Just like your car needs snow tires and your home needs more heat, the arrival of winter means your skin needs some extra care. Winter can be incredibly hard on your skin. The air gets drier and your skin loses moisture, causing dryness, irritation, and other skin woes.
It’s important to maintain regular physical activity throughout the winter, to keep our heart rate up, which in turn will help decrease our risks for heart diseases like heart failure, and coronary artery disease. Maintaining a healthy diet, exercising regularly, and staying away from harmful habits like drinking excessively and smoking are the best ways we know to avoid heart disease. Use the long evening hours this winter to pick up a new healthy activity, like some of these fun options below.
Fall has always been a time for preparation, so that we can enjoy rest and relaxation during the long winter nights. There’s no better time to prepare than right now since the weather is still warm enough to enjoy being outside, and the days are longer than they’ll be for the rest of the year.
The phrase “spring cleaning” can inspire a wide variety of feelings. For some, a busy day of cleaning is the most rewarding feeling. For others, spring cleaning is a necessary burden, a slog they can’t wait to finish.
There’s something about summer that makes a dripping popsicle, or bowl of chips and dip an absolute requirement. If you’re still trying to stay healthy, we’ve collected a few tips that will help you enjoy your summer while still treating your body right.