Economizing Tips – Your Body

Dear TEAMS,

Here is the last installment of practical tips that will help you economize financially by saving you money, mentally (by saving you stress and time), physically (by improving the quality of your life), and/or spiritually (because it will help you with other more important disciplines).

To see the story that inspired this series (Peeing on Your Toothpaste), go here.

1. When buying liquid hand soap, extend it before using by mixing it with water, 2 parts soap to one part water.  It will still get the job done well.
2. If you have static cling, put a thin application lotion on your body under that area and it will stop.  I even do this through the hose/tights (when they’re in style).
3. Hydrogen peroxide is a cheaper tooth whitener and has no artificial sweetners.  Use in a 1:1 water dilution in the morning and at night after you brush.
4. The best antacid is 1/2 tsp. baking soda in a glass of warm water.
5. If you have a poison ivy reaction or bad bug bites, run the area under as hot a water as you can stand.  It will “scratch” the itch for you, bringing relief, and the heat will allow the release of the histamines causing the itch. 
6. For bad breath, put a pinch of baking soda on your tongue with a few specks of ginger and swish around.  Then, put just a few drops of vinegar in your mouth and let it fizz while you swish around. Spit out.  This will deodorize the mouth tissues, but if you ate strong garlic, etc., you might still find you have mouth odor coming from the stomach.
7. Baking soda placed under sweaty armpits will work wonders to keep body odor from forming, if you are unable to get in the shower right away.
8. Exercise at least 5 days per week in a way that gets you out of breath where it's harder to talk for 40 minutes total (can be divided up).  If your normal activities cause this, it counts as exercise.  This is like buying an insurance policy, and every minute you spend on exercise now will be tens-to-hundreds of dollars you don't spend on medicine later in life.  Exercise creates health for all tissues and organ systems of the body, wards of dementia, heart problems, creates stronger muscles, etc..
9. Keep sugar intake limited to natural fruits and vegetables if at all possible.  You gotta live a little and eat your birthday cake, but the damage sugar does in the body is terrible.
10. Eat the way I taught you, having a green salad with supper on top of everything else, even on pizza nights.  Of course, I don't like processed food, but we had mouths to feed and only so much to spend.

In that I’ve noticed my readership has gone up, I am opening comments for other people to contribute helpful hints they’ve adopted.  Please let these comments be related to personal health, hygiene, or anything related to the body.  There are previous posts concerning Overall Concepts, General Household, Laundry, or Kitchen (click any one of those words to be taken to that posting to leave comments about that specific area there).