Posts Tagged ‘health’

Clean Windows: Beneficial and Yet Risky to Your Health

Monday, March 29th, 2010

Can clean windows be harmful to our health?

Well, yes and no.

In building a website for a case study on website performance, I was reminded of a health related concern. The website was for a window cleaning company in Virginia.

Cleaning your windows can ruin an otherwise wonderful life. I know. I had to have 52 stitches and still have a scar as a reminder of the danger related to windows. Windows of the non-computer, glass kind.

My accident was from a broken window. My hand went through the window.

When it comes to doing jobs like cleaning our windows, it might be safer to take the attitude, “I don’t do windows.”

However, you need to have your windows cleaned for optimal health.

Why? The window dirt could cause depression. Yes, windows panes can be causing emotional pain.

The solution is simple. Hire it out to professionals.

The reason for hiring it out goes beyond the need for your windows to be seen clean.

Oh, I am not talking about the dirt threshold. Some husbands know to within plus or minus one sock laying around, when their wife will start to throw things. The weight and size of the things they will toss will be directly proportional to the angst the dirt causes them.

No, it has nothing to do with that kind of dirt.

Dirty windows need to be cleaned because of a potential health risk. You can read about it at a dear friend’s website.

Oh yeah, the site is StauntonWindowCleaning.com

For the post about clean windows and health, look for the picture of a cat looking out the window. There is actually science behind this.

Good health to you.

A Salt Worth its Salt

Saturday, August 2nd, 2008

Sea Salt vs Table Salt, which is better for health?

The difference is apples and oranges.

Although both have the same nutritional values, the differences start there.

Sea Salt
Comes from the sea, evaporated from sea water. If it is not refined, it will taste different than table salt due to the different minerals within. It does not have additives or added iodine. However, like sea food, it naturally contains iodine.

Some websites suggest 80 minerals are present in sea salt.

Table Salt

Table salt is made from rock salt mined from mineral deposits. It is usually refined into a form closer to pure sodium chloride. It also comes in an iodized form. The refining process removes most of the minerals.

Most medical studies use table salt which poses a unique problem. What effect does the absence of trace elements and minerals have on our body?

Table salt is usually associated with the feeling of being bloated.

Which is better?

Sounds like the sea salt.

One thing…none of the studies or web sites showed the associated need to hydrate the body along with the salt. This is an essential aspect of our health.

In the book The Water Cure it is suggested that we drink much more water than you would think, only adding salt to our diet.

The result, you can lose weight by just drinking water.