haven’t we been encouraged to do this since being in Kindergarten?
When we are kids, we are told to wash our hands. Before meals, after using the bathroom, when playing outside…yet, these lessons didn’t always stick and the reminders carried into teen years. Now adulthood. Flu season, wash your hands. Work in a restaurant? They have signs posted in the bathroom to remind employees to wash their hands. These signs may benefit some non employees, because it’s shocking how many people leave the facility without washing. Seriously?!
Now it’s been a year long Covid season; and we need billboards to instruct people to wash their hands?! And that power of suggestion helps the people in the car that are nowhere near a sink and the hope is when they get home they say, “Remember to wash your hands like that billboard said.” I just do not get it.
Don’t get me wrong; I’m all for hand washing. I take an active part in this activity. Often. Sometimes not often enough as it seems this has such a direct link to illness; I’ve been known to get sick for sure. Are so many others not doing this simple, 20 second task?
It’s been proven that a shopping cart handle carries more germs than a toilet seat.
It’s been proven that an escalator handrail carries more germs than a toilet seat; same with elevator buttons (use your elbow to pick your floor).
It’s been proven that the average cell phone carries fecal matter on it. Your cell phone can be ten times dirtier than a toilet seat. TEN TIMES.
We can’t escape the germs. We can certainly take measures to protect ourselves.
Keep in mind that each time you become ill, you then build up your immunity. We could be facing scarier times in the future from our behaviors today.
Food is fuel. Feed your wellness and you won’t have to treat your sickness. Read that again… and trust me that we will be revisiting that.
Feed your wellness.
Wash your hands.
Use your elbows.
And when you inquire about something, take the time to gather your own information and don’t just trust what is being pumped out by the media and paid sources. Do your own research.
Remember that companies need you to buy in; it’s how they earn their profit. Big pharma doesn’t care about wellness; they treat illness.
Read that again…..
Gym Girl Dana 