The hectic Holiday season is upon us. Thrilling as it is, there’s so much to be done from mid October through the first week of the New Year, something has to be neglected. That ‘something’ is usually us. We eat on the run, skimp on sleep and do the bare minimum for personal health care. All that skimping can take it’s toll during the 10 weeks of the Holiday season, so fight back with these easy home remedy tips that will help keep you looking and feeling your best.
Eat Dairy to Protect Against Food Poisoning
Those wonderful Holiday dinners, where the tables are piled so high with foods you don’t know where to start. But just how long has that food been sitting out at room temperature? And if a Holiday get-together is featuring a pot luck meal, just how sanitary is the kitchen where the three bean salad or candied yams were made? Difficult to know the answers to those questions, but the potential for food borne illness is strong during the Holidays. Protect yourself against food poisoning by eating four serving of dairy per day. Calcium is a natural germ killer and will kill off most germs before they can make you sick.
Honey Kills MRSA Bacteria
Indoor heated environments with close contact with other people during the Holiday season is inevitable leaving you vulnerable to MRSA bacteria if you have a cut or open wound. Protect yourself from MRSA with this easy home remedy trick which also promotes quicker wound healing- apply a thin layer of dark raw honey to the wound, then cover completely with a bandage. Should MRSA bacteria find it’s way to your wound, the enzymes in the honey will kill MRSA by draining the bacteria cells of fluids.
Stop a Cold Sore
Bright sunlight can reactivate a dormant herpes simplex virus and cause a nasty cold sore to develop. So if the Holidays will have you spending time outdoors, stop the cold sore before it can get started by applying a lip balm with at least an SPF of 30.
Keep UTI at Bay with this Home Remedy Trick
The last thing you want during the Holidays is a painful urinary tract infection. If you are prone to suffering with UTIs, keep them at bay by eating one cup of blueberries every day. The blueberries are packed with condensed tannins, which are plant compounds that binder to infection causing bacteria and make them too slippery to adhere.
Yeast Fighting Probiotics
An uncomfortable yeast infection (women only) could ruin a fun Holiday event, unless it’s stopped before it gets started. Eating a daily cup of yogurt with live, active cultures (probiotics) will tame the yeast and keep it under control. If you are prone to having yeast infections, begin taking a standardized acidophilus supplement (which delivers hundreds more live bacteria) prior to the Holiday season to ward off a yeast infection.
Milk of Magnesia Soothes Bikini Line Rash
Grooming the bikini line doesn’t stop when the weather turns cold, and the heavier outer garments can intensify a rash problem. Soothe a bikini line rash with this home remedy trick. Saturate a cotton ball with unflavored milk of magnesia and dab liberally onto irritated skin. Allow to dry. Repeat twice daily. The active ingredient in milk of magnesia, magnesium hydroxide, draws out infection, disinfects skin and soothes redness.
Get Rid of ‘Bacne’ with this Simple Home Remedy
Bacne, or back acne, can ruin the opportunity to wear a strapless dress to a Holiday party. Get that bacne cleared up in time for holiday parties by washing back with a acne facial wash which contains 5% benzoyl peroxide. The benzoyl peroxide will cleanse, remove oil and kill acne causing bacteria on the back.