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The following are some great back to school health tips:

Tip one: Hand washing. Kids spread germs and illness because many do not wash their hands enough, and often touch their food and faces after touching someone or something full of germs. So, if you want to stay healthy this year, teach your kids to wash their hands frequently. Attach a bottle of hand sanitizer to their backpacks for quick and easy application.

Tip two: Vitamin C. Get plenty of vitamin C to help boost the immune system so that your child can fight off the various bacteria and germs that lead to the sniffles, snuffles, coughs, colds, etc. Include orange juice in their breakfast and foods rich in vitamin C throughout the day. If necessary, supplement.

Tip three: Get to bed on time. The body rejuvenates and repairs while sleeping. If your child does not get enough sleep, their health will decline. For a healthier child, proper rest is a necessity. Most school age kids need a minimum of 9 hours of rest a night. Set and enforce a realistic bedtime that allows for plenty of rest.

Tip four: Cough into the elbow. Teach your kids not to spread germs by coughing and sneezing into their elbows. If they do it into their hands, they will spread germs to the things that they touch. Elbows are a safer, and often more convenient option, such as when your hands are full of school supplies.

Tip five: Immunize. In order to help your child avoid illness, and thus be healthier, make sure to keep them up to date with their immunizations. Regular doctor visits will help your child stay healthy, and catch any problems before they arise.

Tip six: Backpack with straps. One of the biggest problems with a child’s health and school is that heavy backpacks can cause back problems. Help alleviate this by purchasing backpacks with chest straps and padding for support. You want to avoid single shoulder strap bags. This can cause back problems, misalignment, etc.

Tip seven: Eye exam. School can be tough on a child’s eyes, lots of reading, be focused for a long-time, bright commercial lighting, etc. So, make sure your child’s eyes aren’t being strained because they need glasses or contacts. Get them an eye exam every school year so that if they do need glasses, they get them before school starts.

Tip eight: Helmets. Keep your kids safe as they go to and from school by making sure they wear a helmet on their head, and pads on knees and elbows. This will keep them safe on their bikes. If they walk, be sure to talk to them daily about watching for cars, paying attention to where they are stepping, waiting for crossing guard help, etc. If they ride a bus, talk to them about sitting forward and listening to the bus driver’s instructions.

By: Beverly Frank

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Arthritis is a disease that has spread its feet all across the world. Due to bad food habit and untimely schedule most of the people who has crossed their 50 years age has been suffering from Arthritis. Millions of people do visit to orthopedics to get out of the clutch of Arthritis. Arthritis is basically a disease which cause severe pain in joints area of the body like that of knees, elbows, ankles etc. every joint of our body has a protecting layer that act as a lubricant and make a free movements of the joints. In long term these lubricating layers may get damaged which consequently cause rubbing of bones in these joints and hence a severe pain is felt by the patient.

It’s quite surprising, but a fact to know that there are certain foods to avoid with arthritis. Once you have been caught by this arthritis, the only way is to make some precautions in your diet. All the arthritis patients should be well aware of the foods to avoid with arthritis.

According to researchers, if the food habit of a patient suffering from Arthritis is changed then a rapid improvement in his condition can be felt. Foods rich in fat content should immediately be avoided, as it leads to over weight of the patient. Now excessive weight puts an extra pressure on the joints and the situation even worsens. Those foods that produce acidic content in our body should be avoided. Foods with high content of carbohydrates, proteins, minerals and vitamins should only be preferred.

Fruits and vegetables are the greatest source of vitamins and minerals; hence they should be taken in ample of quantity. Including fruits and vegetables, all such food ingredients are to be taken by the patient that has an alkaline effect on our body. This alkaline effect has the capability to neutralize the acidic effect of the body, thus minimizing the Arthritis pain to its minimum.

All those foods that trigger up the arthritis pain should never be taken into the regular diet by a patient. Foods to avoid with arthritis are as follows, milk and dairy products, flour, sugar, red meat, butter margarine, chocolate, sugar, caffeine, white potatoes, red peppers, salt, wheat flour and Bran. These food ingredients should always be kept away from arthritis patients. These foods have the capability to produce acidic contents in our body which causes even more pain. Hence these foods should be eliminated in usual diet of a patient.

It’s always suggested by the doctors to go for those food which produces alkaline behavior in our body. Acidic content triggers the arthritic pain and worsens the situation that sometimes pain becomes unbearable, hence to neutralize those acidic content I the body, those foods are required that can produce alkali. Apple blackberries, kiwi fruit, mango, cantaloupe, strawberries, sardines, carrots, squash, sunflower seeds, almonds, ginger, garlic, turmeric are some of the food ingredients that has alkaline effect on our body.

By following the above mentioned diet information, one can definitely put a check on arthritic pain, but it can’t be completely removed. Hence a regular exercise should always be done early in the morning. Orthopedics may also be consulted in this regard, which may guide you further in proper exercising tips and tricks.

By: Max Peykar

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