Sun protection is better and healthy when you are covered with cotton fabrics or even surfing clothing and a cute hat. If you are going to buy a sunscreen, consider buying organic sunscreen. Our skin absorbs the junk and it goes against our health. If you can't eat it don't put it on your skin! (Nutritionist advice). Drink Green tea and eat more vitamin C foods or supplements during the summer. Specially if you're exposed to the sun a lot.
Let the tea get the sun not you: sun_dried_tea
Thirty minutes of daily sun is good for our health. That will give us vitamin D. But too much of something becomes unhealthy! That goes for all kinds of matters in life!
We like to leave the beach by noon in the daytime. That is our family motto! There are benefits to going to the beach at other times. At early morning and evening you will have less heat and sun and it's a lovely time to exercise and take photos. I love the beach in the evenings!
When eating healthy you will have to pay a little more than non-healthy lifestyles when it comes to extreme couponing.
But you are what you eat...or is it think?! It works for me!
Save money by buying bulk organic food. Costco has a great deal of organics at great prices. Decide how many items you would like to switch to organic. I can't afford a total 100% organic diet but I am introducing foods weekly making our diet 40-75% organic! What I can't do organic then I will buy labelled "natural" foods. Check the labels and stay away as much as possible from preservatives, food coloring, and antibiotics ( found in regular poultry, meat, and dairy products). If you can't read it, it's because it probably ain't healthy either! Publix has great prices on organic products specially their dairy, poultry, and apples! Whole Foods has sales that are worth getting once in a while. Fruits that you may want to buy organic are those that don't have a peel. Unfortunately pesticides are absorbed by some of my favorite produce.
Here is a great article on foods that don't absorb pesticides: 10-foods-you-should-buy-organic
I only buy organic apples for now. But I want to get to a goal of buying or growing fresh organic tomatoes, strawberries, and grapes. Try growing organic strawberries! Friendly plants should be planted together and enemy plants should be kept away! Enemies will cause a lot of pests to arrive and then use unnecessary pesticides! The plants won't thrive thus ruining your vegetable garden and your desire to even coninue on. Plan, prepare, and buy everything needed to grow successfully.
Lettuce and spinach is easy to grow in the fall. Buy organic seeds when you try growing your garden. Compost your produce peelings and waste. That is a great organic fertilizer! Only grow what you can handle. Watermelon is easy to grow in the summer. It is an invasive plant so prepare a large area just for watermelon. We ate 4 watermelons from our garden and did very little work! Another favorite to grow is broccoli. If I can do it so can you! I am a city slicker and can grow these vegetables following techniques in the book I am recommending below. I know people that now own pet chickens to produce organic eggs! Check your local city code!
Try cooking from scratch more often. Processed foods ruin our gut! Eat products with a least 2 grams fiber. Read the label and check ingredients!
Try purchasing healthy cleaners such as Simple Green, TKO (Made from the peel of an orange), and simple Borax and vinegar! They all have multi-uses and can last months. Baking soda works great to sprinkle on carpets for fresh smell! Need to replace febreeze? Dilute a few drops of favorite essential oils with water and pour in a spray bottle. Get essential oils on sale at healthfood stores. Follow their sale days! I use a spray for my bathroom that I bought at healthfood store on a sale day! It is made from oregano essential oil! To rid off a bad smell in the bathrooom you can also lit a match. The smoky smell gets rid of it right away!You can get healthy dishsoap on sale at Publix. Follow the sales! Contact me if interested in TKO @ swifeagleworks@gmail.com!
I have enjoyed shopping at stores that have a $10 off $20 or $10 off $30 coupons in the newspaper. This saves me money that I can apply to my healthy diet!
I read somewhere that the ultimate speed for not wasting gas while driving is 60 miles per hour aprox. So I am driving in the right lane in the highways more and more! I called myself "Granny" these days even though I am quite younger than grannyhood! This has to do with driving more gas conscientious!
-Gas saving tips resource 1
-Gas saving tips resource 2