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Let’s talk about staying healthy at home! The goal is to stay home and isolated, but that doesn’t mean your health has to suffer. I am going to give you some insight into our Invite Wellness Program, which can be very beneficial during this time. Here’s how you can stay healthy at home, whether it means monitoring your blood sugar, keeping your hands clean and bacteria-free, monitoring your oxygen levels and even taking your temperature without having to touch eachother.
Monitoring Your Blood Sugar At Home
I have had a lot of customers ask me how they can assess and monitor their blood sugar while being at home. During this pandemic, there is such a strong correlation to people who have high blood pressure and the potential, if you do have the virus, for the symptoms to be much more severe.
This is where the Invite Fitness Wellness Program can be extremely beneficial. For example, when it comes to blood sugar, an at-home blood glucose monitor would be perfect to keep you on track from the comfort of your home, as many doctors offices are not seeing patients right now. The iHealth Blood Glucose Monitor takes readings like you’re used to with an old glucometer, but adds a digital twist. Its app becomes your digital logbook that presents your data in simple and easy to understand ways such as color-coded data, charts, and graphs! You can even set daily reminders to check your blood sugar so you never forget!
Practice Healthy Hygiene
Now more than ever, it is very important to make sure you are practicing healthy hygiene – keeping your hands away from your face, practicing social distancing, and of course washing your hands!
According to a study from the US Department of Agriculture, 97% of hand washing is done incorrectly, leading to contamination of food and surfaces and resulting in illness. Most consumers failed to wash their hands and rub with soap for 20 seconds (the amount of time the CDC recommends to remove as much bacteria as possible), in the study. Poor hand washing practices led to cross contamination, the study found.
The Kohler Touchless Soap Dispenser promotes better hygiene in the kitchen or bathroom. Fill with foaming soap or liquid soap – your choice. Simply hold your hand under the spout to dispense soap. A 20-second* lighted timer lets you know how long to lather, a great feature for households with kids, as it features hygienic, no-touch operation. You can select high, medium, or low soap dispensing amount and the anti-drip spout helps keep counter tops clean. The Easy-to-fill dispenser features a soap-level window. The stainless steel finish is ideal for the kitchen; white finish is great for the bathroom.
Monitor Your Oxygen Levels
The COVID-19 infection can cause pneumonia. A sign of this is a drop in blood oxygen. This can occur even with symptoms that are minimal. Normal levels of blood oxygen are generally from 95 to 100 so if you develop symptoms you can keep track your bloods oxygen and if it starts to drop excessively or at a fast rate you can call your doctor and if need be get to the hospital before you get into trouble.
This Pulse Oximeter is engineered to give you fast measurements of the oxygen saturation of your blood (SpO2), your pulse rate, and the strength of your blood flow (Perfusion Index). It’s an ideal instrument for use during and after workouts to determine their effectiveness, as well as at any time during an illness to monitor vital statistics. The device is small, portable, and measures these attributes with a simple, non-intrusive finger scan.
Additional Features: Adjustable display brightness, Six display modes, Low battery indicator, Automatic shutoff to preserve battery life, Runs on only two AAA batteries (included), Adjustable neck strap with quick release lanyard.
Monitor Your Temperature
We all know that one of the symptoms of this virus is a fever. Now, taking your temperature has never been easier with the Touchless Infrared Thermometer. It provides convenience, accuracy and precision when taking a temperature. With the push of a button, this thermometer instantly and accurately takes a person’s temperature, without the need of any physical contact. Simply, point the thermometer at the patient’s forehead, click SCAN and their temperature instantly will be displayed. This Thermometer also comes equipped with three different temperature taking modes; Body, Room and Surface temperature modes.
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Now here’s something we can toast to! It’s well-known that consumption of red wine has great health benefits, but recent studies show that other alcoholic beverages in moderation might boost your overall health, too.
In a recent study, researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston found in that moderate alcohol consumption, defined as seven drinks per week, was associated with a 20 percent lower risk of heart failure in men and a 16 percent lower risk in women, when compared to people who didn’t drink at all.
For the study, the researchers looked at data on 14,629 people aged 45 to 64 who were participating in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study from 1987 to 1989. The researchers followed these participants until 2011, and interviewed them at the beginning and during three follow-up visits about their drinking habits. Each drink was defined as either one small glass of wine (about 125 milliliters), about 12 ounces of beer, or a little less than a shot of vodka or whiskey. After looking at rates of heart failure among the participants, the researchers found those who drank moderately, or about seven drinks per week, were least likely to have it.
“These findings suggest that drinking alcohol in moderation does not contribute to an increased risk of heart failure and may even be protective,” said study author Dr. Scott Solomon, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and senior physician at Brigham and Women’s. “No level of alcohol intake was associated with a higher risk of heart failure. However, heavy alcohol use is certainly a risk factor for deaths from any cause.”
Although research shows moderate alcohol consumption does indeed have its benefits, there’s a very fine line between healthy drinking in moderation and going overboard – so don’t use studies like this as an excuse to binge drink! If you have a history of addictive behavior, alcoholism or drug addiction in your family, or if you take certain prescription medications like sleeping pills, anti-depressants, or benzodiazepines (anxiety medications like Xanax or Klonopin), it’s crucially important to watch your drinking habits closely.
Resveratrol is a compound found naturally in the skins of red grapes and grape juice. It is commonly known as the “red wine antioxidant”, but this is due to its dark pigment rather than the alcohol content. Resveratrol is a phytoalexin, a natural substance that is released by plants to protect them from fungus and other microbes, from extreme temperatures, and from excessive dampness or drought. Resveratrol is found in small amounts in the following foods – the skin of the red grape, red wine, peanuts, and in Polygonum cuspidatum (a large perennial plant). This plant supplies the highest level of truly active Trans-Resveratrol. Red wine has known health benefits, mainly because of its antioxidant content. However, it’s important that red wine is drank in moderation, as with any alcohol. Alcohol is also corrosive to the stomach and toxic to the liver.
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Resveratrol is a major manipulator, but in a positive way that offers major health benefits, as resveratrol manipulates your genes. Resveratrol has been shown to slow aging of the important genes in your brain, your heart, and your muscles, which is crucial because these genes are responsible for the health and function of these organs throughout the aging process. Resveratrol also works as a powerful cellular antioxidant; mediating inflammatory pathways is helpful in the microscopic capillaries. Because of this, Resveratrol has demonstrated a major ability to help protect your heart, circulation, brain, kidneys, pancreas, thyroid and adrenal glands, and many other vital organs and body functions.