5 Steps to Survive the Flu Season
by Matt Beckman
2. Keep Your Hands Clean
Whenever you touch a common surface that others use, it gives disease the chance to spread. If you touch your hands to your face, it means you're giving that disease the golden opportunity to enter your system through your eyes, nose, or mouth.
- Wash your hands for at least 15 seconds to give your soap and/or hand sanitizer time to do it's work.
- While you might feel less Earth-friendly, avoid the use of shared towels. Use an air dryer or paper towels.
- Try to stop touching your face to limit what organisms are transmitted to open areas
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12/9/2014 8:00:00 AM
Written by Matt Beckman
Working out of my home office, I spend a lot of time at the desk, but I do find it important to engage in activities such as running, Brazillian Jiu Jitsu, P90X, and other high ROI exercise because, well, I have kids and need to be able to fit exercise into small slices of time or late at night.
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Thank you for your contribution to Wellness.com Matt. Welcome to the family! I'm skipping the flu shot--those things scare me!
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