Medical Miracle or Healt 3 RED FLAGS TO WATCH OU
The new year is a great time to make your health a priority again, and there are a bunch of workouts and diet plans to choose from. Too many, some might say. It can be difficult to determine exactly which health plan will help you reach your goals, but there are some pretty obvious red flags that you’ll want to avoid.
have been diagnosed with a disease that would impair your liver or kidneys, you don’t need to spend extra money to keep your insides clean. A healthy diet is enough.
Cellulite Isn’t Real
Beware the Dreaded ‘Detox’
In 1968, Vogue magazine introduced American women to the word “cellulite,” warning them of a terrible “diagnosed” condition women suffered from. They encouraged the use of a special rolling pin to banish the little lumps of fat on women’s thighs and buttocks. Since then, cellulite has been used as shorthand to mean “bad body fat you need to remove.” But cellulite is not an indication of poor health. Furthermore, there’s no cure for cellulite because it’s not a disease. It would be like using a special lotion that claims it can remove the wrinkled skin on your knuckles! Most people, especially women, have cellulite. It’s perfectly natural!
Plenty of diets, supplements, and products claim to “purify” your body by removing unspecified “toxins.” These “detoxes” conveniently forget that your kidneys and liver are already removing substances your body doesn’t need! The human body has been capable of cleansing itself for thousands of years. It doesn’t need a special smoothie or footpads to get the job done.
Most detox products are nothing but snake oil, and some of them can leave you feeling worse than you did before you started using them. Unless you
CLOGGED DRAIN?
Why You Need Drain Cleaning and How We Do It
Roots
Drains clog. For most people, it can be hard to guess why —but with Plumb Smart Inc., you don’t have to wonder. Here are three common reasons for clogged drains and what we can do about it.
It’s relatively easy to unclog a drain from roots but impossible to get rid of the roots because roots are evidence that the pipe is cracked
‘FlushableWipes’
Flushable wipes do not decompose like toilet paper, so it’s like flushing a thin washcloth. Removing flushable wipes from drains is difficult because they get wrapped around cable, flex shaft, and high-pressure jetter heads of our drain cleaning machine, thus impeding its performance. On one job, I retrieved over 50 flushable wipes, but only 2–3 at a time — a very time-consuming job. Do not flush wipes! Everyone has grease in their kitchen drains. Over time, grease builds up layer-by-layer on the inside of pipes and hardens. The combination of grease and food from the disposal will clog your kitchen drains with a sticky mess similar to wet Georgia red clay. The only difference is Georgia red clay doesn’t stink to high heaven like greasy rotted food in your pipes. We usually have to use two different machines on grease clogs: a cable machine to cut through the clog and get water flowing, and then a flex shaft machine to thoroughly clean the interior of the pipe. Using Bio- Clean monthly will prevent future clogs. Grease
or broken. Unfortunately, the only permanent solution is to dig up and replace the
pipe. We can clean the pipe of roots entirely with a flex shaft machine and video the cleaning at the same time, but in about a year’s time, the roots will grow back in. The best way to manage roots is to schedule a yearly cleaning or dig up and replace the pipe.
Whichever problem you may encounter, please don’t use acid drain cleaners. They are harmful for the environment and your pipes. And they don’t really work. During all of January, this month only, we will do a free video inspection with any drain-cleaning service! Contact us now at 404.427.0302 for better, cleaner plumbing.
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