Our Hygiene

Since it has gonna warmer as of recent, I thought it would be a good idea to talk about our hygiene for a little bit. 

We are all familiar with our physical hygiene; taking a shower regularly and putting on deodorant. But there is also sleep hygiene. I did not know that is what having a good sleep habit is called until my primary physician told me about it. I thought it was pretty cool. My physician told me a little about it but I wanted to do my own research to learn a little more about it.

My doctor told me that lighting is very important. If you're the type of person who sleeps better in the dark, then make sure your room is as dark as possible at night. If you're the type of person who prefers to have some light, then maybe get curtains that are not so thick or maybe a little night light even to help soothe you to sleep.

My doctor also mentioned the most important thing, not to have ANY DEVICES in your room. That is the reason why some people do not have televisions in their rooms. Others though, prefer a television to help them drift to sleep. Some people find comfort in the white noise. My doctor stressed not to have any cellphones, tablets, etc in the room because the lights keep you up. Our devices emits bright blue light that we can see them even on the sunniest times of days. But at night, your brain confuses the light with the sun since they release a similar amount of brightness. When that happens, you brains stops releasing melatonin, the hormone in your body that tells you it's time to fall asleep

That is why it is very  important to not to go to bed with your phone, or any device, if you want to get a good amount of sleep at night.

Sleep hygiene is very important, our mental hygiene is very important as well. You want to take care of yourself and try to do the things you love as often as possible. Along with being with the people who makes you happy as often as possible, The hygiene of our body overall is vastly important and I will continue to stress this because we can never talk about being healthy enough. There are so many people who find it easier to be unhealthy than healthy and they are right. In some cases and areas, it is easier to be unhealthy than healthy because of where they are able to purchase healthy products. 

On the other side, when we are able to find products that are healthy for us but can be out of the price range for some. 

In NYC, a salad can be as much as $8.00 meanwhile a double cheeseburger is $4.99. It's outrageous because that price is just about everywhere for ingredients that are not scarce, such as hard boiled eggs, lettuce, spinach leaves, or even some types of nuts such as walnuts and peanuts. Nor are these ingredients hard to find so why charge so much? That is our issue but for those companies that do charge so much for their healthy products do not have a tremendous amount of money to ship out all of their healthy products compared to their competitors who are giving out very unhealthy food but have been doing it for years. So of course, by now, their businesses are wealthy like such companies, KFC or Popeye's to name a couple. They do offer healthier food on their menus but I know I'm not sure how they cook their healthier food. How we cook our food is very important. Grilled chicken for example, is healthier than fried chicken because anything fried just isn't great for us.

I'm not saying do not eat fried foods but do not eat them everything day or once a week even. Eat fried food once in a blue if possible. Foods like fried foods should be eaten in moderation if you do not want to feel slow and sluggish most of the time. Bad food will slow us down, make us feeling lazy along with making us feel sluggish because what is mainly is those foods are grease and fats that weighs up down. That is why it is very important to eat fruits and vegetables because naturally, the give us a lot of energy and strengths and does not weigh us down because there are no fats in fruits and vegetables of course, mainly vitamins and nutrients. 

But of course I do have to stress to please take your regular showers, put on your deodorant, bring it with you if you need to reapply and to please put on your body spray and sprites of cologne or perfumes. The summer is really hot and we will sweat a lot. It is important to stay on top of ourselves because even if three days pass without taking a shower or swapping out of our under garments regularly, we will start to stink. Don't make it unbearable to be around you because you didn't want to shower a second time in the day. 

Also, not every scent compliments you. Make it your mission to find a scent that compliments you and that you love. Go to places where you can sample the scent before buying. Go to places where they have bottles of the products on display so that you can take your time smelling everything and finding one you really love. Do not just buy any body scent and call it a day. You should love it what you are going to put on your skin. That is how you ensure of its daily use. Same with your deodorant!! Not all deodorants are the same nor made the same! I have sensitive skin so there are plenty of deodorants with certain alcohols that I cannot use or else it will break me out and pimples on your armpits are nightmares. Be mindful of the deodorant you use for your skin and that can absorb your sweat so that you are not giving off bad odors in the middle of your day.

Make sure to wash you hair however often as you should for your hair type! Brush you teeth, floss, and rinse you mouth our with mouth wash! Very important to keep your gums clean and healthy! Oral hygiene is another big one! Go see your dentists, dermatologists and primary physicians and actively listen to their advice; they went to school for years to help you to stay healthy as long as you possibly can! Take care of your hair, skin and nails this summer along with your teeth. Clean under your finger nails!  All very important to looking younger longer and being healthy overall!

I will end things here. Everything I say here is merely a suggestion. No matter what I suggest, you can make the final decision in what you think is best for you. Please follow me on my TWITTER @midnighthuee and tell me how you keep your hygiene on point during the hotter seasons.

Smile. Try to do one good deed each day and until next time, Take Care <3