transferring illness beyond it's source. This past year the holiday season brought about a viral and bacterial exchange of illness that swept across the nation of notable extent. Viral which lasts only a few days and bacterial that latches on for weeks, made the holiday season difficult for many especially those traveling being exposed to those already ill traveling to their next destination. So what do you do? We are a convenience oriented society but we are also responsible for taking note of how we care for ourselves. It is our body and we have the final decision on what we do to maintain our health.
Here are two sources to support this subject:
An individual who uses antibacterial gels will not become personally resistant to antibiotics. However, when many people overuse antibacterial gels and soaps, the bacteria develop stronger strains that are resistant to antibiotics. This is called antibacterial resistance.
In the first known comprehensive analysis of whether antibacterial soaps work better than plain soaps, Allison Aiello of the U-M School of Public Health and her team found that washing hands with an antibacterial soap was no more effective in preventing infectious illness than plain soap. Moreover, antibacterial soaps at formulations sold to the public do not remove any more bacteria from the hands during washing than plain soaps.
The study, "Consumer Antibacterial Soaps: Effective or Just Risky"" appears in the August edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases. The team looked at 27 studies conducted between 1980 and 2006, and found that soaps containing triclosan within the range of concentrations commonly used in the community setting (0.1 to 0.45 percent wt/vol) were no more effective than plain soaps and were more harmful by removing good bacteria that keeps the dermis in balance.
http://www.physorg.com/news106418144.html
The old adage of You Are What You Eat, goes further by noting that what you put on you skin goes into your system and becomes a burden to your immune system making it harder for your body to protect and heal itself. Use of the commercial antibacterial hand sanitizers has been found to bring about allergies in children and burden the immune system, showing up in blood panels. So what can you use if you just don't have the time or place to wash your hands? What if you want to give your family a holistic way to deal with sanitizing without the harm of the chemicals in commercial products on the market? For this purpose I share a fellow blogger's recipe that will give a smart alternative with great results.
Homemade Hand Sanitizer
yields 1 liter
1 cup glycerin
½ cup aloe vera gel
3 ½ cups 91% isopropyl alcohol (isopropyl is easier to find than ethyl)
10 - 20 drops of essential oil such as tea tree, lavender, oregano or lemon
Mix together and use a whisk or hand blender on high to aerate. The resulting liquid is not as thick as Purell or Germ-X. Both products use thickening agents called carbomer. The glycerin and aloe vera gel provides some thickening needed to slow down the evaporation of the alcohol on your hands.
(Thanks to Malisa for this great replacement for Antibacterial Gel - Malisa food blog for this recipe - link: http://concasse.blogspot.com/2009/05/homemade-hand-sanitizer-antibacterial.html) Visit her blog she has some really great recipes having gone to culinary school in Colorado, she shares very creative and tasty selections.
For a full report regarding this subject please see: Antibacterial Household Products: Cause for Concern, by Stuart B. Levy, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol7no3_supp/levy.htm
To support and strengthen your immune system the use of holistic supplements can assist in cases where your body has already been compromised leaving you suffering from chronic illnesses. I use this product to assist in keeping fibromyalgia from bothering me again. It is a matter of finding out what works for you and setting a schedule to treat yourself till you find what your dose is. Everyone is different and if your trip down life is in this body it is worth taking time to find what works best for you to have a good journey and make it there with the quality of life in top form.
Thank you for visiting my blog.
If you have questions e-mail me at: chocolatelifesaver@gmail.com
or for more on how to holistic health supplements can improve your life: www.chocolatelifesaver.com
Here are two sources to support this subject:
An individual who uses antibacterial gels will not become personally resistant to antibiotics. However, when many people overuse antibacterial gels and soaps, the bacteria develop stronger strains that are resistant to antibiotics. This is called antibacterial resistance.
In the first known comprehensive analysis of whether antibacterial soaps work better than plain soaps, Allison Aiello of the U-M School of Public Health and her team found that washing hands with an antibacterial soap was no more effective in preventing infectious illness than plain soap. Moreover, antibacterial soaps at formulations sold to the public do not remove any more bacteria from the hands during washing than plain soaps.
The study, "Consumer Antibacterial Soaps: Effective or Just Risky"" appears in the August edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases. The team looked at 27 studies conducted between 1980 and 2006, and found that soaps containing triclosan within the range of concentrations commonly used in the community setting (0.1 to 0.45 percent wt/vol) were no more effective than plain soaps and were more harmful by removing good bacteria that keeps the dermis in balance.
http://www.physorg.com/news106418144.html
The old adage of You Are What You Eat, goes further by noting that what you put on you skin goes into your system and becomes a burden to your immune system making it harder for your body to protect and heal itself. Use of the commercial antibacterial hand sanitizers has been found to bring about allergies in children and burden the immune system, showing up in blood panels. So what can you use if you just don't have the time or place to wash your hands? What if you want to give your family a holistic way to deal with sanitizing without the harm of the chemicals in commercial products on the market? For this purpose I share a fellow blogger's recipe that will give a smart alternative with great results.
Homemade Hand Sanitizer
yields 1 liter
1 cup glycerin
½ cup aloe vera gel
3 ½ cups 91% isopropyl alcohol (isopropyl is easier to find than ethyl)
10 - 20 drops of essential oil such as tea tree, lavender, oregano or lemon
Mix together and use a whisk or hand blender on high to aerate. The resulting liquid is not as thick as Purell or Germ-X. Both products use thickening agents called carbomer. The glycerin and aloe vera gel provides some thickening needed to slow down the evaporation of the alcohol on your hands.
(Thanks to Malisa for this great replacement for Antibacterial Gel - Malisa food blog for this recipe - link: http://concasse.blogspot.com/2009/05/homemade-hand-sanitizer-antibacterial.html) Visit her blog she has some really great recipes having gone to culinary school in Colorado, she shares very creative and tasty selections.
For a full report regarding this subject please see: Antibacterial Household Products: Cause for Concern, by Stuart B. Levy, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol7no3_supp/levy.htm
Thank you for visiting my blog.
If you have questions e-mail me at: chocolatelifesaver@gmail.com
or for more on how to holistic health supplements can improve your life: www.chocolatelifesaver.com
