HomeMould in the house: why families are best off aiming for 40 to 60 percent humidity in autumnMould in the house signals too much moisture. Here are the Flemish reference values, what damp does to your health and how to keep humidity under control in autumn.A long, healthy life happens largely indoors. In your living room, your bedroom, your kitchen: the air you breathe there and the calm you find there count too.
I look at what concretely makes a home healthier. Fresh air, ventilation, humidity, radon, light and temperature, but also tidiness and fewer worries. Measure where you can, stay level-headed where you must.
Muscles get stronger quickly, tendons follow more slowly. How to train tendon-friendly at home after 50, with slow heavy exercises, a 12-week plan and clear pain rules.
You do not smell smoke when you sleep, and two out of three fatal fire victims die at night. Here is where to put your smoke alarm and how to test it every month.
Belgian health services advise limiting candles indoors, and a candle in a draught mainly emits soot. How to keep it cosy with airing and LED candles.
Where should a CO detector go, why not in the bathroom and why do your heating and chimney still need servicing? Plus the warning signs your family should know.
High blood pressure usually goes unnoticed. Here is how to choose an upper-arm monitor, measure for a week following the European guideline and know what counts as high at home.
Burning wood brings warmth and atmosphere, but also fine dust for you and your neighbours. Which appliance emits the least, how to light dry wood from the top and when it is better not to light the fire.
Standing up from a chair trains your legs with no equipment. What Gezond Leven and the WHO say about muscle strengthening, and how to do it safely.
Keeping your phone outside the bedroom is a simple evening boundary. Why that physical distance can help, and how to handle the alarm and charging differently.
Lunges train each leg separately, with no equipment. How to do them at home, what the WHO says about muscle-strengthening, and what to watch for safety.
Bright light in the evening keeps me “on” too long. How I soften lamps and screens, with morning light as the counterpart, without therapy claims.
When it gets dark early, I use the stairs for short intervals. How I build a 10–15 minute session, and where I draw safety lines.
After hours at a screen, your hips can feel stiff. A few short exercises to move, what the WHO says about sitting time, and when to see a doctor.
