Hygiene refers to practices that help maintain health and involves more than just cleanliness. It can vary between cultures and groups. Regular hygiene habits like showering daily, brushing teeth, and washing clothes are considered good, while neglecting hygiene can be seen as disgusting or threatening. Personal hygiene specifically relates to comprehensive cleaning and caring for one's body through bathing, washing hands, brushing teeth, and wearing clean clothes, as well as making safe decisions around others. It has both health and social advantages.

2. Hygiene (which comes from the name of the
Greek goddess of health, Hygieia), is a set of
practices performed for the preservation of
health. Whereas in popular culture and
parlance it can often mean mere 'cleanliness',
hygiene in its fullest and original meaning
goes much beyond that to include all
circumstances and practices, lifestyle issues,
premises and commodities that engender a
safe and healthy environment. While in
modern medical sciences there is a set of
standards of hygiene recommended for
different situations, what is considered
hygienic or not can vary between different
cultures, genders and etarian groups. Some
regular hygienic practices may be considered
good habits by a society while the neglect of
hygiene can be considered disgusting,
disrespectful or even threatening.

3. HOW TO KEEP OURSELVES HYGIENE
• SHOWER DAILY
• CHOOSE A DAILY FACE CLEANSER
• BRUSH YOUR TEETH EVERY MORNING AND
EVENING
• WEAR DEODORANT
• WASH YOUR CLOTHES AFTER WEARING
THEM
• TRIM YOUR HAIR EVERY 4-8 WEEKS
• CLIP YOUR FINGER NAILS AND TOE NAILS
REGULARLY

4. Store raw meat at the bottom of the fridge where liquids cannot drip onto other foods.
- Always wash hands, with soap (water alone will not do) before handling food,
particularly if you have been to the bathroom previously. Ensure that the rest of the
family also wash their hands.
- Make sure meat and fish is thoroughly cooked to destroy bacteria such as salmonella
and parasites. Chilled cooked foods, such as pre-prepared chicken, were recently found
to have the highest amounts of listeria and salmonella of all foods - these should be
heated until piping hot before serving.
- Small children are more susceptible to salmonella poisoning so cook eggs until the
yolks are hard.
- Never cut any food (bread, fruit, vegetables) on a board that has had uncooked meat on
it previously. Also use separate knives.
- Scrub wooden chopping boards scrupulously and let them air dry, and ideally use rigid
plastic chopping boards.
- Defrost any foods from the freezer completely and then heat until piping hot.
- Babies bottles and feeding equipment should be properly sterilised until your baby is 6
months old

5. Man does not live by soap alone; and hygiene,
or even health, is not much good unless you can
take a healthy view of it or, better still, feel a
healthy indifference to it.
To complete your daily mental hygiene,
observe any part of you that is upset or
anxious, and offer that part of yourself the
following simple wishes: 'May you be well. May
you be happy. May you be free from suffering.'
Repeat this until you actually mean it.

6. Personal hygiene refers to
the comprehensive
cleaning of and caring for
your body. Maintaining
good personal hygiene
includes bathing, washing
your hands, brushing your
teeth and wearing clean
clothing. It also includes
making safe and healthy
decisions when interacting
with others. Implementing
good personal hygiene
practices has both health
and social benefits.