It can be challenging to stay up to date with the changes and recommendations that happen in health care. Nutrition, diets, fads, medications, findings, these guidelines all seem to change so quickly one can be overwhelmed with all of the information. There are a few basics that are consistent with staying healthy overall.

Basic concepts that will keep you healthy:

• Hygiene
• Sanitation
• Diet
• Exercise
• Avoiding Bad Habits
• Medical Compliance

This article will focus on Hygiene –

If you have heard it once, you’ve heard it a thousand times – wash your hands – yes, washing your hands is crucial to basic hygiene. Your hands touch hundreds of things daily, many that others touched, such as doorknobs, elevator buttons, shopping carts, handrails, faucets, pens, countertops, computer keyboards, phones, light switches, other people, your body, your face. Your microbiome follows you, and you share it. Washing your hands becomes a vital part of your daily hygiene by combating and reducing the germs you encounter. A simple act of soap and water will mitigate many problems with basic hygiene.

In addition to washing your hands, personal hygiene includes bodily hygiene. Ensuring you are bathing or showering regularly. Using soap and shampoo removes dead skin and germs from body and oily residue that may build up irritating your skin and scalp.

Dental hygiene isn’t just about white or straight teeth, it’s caring for your gums, and preventing cavities. Brushing and flossing in the morning and evening may help to prevent tooth decay and plaque. Dental hygiene can also prevent heart disease and certain oral diseases.

If you have children getting them on a routine with essential hygiene habits will set them on a lifetime of good health.

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