Live More Green With the Surprising Health Benefits of Green Smoothies!

Green cleaning is the best thing you can commit to for the health of your home and green smoothies do the same thing for your body! At Bayes, we are continually educating ourselves on how to keep the home more healthy, which is how we came to create our line of organic cleaning supplies - like our granite counter top cleaner! But living green can be done in our home and in our bodies as well.

More energy.  If you start the day with a green smoothie you will notice a massive increase in the amount of energy you have.

More energy.  If you start the day with a green smoothie you will notice a massive increase in the amount of energy you have.

Weight loss.  Increasing the number of fruit and vegetables you eat in a day gives you body an opportunity to shed excess fat and water weight built up from toxins stored in the body. 

Weight gain.  If you are trying to gain weight, it is much easier to add a filling green smoothie to your existing diet and drink your extra calories that you need to put on weight.

Reduce junk food cravings: When you increase the amount of healthy foods in your diet and decrease the unhealthy foods you will naturally stop craving junk food and crave more of the same healthy food.  You may find yourself adding more fruit during the day when you start eating more healthily.

Better skin: The increased fluids and power of natural foods in your diet will hydrate your skin and reduce your wrinkles and improve acne problems making you look younger.

Reduce the risk of serious diseases:  It is well known that one way of preventing cancer and heart disease is to increase the number of fruit and vegetables in your diet.  The more green smoothies you drink, the lower your risk.

Boost immune system: Incorporating green smoothies into your diet will help boost your resistance to colds, flu and other bugs and feel generally amazing. After having a cold or the flu all winter long, I didn’t have a single bug for 3 years after introducing green smoothies to my diet.

Improve your digestion: enjoy the detox and get your intestines off to a flying start today. Chronic IBS has been known to clear up after these changes in diet occur.  One thing is for sure, a green smoothie is guaranteed to get everything moving in the morning.

Whatever health complaint you are suffering from, diet can have a dramatic effect on the severity of your symptoms.  Try one green smoothie a day for the next week and notice the difference in your own health. While you're at it, green up the rest of your kitchen with Bayes organic cleaning supplies!  You'll see and feel the difference in no time!

Easy Green Energy Saving Tips for Staying Warm During Winter!

It may not be very cold now, but winter is coming and we want to leave you with some energy saving tips to staying warm in the winter.  You not only want to save money on your heating bill, but also to make sure your mark on the environment is a small as possible. That can be hard for many when you're cold and just want to be warm.  Check out these ideas and see think of which ones will work best for you and your family. 

Set Your Thermostat: Set the thermostat to 68°F when you’re at home and awake, and lower it when you’re asleep or away.  Each degree that you lower your thermostat cuts your heating bill by 3 to 5 percent.  Turn the temperature down further at night and when you’re away for more than four hours.  

Wear Your Warmth:  Clothing is one of the most efficient forms of insulation.  Wear a sweater and thick socks around the house.  Long underwear keeps you toasty and can be found in smart fabrics that are light and non-bulky. Keep house shoes and slippers close by to keep your feet warm as well. 

Let the Sun Shine In: Open the drapes and shutters on sunny days to help warm your home. Close the drapes at night to help insulate the house from the cold outside air.

Clean or Replace Your Furnace Filter: Inspect, clean, or change your system’s air filters regularly (monthly), following manufacturers’ instructions.  Dirty filters hamper airflow and overwork the furnace.

Tune up Your Furnace: A heating system can waste up to 50% of the energy it uses if it’s not operating efficiently. Gas furnaces should ideally be tuned up every two years.  A simple tune-up can improve a furnace’s efficiency by 5%, saving about 9 therms of gas per year, with a corresponding drop in emissions.

Close Fireplace Dampers: For safety, be sure the fire is out and the ashes are cold before closing a damper. Consider installing a glass door because the fireplace is a major source for heat loss in the home.  Try not to use the fireplace and heating system at the same time. Fire needs oxygen and will draw warm air from the rest of the house and replace it with cold air from outside through any leaks that may exist.

Seal the Cracks: The gaps around the windows and doors of the average American house add up to 10 inches by 10 inches.  Use weather stripping and caulk to seal leaks around windows, doors, heating ducts, and plumbing.  Check any interior utility closets to see if there is cold air coming through them into your home.

At Bayes, it's important to us that you, your family and the environment are taken care of and are healthy.  That's why we developed our extensive line of organic home cleaning products that are not only safe, but beneficial for your home.  Stop by and see what we have for you!

Stay warm!

Granite Counter Tops: Why They A Great Choice for a Green Kitchen

There are a lot of choices out there when it comes to counter top options and the information can be overwhelming.  You want something that is environmentally conscious and able to stand the different stressors that kitchen use usually involves. But today, we want to encourage you to choose granite counter tops.

Here are three reasons why granite counter tops are a great choice for kitchens everywhere. 

1) Durable - Granite Countertops are one of the best types of countertops for any home. The abuse from children, heat or other elements found in the kitchen or bathroom will not be able to harm your granite countertops. Granite is a hard, durable surface that has already survived many of the elements on earth today. It is very hard to scratch granite and granite will not burn.

2) Uniqueness - Granite Countertops can easily update or freshen the look of any home. Each granite countertop slab is unlike the next. Although there are many granite slabs of the same granite color -- slab color can still vary in pattern, lightness or darkness of color, or veining. Your granite countertops will be unique to your home, easily matching your decor and being the envy of your guests.

3) Affordable - With us, we are not just a granite countertop installer -- we import, distribute, custom fabricate and install the granite countertops for your kitchen. This entire process cuts out any middle man or subcontractor, allowing us to give you the most discounts on your granite countertops. Granite Countertops used to cost many thousand dollars for just one simple kitchen remodel, but as the times have changed, the average granite countertops kitchen costs around or under $2000. 

On top of that, we at Bayes, have made it so that these great counter tops are incredibly easy to clean! Our organic counter top cleaner both efficiently cleans and gently conditions the counter tops to keep it in the best condition possible.  We hope you found this helpful and can't wait to be a part of your green home!