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Even before my military service, I was always prepared for the unknown that lies ahead. Perhaps it is a built-in trait inherited or learned from my Purple Heart Decorated U.S. Marine father, who was always prepared for anything, as was our home.

On average, a human can live three (3) weeks without food, while only three (3) days without water. 

Before the Covid-19 worldwide pandemic, where toilet paper became non-existent in any store, I already had a 3-year supply of soft/thick Cottonelle brand paper... same with tissue paper... which can also be used as mostly sterile bandages for wounds or hygiene.  

And Lysol wet wipes in the large container tubes... I have about 3-4 years supply, which I had before they disappeared off store shelves during the Covid-19 pandemic. 

As for food: for myself I have 5-7 years of non-perishable Vegan foods in vacuum sealed bags where I tossed-in oxygen + moisture-absorbing pouches to double the life of the sealed foods.  I went a step further and placed the many pouches in food-grade white plastic buckets with sealed lids / tops and used a wide Sharpie permanent black marker to boldly and neatly write what the contents are in each bucket.

YES, it was expensive and very time consuming, but should a natural or manmade disaster strike, my German Shepherd Dog, Marine, and I will be fine, since I prepared enough healthy food and naturally regenerating fresh water and we have a SOLAR water heater to cook oats and other foods, and to heat our filtered water.

After decades of using all toothbrush types and brands imaginable: soft, medium, firm, badger hair, boars' hair, natural bamboo, etc., I recently discovered these "extra soft" toothbrushes with 10,000 micro-bristles per compact head. 

The best price I've found is a pack of six (6) that sell for a great low price.  These are available on Amazon.com with all six (6) brushes costing only $7.40 and free shipping with Prime membership.  Without Prime, likely $3.00 shipping.

The bristles don't bend and flare like all other brushes I've experienced.  Even after weeks of use, they still look new. 

The "extra fine" bristles clean in places / crevices of the mouth that standard / regular / large bristles cannot clean because those individual bristles are too wide.

These brushes clean at a micro-level:  Very thorough indeed.  You can feel the difference.

These toothbrushes are so comfortable, you'll think you're brushing your teeth and gums with melted butter.  Keep one in your vehicle and one at work... but keep your eyes on the road while brushing or pull over to the side of any roadway.

And, NO, I do not sell these, or anything listed on this page... nor do I own stock in Amazon.com or eBay.com, or the manufacturer of these toothbrushes. And I do not receive any financial or other type of reward / compensation for recommending these.  I simply love the feel of them and knowing how finely they clean into pores, cracks and crevices of the teeth, gums and other oral tissues.

Many decades ago, when I lived in Las Vegas, Nevada, a local television personality, named Gus Giuffre, once mentioned that he applied skin lotion to his elbows and knees every day and, at age 70, he still had soft, smooth, and clear looking skin on his elbows and knees.  

He showed the camera, and to this day, 5 decades later, I always remember Gus... also I've always practiced that application with the healthiest creams I could find. 

Over the years most lotions and creams ingredient list began to look like laboratory chemical order forms. Then I discovered both raw Organic Unfiltered Coconut Oil and African Shea Butter.

I stayed with the Shea butter for elbows and knees since coconut oil was too oily and led to stains on my long sleeve shirts and pants. 

Shea butter is 100x thicker in consistency than coconut oil and thus stays applied longer.

Organic and unrefined Shea Butter is widely available online at roughly $10-$15 per POUND, which will last you a very long time. 

No laboratory order form list of ingredients, just pure African Shea Butter in either white or yellow.

My elbows and knees have NEVER had a rash or scaly skin... NEVER. They look like a newborn baby's pure skin.  Even my elderly neighbors in this huge retirement community NE of Lake Tahoe, Nevada, notice and ask what I use and what do I do to keep my elbows and knees looking so youthful.

In both human life and the wild animal kingdom, a living being can die from poor oral hygiene or infected teeth, gums or mouth / oral tissues.

Not only are the hostile bacteria in the mouth dangerous to one' health, but they can also cause painful ailments that disallow humans and / or animals to be able to eat properly, or any food at all, leading to death by malnutrition... starvation.

Sounds farfetched?  Think back to a time you may have had an ache or throbbing pain from a tooth or gum issue and how difficult it was to eat.

On the lighter side, our tongues are generally pink by nature.  When we see white on our tongue or another person's tongue, this is generally excessive build-up of bacteria, which is a major contributor to halitosis... known as bad breath.

I've always brushed my tongue with my toothbrush as the last process of my 3x daily oral hygiene routine.  HOWEVER, someone special in my life 20 years ago introduced me to a tongue scraper when I watched her using one during her own daily routine.

Once I witnessed her before and after results, I promptly purchased a stainless-steel tongue scraper for each bathroom and one for my vehicle... yes... on the road cleaning while away from home... but I always pay attention to the road and traffic.

Oddly, I purchased the pair of scrapers as seen in the image above, today, right before I typed this valuable information for you.  These tongue scrapers as shown in the photograph above, have plastic handles, which at first felt odd, since I was conditioned to using my other stainless-steel scrapers for years and years with just the thin stainless handle.  Now I'm finally feeling comfortable with the bulkier plastic handle,

Either way, tongue scraping is CRITICAL towards oral health, overall health... and fresh breath.

Tongue scrapers are available on Amazon.com or eBay for roughly - $7.99. 

In this photograph I am "51" years of age, while now at age "65" I still have roughly 80% of the same hairline and hair / hair follicle / hair roots on my head, as you see in the photograph... however, my hair is now 75% gray.  I have nearly the same hair you see above, but now it's... "grayish."

I refuse to dye my hair because of the extensive chemicals in hair coloring / dye.  And I firmly believe that such dyes (except maybe Henna hair color products) will not only stain the skin on your hands and the skin on your scalp, but those same chemicals get absorbed into the tremendous volume of blood vessels on the human head / scalp.

A head injury shows us immense blood loss / blood flow, which leads me to understand that there is an immense amount of blood vessels which can absorb the hair coloring / dye.  

The chemicals in the dye may also damage the tens of thousands of hair follicles, and thus the follicles may no longer be able to support the hair and / or hair root, itself, thus leading to hair loss.

ADDITIONALLY, I use a PINBRUSH to gently massage my scalp two (2) times daily.  I feel that while brushing my hair / scalp (not too brisk or harshly) I'm massaging the hair follicles and blood vessels that supply nutrients to the hair follicles themselves and allows me to keep my full head of hair at age 65, versus the seniors in my retirement community, who, none of them have as much hair as I do today.

FINALLY, for many years, I have filled the ceramic shampoo dispenser in my shower, with "7th Generation" pure / clean zero fragrance or color, DISH SOAP.   

Yes, I use this particular clean / pure dish soap since it is shown to clean olive and coconut oil from my dishes, it should clean body oils from hair and scalp.  NEVER have I had dandruff or hair / scalp problems... never.

Not only does this cost less and have 10x LESS chemicals than commercially sold shampoo, but I also feel it cleans my scalp better and thus allows air flow for my hair follicles and a healthier cleaner scalp with almost no chemicals.

I chose Britta brand sport water bottles years ago because they were the biggest and best known at the time and, they use BPA-free plastic.  Additionally, they incorporate small filters which can be changed each 100+ 20 oz fill-ups, at the cost of roughly $5 per filter.  They're so easy to access for replacement.

I have a huge stockpile of filters.

Think of the money you'll save in NOT purchasing bottled water and all the trillions of plastic bottles that end up in rivers, streams, the oceans and landfills for the next 500 years before they decompose.

I keep four (4) of the blue bottles, as seen above, in my vehicle... two for me, and two for K9 Marine, my German Shepherd Dog, who is my loyal and loving son.

In total I have twenty-two (22) around my home and vehicle, home office desk, next to the couch, next to the bed, in my garage workshop and a few in the refrigerator. 

These are roughly $20 each, but worth it in the long-time investment.

A human can live for three (3) weeks without food, but only three (3) days without water.  Water is so critically important to life for all humans and living beings on earth.  

Also, having clean water handy / nearby, aids in you drinking more water, which is wonderful for improved oral cleanliness, hydration, and bodily tissue cleansing.

These also make great gifts of health for your friends and loved ones for any occasion.  Who doesn't appreciate a gift of health that shows you genuinely care?

It's a toss-up whether to buy these from eBay.com or Amazon.com since both are priced similarly. However, I do seem to find better prices on eBay, but a few days slower delivery than with my Prime membership on Amazon, which grants me 1-2 days delivery time.

To date I've not found a better brand for quality.

It's so amazing how just a small amount of exercise each day or every other day, can make such a difference in the average person's health and physique.

When I went to the gym 5-6 times per week, for 40 years, I never burdened my mind with a specific routine. I figure just being there, listening to classic rock music through my iPod and earbuds, having fun, seeing people (I've always worked alone from home in my businesses) and doing an overall body workout, was fine with me. 

So all in all, my exercise at the gym was quite varied,  I'd work chest, then arms, then legs, my back, but if I didn't feel like one or the other, I just wouldn't work that muscle part or group.  I knew that I'd be back the next day or the next and likely work that muscle or group.  I also beat the heavy bag for 20 minutes with punches and kicks.

I wasn't in any competition.  If you have FUN while exercising, there's a great chance that you'll keep doing it day after day.  If you miss a day here and there, who cares, you're still getting a good amount of exercise on a constant basis, and that's what matters most.

For decades, I've always eaten 2x more than most people, but yes, it was very healthy food (mostly fruits and veggies), yet I've kept the same body weight of 155 lbs at 5'8" height, since my high school days in the 1970s.  

Continuing mild exercise and a mostly healthy diet should improve your overall health for decades to come.

Around the world, one leading cause of death in 3rd world countries is "Lack of Proper Hygiene" due to lack of fresh running water, or any water at all.

Aside from a daily shower, proper internal hygiene and external hygiene is highly recommended for a healthier life.

When I trim my fingernails, I use a 10x power LED lighted magnifier headset (looks like big glasses) and with these I can see the details of my "nailbeds and cuticles" thus enabling me to see and assess my nail health but also give myself a perfect nail trimming.  

There are so many things we handle on a daily basis, from gardening, cell phones, gas pump handles, raw animal foods prior to cooking, and these germs get into the nailbeds and around cuticle skin. 

I have seen close-up the before and after... and it's a huge difference.

These brushes, when used with soap and water while "mildly" scrubbing the fingertips will lead to healthier nails and potentially keep from spreading germs to your face or other skin areas of your body.  

You certainly want clean fingers when rubbing your eyes or touching your ears, or anywhere else on your body.

YES, they are available on Amazon.com or eBay.com for about $7.00 for "2" brushes... and so well worth the cost and effort to use.

Decades ago, I met a woman in Las Vegas (my home from (1971-2006), who taught me a simple method for staying younger looking without the use of expensive creams, gels, serums, or medical treatments.  In fact, nothing at all except your own hands for 5-seconds per day each time you dry your face with a towel,

Like gravity pulling everything downward on earth, and time contributing to the degeneration of cellular integrity, thus allowing skin to eventually sag, this method can thwart the skin from sagging.  In return for keeping gravity at bay, we can look younger than others our age by practicing this method as described below.

It starts with what we put on own very-absorbent skin.  I apply only organic unfiltered raw Shea butter, or organic unfiltered raw coconut oil, or JR Watkins hand cream... but with JR Watkins it's a difficult decision which scent because they all smell so great, but the lemon scent has the least ingredients (which I like to have the purest with least ingredients) and their lemon has the least powerful scent as well.  

I found a rare few brands that have great ingredients and are (UNSCENTED) which I believe is the most beneficial to skin health.

This cream has many healthy ingredients, so I apply it to my face, elbows and knees at night before bed, then wash it off my face only after awakening in the morning.

People compliment my skin at age 65.

While these are NOT MY TOES, I did once suffer from toenail fungus on (one toe) the big toe of my left foot. It began minor, then became major within a few short years.

I asked the doctor at the Veteran's Hospital in Fort Lauderdale for a cure and he stated that he'd rather NOT recommend the "internal" medications as they could cause liver damage.  

He did firmly state that I'd have to remedy cure / get rid of / repair the fungus condition as soon as possible, as it could spread to the joints of my toes and cause pain or joint / tissue damage.

I then tried every brand of toenail fungus cure cream, liquid and gel, available online and in stores.  NONE had any effect towards curing this ailment as promised in their advertisements.

Years later I stumbled across a HOME REMEDY by someone that suggested purchasing a "silicone toe cover" and a small container of old fashioned "Vicks Vapor Rub" which is a strong menthol cream.

I applied roughly a quarter teaspoon of the cream onto my toenail, spread-open the silicone toe cover onto my big toe, and left it alone for 48 hours. 

BEHOLD, in just two (2) days the fungus was gone and my toenail looked clear and on its way to rebuilding itself.  

A few weeks later my toenail looked fresh and new.  To this day I'm still amazed.  THANK YOU to whoever discovered this remedy and posting it online, too. 

Alzheimer's Disease continues to baffle the medical and scientific community on its cause, yet they have a theory and clue of what "may" cause this brain-function-destroying disease: miniscule aluminum particles.

It is scientific knowledge that a very, very small amount of aluminum is leached from aluminum cookware and aluminum foil when in contact with food as it's superheated during the cooking process.

While. YES, the leached particles are extremely small, "accumulation" plays a critical role.  Think of a lake or the ocean.  Sure, it's just a water drop, but in accumulation, a lake or ocean of water drops displays the result of accumulation.

Aluminum is a "wonderful conductor" of electricity.  Whether voluntary or involuntary, EVERY function of your brain is controlled as an "electrical impulse" known as a "synapse" or "neurotransmission"; which is an electrical signal from the brain to any of the body parts or cells within your body, telling it / them what to do: breathe, move a body part, blink an eye, a heartbeat, etc.  

So, one solid theory is that as the aluminum particles that have built-up in the soft tissue of the brain year after year, "may" cause short circuits on different brain functions.

One might ask, if this is true, then why doesn't everyone have Alzheimer's Disease?  It's quite simple: many people use stainless steel or glass cookware, such as myself... or use more or less.

The best choice is BPA-free, non-bleached, parchment paper. This baker's first choice. 

This is a simple, calorie-burning, butt-tightening, and leg strengthening exercise which you can perform nearly anywhere, anytime, without special equipment of even getting your hands dirty.

I've performed these exercises while watching television during commercials (with sound muted during commercials) because I enjoy shows on National Geographic Channel and they still have commercials.

You can perform this exercise back and forth across your living room or, around the perimeter of the room... or anywhere there is even ground to walk on.

It's basically one foot in front of the other, with a bending of the knee on the forward leg, bringing the other knee "almost" touching the ground. 

Step forward, bend, then up, then forward with the other foot, bend, then up, the other foot forward, and repeat as you move forward around or across the room.

These "lunges" can be performed on a hiking trail, the beach along the crashing waves on the shoreline, the side of the bicycle pathway, sidewalk or courtyard at work, backyard, side yard, park... almost anywhere.

I've performed this exercise in all types of clothes.  Of course, loose fitting clothes are always preferred.

To add a level of difficulty, try lunging up an incline and / or hold the bent position briefly, or until you cannot hold it any longer.