Okay, this might not have any thing to do with a home that cooks except for the fact that often while we are cooking, we are also intermittently using our cellular phones. Cell phones are germ magnets.

Have you even used a paper towel to open the door of a public restroom? Or tried to squeeze out without touching the handle after someone else opens the door? Do you use your foot to flush the toilet? Of course I do, because those things are loaded with germs!

Cell phone and acne? Yes, I believe it. I've seen it happen in my own family.

I read this in an article recently; Lets face it, we are always touching dirty things. The problem is, we are also always touching our phones, transferring that bacteria to our devices! We wash our hands, but never clean our phones! Have you ever used your phone in the bathroom? (Don't worry, we all have.) Then it shouldn't surprise you that 1 in 6 cell phones have fecal matter on them!

Our phones don't just collect the bacteria from all of the grossness we touch, they BREED bacteria! Our phones are always warm from the battery and we store them in tight, dark spaces like pockets and purses. Your phone is where germs go to party.

Not only are the extra bacteria on our phones bombarding our immune systems, they can also cause some serious facial effects. Some types of acne come directly from talking on the phone! Pressing your cheek and chin against your phone can exacerbate acne by allowing bacteria to get into those pores, causing chaos.

"People are just as likely to get sick from their phones as from handles of the bathroom" - Dr. Jeffery Cain (President of the American Academy of Family Physicians)

What to do?

http://www.popsugar.com/tech/How-Properly-Clean-Your-Smartphone-22021396

http://www.samhealth.org/aboutus/newsevents/featuredarticles/Pages/clean-cell-phone-tips-and-tricks.aspx

Please share with our readers any cell phone cleaning tips that you might have.