Door handles are the most common harbourers of germs both in the home and outside. Whilst kitchen worktops, sinks and ovens are cleaned on a regular basis, many people neglect their door handles, even though they are a hotspot for bacteria. Touch points within the home should be cleaned frequently as a large family, or individual alike, can deposit a large amount of harmful germs there.

Washing hands before cooking, eating and after visiting the toilet is an essential activity that should be instilled into a child’s behaviour pattern very early on to ensure a safe and healthy lifestyle. The same goes for adults, however there are many that do not follow this simple rule.

Door handles from public toilets are the worst places to pick up infections due to the amount of people that visit them every day. This can cause a whole range of harmful bacteria to be placed upon the handles, which are then touched by, almost, everybody who goes there. It is also worth mentioning that not everyone cleans their hands after using a toilet, so extra care should always be taken when in public places.

There are numerous infections that can be passed on through touching dirty door handles; E.coli, Aureas and Staphylococcus, fungal and viral infections are just some of the examples. The first defence against these types of viruses is to wash your hands. However, it doesn’t matter how careful you are, there is no guarantee that the person who visited the place beforehand went to the same trouble as yourself. Even if you ensure that you wash your hands before leaving, you will still need to touch the handle that could have been touched previously by someone who may have just blown their nose, leaving a nasty virus for you to pick up.

Carrying a small pack of antiseptic wipes or sterilising hand gel will definitely help to prevent this type of germ transfer. These can be of particular good use when in situations where there is nowhere to wash your hands and can also be used on any other touch point you need it to, for example, telephones, keyboards and vending machines.

It’s not just employees and cleaners that need to make sure the handles are cleaned regularly, homeowners and tenants also need to take extra precaution to prevent germs being spread amongst those who are staying within this area. Using sanitising wipes on a daily basis to thoroughly clean door handles around the home is extremely advisable.

YJ Sciences has more to offer for its partners. Apart from wellness, drinking Youth Juice can also be a good business opportunity. Aside from being part of the philanthropic organization, partners build their own organization for personal income. The emotion of satisfaction can be felt because partners know that they are not the only ones earning but their whole organization and the kids who benefit from half of their organization’s product sales.

In YJ Sciences’ business scheme that is called multi-level marketing, it is ‘people helping other people’. It is not only because of the fact that the company has the passion for helping kids with illness but because in the said marketing strategy, people have to share the good news to others in order to help them earn for a living. Drinking and promoting Youth Juice can now be an opportunity to liberate people not only from sickness but from economic difficulties.

In their website, YJ Sciences has several ways to earn. First is from direct sales. Like other concepts of direct selling companies, partners buy the discounted product and sell it at its suggested retail price. However, in YJ Sciences, there is a difference in buying per bottle than buying per case. Thus, bigger earning is realized when partners buy Youth Juice in bulk. Direct Sales customers are those that are personally serviced brand partners.

On the other hand, YJ Sciences partners can also earn from what the company called, Preferred Customer Bonus. This bonus is earned when a partner personally enroll customers to Youth Juice database. Said customers will not be part of the organization but actively taking part of the Monthly Preferred Customer Autoship Program. They order the product online and are given lower price. Partners who enrolled them in the database will be given a bonus in accordance with the volume of products that their preferred customer ordered.

One of the big opportunities in YJ Sciences is their Generational Matching Bonus (GMB) or what other networking companies called Pairing Bonus. Since it is a Binary Team, partners have their left and right organization where volume sales of the two teams are match in order to generate corresponding bonus. Income in this compensation plan depends on how big the organization the partner built. It is amazing how a simple interest in drinking the powerful and functional Youth Juice can give its partners a great opportunity to earn big.

Aside from the aforementioned compensation plans, YJ Sciences has more ways to earn. Interested individuals can visit Youth Juice’s website at www.youthjuice.com.

Winter is the time of year when most of us feel at less than our best. The dark nights and damp days probably don’t help matters and of course, nature simply can’t be avoided.

Whilst we can’t control the weather outside, we do have a significant amount of control over our home environment, and keeping this clean and warm by turning on our electric heating systems will go a long way to help fight the colds and flu viruses that seem more prevalent at this time of the year.

Our bodies are actually very good at fighting off the worst of these viruses but it is when our immune system is not at its strongest that we succumb to them. So what can we do in our own homes to keep our immune systems strong and healthy?

It probably isn’t a well-known fact that when we are cold, our body reduces the supply of blood to our extremities in order to preserve its supply to the heart and brain. This in turn reduces the amount of white cells in our body that are needed to fight off the cold and flu viruses which they normally do quite effectively. The first thing that we should do therefore is to make sure that our electric heating systems are in good working order, especially if they have been stored away during the warmer months. By ensuring that they are working correctly, we will be able to keep warm during the winter and this is an important factor in fighting off those winter illnesses.

Diet too is important; it is very tempting to reach for comfort foods during the cold dark evenings; however these foods tend to be very heavy on fats and sugar and provide very few of the nutrients and vitamins that our body needs to stay in top condition. It is especially important to have a sufficient intake of vitamin C and if you find that your fruit intake is reduced during winter, then a vitamin C supplement can be useful. Healthy food though can be comforting and a good hearty vegetable soup or stew warms the soul on cold winter nights.

Some people do not like their bedrooms to be too hot as it stops them from sleeping very well. With a good quality duvet, there should be little need to have a hot bedroom but it is a good idea to keep the temperature at a reasonable level; with modern electrical heating systems, there is no need to return to the days of waking up with frost on the inside of the window.

There are many types of electric heating systems available to suit a wide range of purposes. Many houses now have central heating but for those that don’t or who prefer a method to top up the heat in a particular room, electrical oil filled radiators offer an efficient and economical way of heating a room and are usually portable so that you can move them from room to room.

So, don’t neglect your health this winter; eat well and stay warm and give your body the best chance to ward off those winter bugs.