You To Be Healthy

There are many misconceptions about the cold and flu. Take our short quiz and see if you can answer these questions. Answer true or false for these questions: 1. Getting wet in the rain will make you sick.   False There is no evidence that damp cold weather and the risk of getting a cold are related.  Modern science does not support a connection between being cold and getting a cold or flu. However, we've all had that time where we got chilled and whamo! We got sick! So what gives? Your immune system was already compromised by being exposed to a virus earlier.  Then your body had to work hard on keeping your temperature regulated when you got wet and then chilled.  This took away from the special fighting forces making you vulnerable to the virus taking over. While getting chilled didn't "make" you sick, it helped to contribute to it by lowering your immune defenses. So you will want to prevent getting wet and chilled if possible, and if you d...

Ah August. The sun is shining, the grass is burning, the flowers are blooming (or wilting) and we all feel the winds of change off in the distance. It will be back to school time soon for many students. I can hear the collective moaning from kids and the rhythm of the happy dance the parents are doing all at the same time. I had an older lady stop me in the store as I wearily exited the school supplies aisle and exclaim how grateful she was that she didn’t have to buy school supplies anymore! Bittersweet memories, I guess. August is a month that is still hot enough to remind us it’s still summer time and it is also the month that bedtimes are reset as school schedules loom in the near future. So we have compiled a short list of helpful tips to combine the two lifestyles as we enjoy the last month of summer. Even if you don’t have kids, we still have some great info and offers for “you big kids.” For surviving the heat, remember these tips: Reduce Sun Exposure During Peak Hours UV ra...