Sunglasses, towels, pillows and another 17 products you usually wear and did not know that they have an expiration date

Do you always check the expiration date of your food?Great, but you are leaving other products that you must check because maybe they have expired: toothbrushes, sports shoes, soaps, medications...

Here are a list of everyday objects that you surely did not know that they had an expiration date.

one.Sunscreen

According to the Mayo Clinic, most solar creams lose their effectiveness after 3 years.As is normal to buy a cream and not exhaust it at all during a summer, before reusing it years later, take a look at its expiration date.If you have no date, try to remember when you bought it or do not take risks and acquire a new.

2.Toothbrush

Like other products of this list, using an expired toothbrush is counterproductive because it has lost its effectiveness to clean teeth.

"When you do not change your brush within the recommended time margin, its bristles end up worn, twisted," explains Dentist Inna Chern, of the General Dentistry of New York."Sounded bristles are less effective to remove the plate and food remains from your teeth".

That margin of time referred to by the expert is 3-4 months.After that time (and especially if you notice the worn brush), it was time to buy a substitute.

3.Tea bags

If you are a tea drinker or other occasional infusions, you may have more bags than normal.It is not harmful to drink expired tea, but after 2 years he loses much of his qualities and benefits.A way to extend life time is to put the sachets in the fridge.

4.Bath towel

If one of your towels has been named for so long that you have almost named him, Huélela before using it to dry.If it smells like mold, or if you have not noticing that it is difficult to absorb water, the time has come to retire it.

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The expiration date of a bath towel is usually 2 years old, but remains attentive to the signals above because its absence of effectiveness may appear before.

"Because the towels are used daily and also frequent.

5.Sunglasses

No, the sunglasses do not have a label with an expiration date, but look for a replacement if you notice, by discomfort in your eyes, which every time they protect you less.It is important that you do not disregard any signal in this regard, since some little effective sunglasses will not be able to protect you from ultraviolet rays, possible cancer or cataract.

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According to a study published in Biomedical Engineering Online, "it is reasonable to have to replace sunglasses every 2 years".Likewise, look if they have begun to form scratches.

6.Current Straps or Length

The more you use a strip, the less effective this will be to absorb electricity, and the more possibilities there will be a fire (or that you spend more energy than you should).They do not usually have expiration dates, but the deadline for their guarantee is a good indicative of when it would have to make a change.

7.Pillows

Even if you do not notice, night after night the pillows absorb your dead skin or your body fat.So even if you follow the recommendations, tricks or tips to wash a pillow, these elements will end up making a mella in their quality.

If the pillow has lost consistency or begins to smell "weird", play replacement."Look at the foam of the pillow has a lumpy texture, or, if you have one of feathers, consider it retire it if you have to soften it enough until you feel comfortable in it," add experts from The Sleep Foundation.

8.Medicines

If luckily you have good health and you only take your medication every 4 or 5 months, it is possible that if you open the Tepes Teppes with bottles and boxes that have been inside years.Check out your expiration dates.Not only can it be dangerous to take an expired medication, but it could also have stopped being effective.

There are more risks to take into account: "Certain expired medications are in danger of bacterial growth, while other antibiotics could fail to treat infections, which would lead to more serious states of a disease," warns the administration of medicines and food and food.

9.Children's seats

Yes, the seats that keep your children safe in cars have an expiration date, and usually find or under the seat or to the side.

The normal thing is that the expiration date is between 6 and one0 years, so the seat should last throughout your child's first stage, or the younger family member.But don't use it years later for another occasion.

Keep in mind that if your car has suffered accidents, these collisions will shorten the expiration date of the seats.

one0.The kitchen sponge

Although you wash your kitchen sponge daily, think that this is spent its "working day" dealing with dirt and food remains.In the long run, sponge is less effective, accumulates more dirt and can end up generating bacteria such as salmonella, according to a study published in Scientific Reports.

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To make sure whether your sponge should already withdraw, huélela or look at them if you fall pieces little by little.

Even if it is apparently perfect, a used kitchen sponge every day should be replaced a week.

oneone.Batteries

The batteries begin to exhaust as soon as they are produced, so pay much about the date you will find in them, regardless of whether their package has not been opened for a long time.

one2.Your sports shoes

The mission of your running footwear is to absorb the constant impact of the foot against the ground.Expired shoes can not only look aesthetic;When you do not protect you, you have more chances of injuries or suffer from pains even some time after doing a little sport.

In this case, the expiration date is not temporary, but spatial: replace your footwear after traveling 3twenty-480 kilometers.Or look for a replacement when its interior begins to wear down and even break.

"Maybe you can travel 640-800 kilometers, but the risk of suffering an injury will increase," warns Kyle Stump, owner of the Fleet Fleet Shooter store in Delray Beach (Florida).

one3.Paintwork

Are you going to paint your face and plan to use the paint boats again?If they have been open for 2-4 years, you better buy new paintings.In case you have not opened the boat in question, this can last between one0-one5 years.Anyway, distrust if you open it and see that it has some mold or that has very solid parts.

one4.Lotions and creams

Lotions and creams usually last 2 years after their first use.After that time, they not only lose their effectiveness, but they can become a nest of bacteria that you will unconsciously apply in your skin.

one5.Spices

Although the spices do not usually have an expiration date, they lose flavor or power after a few years.This invisible countdown will become shorter if the spices were not properly covered.

Anar Allidina dietitian recommends replacing spices between 6 months and the year of purchase.

one6.Insect repellent

If you throw all possible spray to the invading mosquito on duty, but it survives and makes you the impossible night, it is time to throw the bottle in the trash.The normal thing is that these repellent lose effectiveness 2 years after their manufacturing date.In this sense, when you buy a new one, make sure it is no longer very old.

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one7.Vitamins

Although vitamins usually have very clear expiration date in their containers, it is usually overlooked because visually it does not seem that the pill has spoiled.It is not that it is dangerous to take one when it has expired, but what will happen is that almost all the nutrients you need will have already lost.

Dr. Shanna Levine, from Goals Healthcare, explains that vitamins remain effective up to 2 years after the date of the container, but that to ensure that extra time you have to save them to a good collection: avoid exposing them at high temperatures, which give them thesun or that are at the mercy of moisture.

one8.Hair brush

In this case, an expired brush can be detrimental to your hair: "The remains of dead hair or other elements that remain in the spikes can irritate your scalp, and that can originate redness, itching or entries," explains TsipporaShainhouse, from the Skinsafe skin dermatology and care center.

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As with toothbrushes, pay attention to sows.If they are bristled or worn, it's time to throw the brush.To take care of health, experts recommend a replacement every 6 months or every year.

one9.Soap

By having as a mission to clean your skin, you can think that a soap will always be unpolluted.However, it is recommended to replace the soap tablet after 3 years or when they begin to see fissures.

twenty.Wooden kitchen utensils

Wooden spoons and forks are usually popular utensils, but that causes to be replaced more frequently.The more you use them, the faster they deteriorate.You can try to extend their lives by washing them with mineral oil or using sandpaper to remove their stains.

However, everything ends up having an end."Wooden spoons in the long run are broken or dried because they are always exposed to intense temperature changes," explain New Hampshire Bowl and Board experts."When you see that they are breaking, drying or fissures, you have to look for a replacement".