Ways to prevent athlete's foot: General Health

HealthyPals · **Site Rank:** Site Admin

There are some preventive actions you can take to avoid getting athlete's foot. Moisture and warmth aid in the growth of athlete's foot fungus. By knowing this you can take in mind the following measures to be preventive:

Allow your shoes to dry thoroughly between wearings.
Change your socks frequently.
Avoid deodorant soaps. They tend to remove surface protecting oils and may irritate the skin.
Cornstarch powder can help absorb perspiration.

joebert · **Site Rank:** Moderator

Go barefoot or in flip-flops when you can.

I forget which cultures where it's customary to take your shoes off at the door and wear sandals, but I can't help but wonder if they have lower rates of athletes foot where it's practiced.

Laughing Gravy · **Site Rank:** Moderator

I'm always barefoot at home. Never had athletes foot, so that's proof.

Hate wearing shoes and socks indoors.

tammy · **Site Rank:** Site Admin

I don't wear shoes indoors, but I do wear socks... especially in the winter months. It gets too cold here not too! I don't get athlete's foot though because I never sit around in wet socks. After exercising, the first thing I have to do is take off my sweaty socks because I can't stand the feel of them!

Laughing Gravy · **Site Rank:** Moderator

I'll even nip out into the garden with bare feet, even in winter. I wouldn't stay out there long, mind!

joebert · **Site Rank:** Moderator

Everyone needs a tub full of beach sand that they can just dig their feet through while watching TV or something, kinda like a foot soaker. Beach sand is awesome.

tammy · **Site Rank:** Site Admin

Do you think there are any health benefits associated with soaking your feet into beach sand other than it feeling good? I wonder...

joebert · **Site Rank:** Moderator

I bet it would be good for callouses, especially with coral sand. The key would be moving your feet around and rubbing them together as much as you can. Maybe put the sand in the oven for a little while first to heat it up and relax muscles.

tammy · **Site Rank:** Site Admin

I've walked on beaches with warm sand before (not in Washington), and I remember it feeling good. Heating up sand and soaking my feet in them sounds really relaxing right now!

Laughing Gravy · **Site Rank:** Moderator

Warm sand on bare feet is definitely a nice feeling.

joebert · **Site Rank:** Moderator

Alright it seems coral sand isn't such a good idea. There's notes of coral and harvesting damaging the environment and that's not something we want to do with all the focus on going green.

This leads me to an interesting page I found while looking for sand.
http://www.safesand.com/information.htm

Of course, I'm just going to take a bike ride down to the beach to get mine.

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