Cat Health – Treating Your Cat at Home

Basic Wound Care

Trim the fur around the affected area and clean the wound carefully, using a damp washcloth and antiseptic soap. This must be done each morning and evening for five days. The wound should remain uncovered for approximately three days, allowing it to drain. This helps to prevent abscess. Licking is a natural part of healing, so allow your cat to lick his wound for three days. After three days it is helpful to apply an antibiotic cream and outfit your cat with an e-collar to prevent licking. If your cat is lethargic or stops eating, he could have blood poisoning. See your veterinarian immediately.

Ear Mites

Ear mites are tiny white parasites feed on the skin debris of cats and may chew on the tissue within the ear canal. Your cat may find them itchy or even painful and typically responds with excessive scratching of his hears or tilting his head to one side. Ear mites leave behind a waxy brown substance that looks like coffee grounds.

To treat ear mites at home combine a clove of garlic with a cup of olive oil and let it sit overnight. Discard the garlic and put a few drops in each ear every third day, for three weeks.

Cat Flu

Cats can get the flu, and it makes them feel miserably. Their little noses and eyes run and become swollen, and they typically begin sneezing.

It is important to keep your cat eating while she recovers. You may need to warm his food or add a little garlic to make it more palatable. Take him into the bathroom with you when showering, so he can breath in the humidity. Using a soft warm cloth, wipe his eyes and nose as needed. Each day give him 250 mg of vitamin …

Online Health Business Helps Stay at Home Mum Holiday in the Caribbean

Janice, a stay at home Mum had been eyeing up a holiday spot in the Caribbean for months and months. The spot had everything her family would ever want in a special holiday as it was a Flintstones Themed Hotel with swimming pools and a golf course across the road. But she did not know how her two children aged 7 and 10 and husband were going to afford this. Then one day it hit her…. and she has never looked back.

Her 10 year old daughter needed help with homework on healthy eating. The pair of them were looking online for inspiration. After searching for a while they finally came up with suitable information for this homework. Once the daughter was in bed Janice decided to do some further research on “health” and found that there was a huge range of topics that people were searching for answers on. For example, how to loose weight, acne products for teenagers, advice and products for a huge range of illnesses and symptoms  all of a sudden it appeared; an online health business. She could not believe her eyes. She was thinking a health business could be a good idea to help those in  to be online as well. You can reach people all over the world instead of just locally.

Today, many people are buying and selling goods and services online. People choose this concept because the goods and services reach people all around the world, are generally cheaper and you can buy and sell whenever you want – even in your pajamas if you like!!

Janice read and re-read this business idea, thinking about it for days. Then she decided to buy it and try it. She has made a steady income and her whole family have reaped the rewards …

2 Crucial Things You Must Do On The First Day Of Starting A Weight Loss Plan (Or Be DOOMED To Fail!)

Are you planning on starting a weight loss plan some time soon? Are you afraid of starting it due to past failures? If this is the case, then read on to see what it is you MUST do on your very first day of your journey… or else!!

You see, getting started on a new journey to lose weight can be pretty exciting and it can be pretty frightening at the same time. Those that tend to lean more towards the “exciting” aspect of getting started on their journey more than likely have adopted the 2 most critical things you MUST do on the first day of your plan.

So, if you want to be successful and have continuing motivation throughout your journey to reach your weight loss goals, whatever they may be, then I strongly recommend you do the following on the very first day…

First, Make The First Day…

The best day! What I mean by that is you must put forth maximum effort to make your first day of your journey the most successful in terms of you doing everything there is that is healthy…

This means waking up at a time that would have given you a full nights rest (7-8 hours), making sure you eat a healthy breakfast, thoroughly following whatever diet plan you downloaded, drinking plenty of water throughout the day (I recommend 1/2 your body weight in ounces), doing a good workout, and then going to bed at a reasonable time.

When you make the first day the most successful day, this sets the stage for ongoing motivation to stay consistent with reaching your goals!

On the other hand, if the first day of your plan is not successful because you skipped your workout, you skipped breakfast, you gave in to …

What Exercise Does to Keep Your Body Healthy

A cheap way to increase your life span and get better help is aerobic exercise. It does not have to cos you thousands of dollars or many hours of your time to keep fit. A half an hour of aerobic exercise about three to four times a week might be enough to stay in shape. Below are some ways regular exercise makes your health better.

It exercises your heart! Your heart is like any other muscle in that it becomes stronger and larger thanks to exercise. It gains better ability to pump blood through the body with every beat and has less strain keeping up with its higher levels.

It assists you in losing weight. Your cholesterol levels go down. Overweight people who have trouble losing weight can still get many heart benefits thanks to exercise. Just few hours of training each week can give you huge benefits.

Regular aerobic exercise will also lower your risk for type 2 diabetes since it lowers blood sugar, improves your sensitivity for insulin and makes your heart much stronger.

It strengthens your muscles and tones your entire body. The exercise not only helps your heart, it reduces blood pressure and increases your ability to store molecules of energy like fats and carbohydrates within the muscles. This makes your body more enduring. It also dilates the blood vessels in the fibers of your muscles which makes the blood flow better.

Since your lungs are also muscles, they receive big benefits from this. Also, regular exercise increases the amount of red blood cells in your body. Red blood cells transport oxygen, so people who exercise often have low risk for heart disease.

So be sure to follow a training program that is fun and beneficial for you – and remember that a little …

Losing weight is difficult at any age, but it becomes increasingly harder as you get older. Thus, the younger you start to lose weight, the easier it is. When you’re younger, your metabolism is naturally faster, so easier to lose weight.

A sedentary lifestyle plays an important role in quick weight loss. Sitting in the same place and position for essentially eight hours a day five days a week does nothing to advance your weight loss. Especially, if then you go home and sit or lay on the couch for a few more hours before you go to bed. You need to make the most of your day to minimize weight gain.

Thus, if you are stuck behind your desk pushing papers for hours on end at work, then make sure to stretch and go for walks around the office or up and down the stairs on your breaks and lunch hour. It seems simple, because it is, but it can help get your blood flowing and break you out of a sedentary routine. Also, exercising before or after work is a must if you are looking for long-term weight loss and physical fitness, as well as strengthening your body to fight off chronic diseases.

Exercise also strengthens your metabolism which naturally slows down with age. Regular weight training boosts the body’s metabolism over a long period of time and burns excess calories. One pound of weight is the equivalent of 3,500 calories, thus to effectively burn one pound you will need to perform a difficult balancing act. On the one hand, eat enough to satisfy your hunger and nutritional needs, while on the other hand, doing enough physical activity to burn fat.

This is why it’s crucial to eat healthy. Consuming healthy, clean food is a must. …