Excessive Sweating Remedy

How To Keep Your Shoes Smelling Fresh

Having smelly sneakers is, to say the least, a big problem. I’m sure everyone has had issues with this at least once in their lifetime. If you found this article, you definitely know what I’m talking about. What I’m going to do here is to lay down a few strategies that you may want to put to use in order to keep your sneakers and footwear in general smelling fresh.

Because it’s better to prevent something bad from happening than to try to fix it when it’s already too late, I will offer here only tips on preventing the bad smell from sticking to your shoes. If your shoes already stink, the situation is a little more complicated and it deserves its own article.

I the order of importance, these are the things you must do to avoid stinky shoes:

1. Buy quality shoes. The fist thing you must watch for is the quality of your footwear. Try to only buy shoes made of natural materials, because they allow you feet to breathe and the sweat dissipates much easier. Synthetics are toxic for your feet, because they prevent ventilation. You go for an hour jogging wearing them and the next thing you know, everything around starts rotting.

It is nice to see good looking shoes at low prices and you may think you’re getting a good deal. Trust me, you’re not! They will break sooner that you can imagine, and the cost and effort to keep them in good condition and smelling great will far exceed the amount you saved by going for cheaper shoes.

So I recommend you invest a little more when shopping for shoes because the benefits are far greater.

2. Maintain hygiene. Nothing new here, but a lot of people seem to overlook this detail. When you’re showering, don’t forget to wash your feet too. It sounds dumb, I know, but when showering, most tend to forget about the feet. Since all water and soap goes to the feet, why bother washing them? But that’s not enough. We’re talking about the most awful smelling part of our bodies. Do you think only water and soap will do the trick? I don’t think so.

There are many types of abrasive stones and sponges you can find in the stores specifically for this. Use them. They work wonders. They remove the dead lair of skin on your feet, the one that causes most of the bad smell.

Also, alternate cold and hot wate
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r on your feet. It better cleans the pores in your skin and well, the sweat smells a little better. If your feet smell so bad, you should also alternate soap brands. Soaps have different composition and they act on different chemicals. If you use two soap brands, you’re more likely to neutralize more of the bacteria that produce bad odor.

3. Change your socks often. Again, very obvious, but still, most forget about it. Use a clean pair of socks every day. Changing them twice or even three times a day is ideal, but once is the minimum allowed. If you use the same socks as yesterday, your shoes and feet may have something to say about it. And you don’t want to hear it!

If you do jogging or other sport, wash your feet before putting another pair of socks on.

Oh, and make sure you wear socks made of cotton or even wool, because synthetics make you feet rot.

4. Rotate you shoes. You should have more than one pair of shoes. One day you can use one pair, the next day another pair. This way, they have enough time to take some air and for the sweat to evaporate.

5. Leave your shoes to breathe. It’s a good practice when you get home to put your shoes somewhere out in the open (not if it rains, of course). The wind will brow some fresh air and the sweat will evaporate. And for some reason, when you put on a pair of shoes that’s been ventilated, you feel so comfortable. It’s like you have new shoes. You should do this especially if you’re involved in some kind of sport.

6. Clean your shoes once in a while. I don’t know why, but when you keep them clean on the outside, they tend to stay fresh on the inside for longer. Maybe because you sense that something isn’t all right on the inside and you need to do something about it. But don’t rely solely on this. You won’t get the results you crave for.

7. If they’re wet, leave somewhere to dry. If it rains, make sure you put the shoes to dry before putting them in the shoe box or wearing them again. When there is water inside the shoes, they start to rot in less than a day and it smells awful, especially if they are already a little smelly.

If you follow at least some of these simple strategies, you shouldn’t be having any problem with bad odors coming from your shoes any time soon.

By: Lisov Eugen

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Stress and the Mind-Body Connection
 by: Nicky VanValkenburgh

Almost fifty years ago, Dr. Hans Selye developed his now-famous theory about stress and the mind-body connection. He suggested that disease is the body’s inability to deal with mental, emotional or physical stress.

Dr. Selye spent a lifetime researching stress and wrote 30 books and more than 1,500 articles on stress and related problems, including Stress without Distress (1974) and The Stress of Life (1956). Dr. Selye’s research is so profound and life-changing that many authorities refer to him as the “Einstein of medicine.”

Dr. Selye discovered that his patients experienced physiological and psychological distress when faced with danger. Distress is the body’s response to danger or fear. You react to a demand put upon your mind or body. Distress occurs when we prolong emotional stress and don’t deal with it in a positive manner. The body’s response to stress is to adapt or react. This has been called “fight or flight syndrome”

Under stress, our muscles contract, and adrenaline is released into the bloodstream. Our heart begins to beat faster, and our blood pressure increases. We breathe more rapidly, and our metabolism speeds up. To keep cool, we begin to sweat.

Our bodies react this way when faced with stressful situations. Our “fight or flight” response is appropriate if we are in danger, are about to compete, or need to react quickly. The problem arises when tension and energy builds up, and the body does not have time or the opportunity to return to a normal state.

Dr. Leonard Coldwell, a naturopathic doctor from Germany, agrees with Dr. Hans Selye that all illness is caused by a lack of energy. Dr. Coldwell believes that emotional and mental stress is the greatest energy drainer in our lives. Over time, stress wears down the immune system, and causes us to eventually become sick.

To deal with “stress overload,” Dr. Coldwell developed the U-Cure Power Break system. It is a series of three cds that enables you to reduce your stress level and arouse, stimulate and awaken your brain to function at an elevated capacity. By listening to the U-Cure cds for 20 minutes a day, people can condition their minds to create the ideal mental state for peak performance and optimum health.

Using Dr. Coldwell’s U-Cure system involves putting on headphones, turning on your CD player, and closing your eyes. You can either lie down or sit comfortably in a chair. You initially hear five minutes of instrumental music, followed by a 15-minute narrative (with background music) that takes you on a mental vacation.

As you listen, you have the ability to enter a peak mental state where you are relaxed, highly attentive and inwardly focused. In the process, your nervous system benefits from getting regenerated and restored to optimum levels. Your body literally becomes an “oxygen factory” as you inhale deeply, and exhale the stress and tension out of your body. After a session, people report feeling like they’ve awakened from a restful night of sleep.

If all of this sounds “too good to be true,” consider what happens to the body when it is relaxed. For one thing, your blood pressure and heartbeat is lower. You breathe more slowly. Your muscles relax and become less tense. Your anxiety decreases, and you are able to think clearly and productively.

In this state, your body uses less oxygen and expels less carbon dioxide. Your hormones return to a balanced state of equilibrium. As a result, your internal organs work more effectively. Your circulation improves with more blood reaching the extremities of your body. Your muscles become soft and loose, and you become more aware of our body and feelings. Both your mind and body rests in the process of deep relaxation.

The next time you feel stressed, take time out to relax. By relaxing, you have the opportunity to regain the energy you need to think clearly, and develop new and innovative solutions and better manage your life.

About The Author

Nicky VanValkenburgh writes about personal strategies for empowered living. Check out her stress reduction website at http://www.20minutestolessstress.com/

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