In the doldrums about holiday clean-up
I’m sure that most of us are dealing with a lot of extra housework now that the holiday season is coming to an end. Many of us are probably facing taking down all of our holiday decor and deep cleaning our kitchens from all the yummy Christmas treats we’ve been making.
Although I love getting in the holiday spirit and making my house look festive, I definitely don’t go overboard because I dread the aftermath of taking everything down. I quickly tore down my Christmas tree the day after Christmas this year because I was so sick of it taking up space in my living room! Also, instead of making a huge Christmas dinner, we took my inlaws out to eat on Christmas Eve instead. My holiday style is definitely no-hassle.
But for those of you who are facing disaster areas in your home, I have good news. Apparently, housework is more effective than playing a sport for helping reduce your risk of breast cancer! Cancer Research, a UK based study, followed 200,000 women who cooked, dusted, mopped and vacuumed around 16 – 17 hours a week for over six years. According to their results, all this housekeeping reduced cancer risk by 30% for pre-menopausal women and by 20% for post-menopausal women.
The connection to lower cancer risk seems to be a combination of maintaining a healthy weight and being consistently active doing housework (as opposed to playing a vigorous sport less frequently.) The full article can be found here.
So for those of us who have been putting off getting our homes back in order again after the holidays, hopefully this will help motivate you a little. :) Happy New Year, everyone!
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