Today’s Health Tip

Self Care Sunday: Set a meaningful, attainable goal for yourself.

This morning is all about intention. Set a new goal for yourself with respect to your wellness. Perhaps it's to drink more water, or take a daily walk, to try a new yoga class, or cut out sugar. Set it for today and follow through. Be true to yourself and your quest for wellness. Watch how setting and keeping a goal can transform you whether it is for an hour, a day, the week or your lifetime. Things shift in the precise minute we decide to make a meaningful change. You can do this for yourself not just today but any day you choose. Simple changes, better choices one day at time. I honor you for being here and working on yourself. Remember, wellness is a practice.

Health Maintenance: Hair Care

Having a great head of hair starts with a healthy scalp. Get the low down on brushing and washing and caring for your luscious locks. Link to products we love on the checklist here: http://bit.ly/GuudChecklist

Exfoliating your skin regularly.

Skin, it's your largest organ and it's important to regularly exfoliate your skin to keep it smooth and supple. Listen in for our favorite exfoliating Mitt the Kese by Kelebek. Link to it here: http://bit.ly/GuudChecklist We also love coconut oil as a natural moisturizer after exfoliating.

Time to consider your feet!

Take a good look at your feet. Is it time for some maintenance. Quarterly pedicures can help to keep your feet in tip top shape. If this isn't for you consider investing in a good foot file and tools to cut and shape your toenails. Products we like are over on the Wellness Warrior Checklist here: http://bit.ly/GuudChecklist

Is it time for an eye exam?

If you've never been to an Optometrist to have your eyes examined now may be the time. Listen in for how often you should be having your eyes examined.

Health Maintenance: Visit with your dentist

Oral health is connected to overall health and can even affect your heart health. Brush, floss and see your dentist regularly.

Our Hundreth Epsiode!! You and your Primary Care Physician

Maintenance - we all need it. But how often should you be seeing your General Physician. Listen in and make your appointments with your health practitioner or for tests like Mammograms or Colonoscopies as needed based on age and family and health history. Remember, you can also enable our Alexa skill on any device simply by saying "alexa, enable today's health tip" and then opening the skill. Give it a whirl... or check it out here; http://bit.ly/GuudTipSkill We'd love for you to leave us a review and tell us what you think!

Self Care Sunday - Filtered Water and a bottle

Take care of yourself today, put your wellness first. If you havent invested in a water filter and a reusable water bottle today is the day. Make it easy and order from Amazon.com as our picks are here: http://bit.ly/GuudChecklist Or head to a local Target or Walmart for a great selection.

Happy Father's Day & A New Alexa Skill

Happy Father's Day to all you rad Dads out there. Hope you all are enjoying time with your families. Just wanted to share with you that we have published our second Alexa skill in the wellness space. To enable the skill you can click here: http://bit.ly/GuudTipSkill or simply ask Alexa to "Enable Today's Health Tip" and to use it ask "Alexa, open Today's Health Tip" Here you will have a choice of categories and can drill down on one subject or receive tips in multiple categories. We have Six 5-star ratings as of today...we'd love you to take a moment and leave your feedback. We are working hard to deliver content to keep your wellness top of mind. Thanks every body!

How much water should we be drinking?

An easy way to self-monitor your hydration. Tips in this audio, give it a listen.

Sparkling Water Counts!

Remember when choosing a beverage that sparkling water counts towards your daily water intake and can make a great refreshing choice when you are choosing to abstain from alcohol. A nice cold sparkling water with some line is a great substitute for a gin and tonic with ZERO calories. Check out a little machine called the SODASTREAM. You can carbonate your very own filtered tap water in reusable bottles for maximum savings and very little environmental impact. Here on the checklist: http://bit.ly/GuudChecklist

Structured or Enhanced Water.

What is structured or enhanced water and is there any real health benefit?

Bottled Water - It's best to avoid!

The federal government does not mandate that bottled water be any safer than tap water – the chemical pollution standards are nearly identical (EWG 2008). In fact, bottled water is less regulated than tap water. GET THIS: Companies producing bottled water are not legally require to note the source of their water NOR have to list how the water is treated (if at all). Listen in for this and more...

Water Filters

If you checked out the link yesterday for your tap water report card you’ll know what’s lurking in your water that you need to filter out. Listen up for the different types of affordable filters. We have our 2 favorites on the Wellness Warrior Checklist here: http://bit.ly/GuudChecklist

Water, water everywhere. But is it safe to drink?

When most people get thirsty, they go to their tap or refrigerator for a drink of water without giving it a second thought. But what if you discovered that what was in the tap water you used every day for drinking, cooking, and washing could potentially harm you? Sadly, studies have found that potential cancer-causing agents are in almost every municipal water system in the US. check out the EWG Tap water database, search by zip code and get the report card for your tap water: http://bit.ly/GuudTapWaterReport

Sunscreen Round Up

It's self-care Sunday...today round up all of your Sunscreens...from your beachbag or knapsack, from the medicine cabinet or the pool. Carefully look at the ingredients. If you see ANYTHING other than Titanium Dioxide or Zinc Oxide in the list of active ingredients this is not good for you. Remember that just because it says it is made for and safe for kids and babies doesn't make it so. No one is looking out for you friends...we need to do it ourselves. Pitch the products that aren't healthy and make better choices. A few of our favorites are over here: http://bit.ly/GuudChecklist Please visit our Facebook page where we have a few recent articles about the dangers of Sunscreen.

What about self-tanners?

From what we have learned this week we need exposure without sunscreen around noon each day in order to produce adequate levels of Vitamin D but this is about all the exposure we should get. So what to do if you are longing for that golden tan? Self tanner might be the answer. Many are very chemical laden Understand that self tanners can tout their use of organic ingredients and still have up to 30% synthetic materials, even the ones labeled “organic” or “made with organic ingredients.” The only way to be sure that the product you are purchasing is, in fact, organic is to look for the USDA Organic Seal on the label. This seal guarantees that every ingredient is organically produced, which bans the use of harmful pesticides and synthetic fertilizers. Our pick is on our Wellness Warrior Checklist: http://bit.ly/GuudChecklist

Your Eyes and the Sun.

Light tells the brain it is time to wake up. But did you know that exposure to in the early morning, can actually help you sleep at night. The timing of exposure is crucial; the body clock is most responsive to sunlight in the early morning, between 6 and 8:30 a.m. Exposure to sunlight later does not provide the same benefit. The type of light also matters, as does the length of exposure. Direct sunlight outdoors for at least one-half hour produces the most benefit. HOWEVER, Overexposure to the sun's ultraviolet (UV) radiation can cause a variety of eye problems, including cataracts, macular degeneration, non-cancerous growths on the surface of the eye) and even cancer of the eye and eyelids. Therefore, to protect your eyes from harmful solar radiation you should ALWAYS wear sunglasses when you are outdoors except when you are getting that early morning light. AND never look directly at the sun.

Treating a sunburn...

A Cool milk compress Its is one of the quickest, simplest and low-cost ways to treat sunburn. It doesn’t get much easier than just heading to the refrigerator The initial coolness of the milk will ease the heat, while it also creates a layer of protein to protect your skin, help it heal, and further soothe discomfort. Also, the after-sun products we like are here: http://bit.ly/GuudChecklist More over on the audio!