New Haven Register (Sunday) (New Haven, CT)
Improve your home's health
Maintaining a healthy home is a goal most Americans share, but not all are confident they're doing the best job they can to protect their home's health.
According to a survey conducted by Second Nature, the nation's largest home wellness subscription service, 62% of respondents admitted they could do a better job of attaining a healthy home, with clean air ranked as the most critical factor in achieving home wellness.
Gain more confidence in the health and cleanliness of your home with these tips:
⏩ Remove your shoes when you enter the house. Add entryway seating to encourage guests to take off their shoes. The bottom of a pair of shoes can contain anything from fecal matter to E. coli and pesticides. Leaving shoes at an entryway is one of the easiest ways to combat home pollution and promote a healthy home.
⏩ Replace air filters regularly. The air filter in your home dictates the air you breathe and ensures that it is healthy enough for ingestion. More often than not, air filters are not top of mind when thinking about home wellness, but they are crucial to every home. That's why it's important to replace air filters on schedule every three months as recommended by the National Institutes of Health.
⏩ Change out your light bulbs. Choose the right color temperature for a calmer home and use energyefficient bulbs. Warm lighting typically has an overall positive effect on everyone in the home. One of the keys to home wellness is ensuring you are truly happy in your home, and lighting can play a pivotal role in cultivating this emotion.
⏩ Open windows on good weather days. Most Americans (61%) believe the air inside their homes is cleaner than it is outside, according to the survey. However, the Environmental Protection Agency estimates indoor air is 25 times more polluted than the air outside.
⏩ Filter your water. Water is essential to any healthy lifestyle, and drinking clean water is a luxury that is often overlooked. However, what is also overlooked is how many chemicals and toxins that can affect your health are in the tap water you drink on a daily basis. Filtering your water is one simple step that can benefit not only your own health, but the health of everyone in the home.
Find more tips and advice for creating a healthier home environment at SecondNature.com.