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Lockdown dental tip 💡 DO NOT FORGET YOUR TONGUE!

A healthy and clean tongue is key to preventing serious conditions such as gum disease and tooth decay, as well as lesser ailments such as bad breath.

Plaque can easily build up on your tongue.

Gently brush your tongue every time you brush your teeth! ...

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4 days ago

IGNORE THIS FAKE HEALTH ADVICE YOU MAY HAVE SEEN ON THE INTERNET ⚠️

We live in a social media age. Whilst this can often be a blessing, it can also often create fake news and health advice that can potentially have the opposite effect.

❌ 𝐄𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

World Health Organization (WHO) - "a healthy food that may have some antimicrobial properties", there's no evidence that eating garlic can protect people from the new Coronavirus.

❌ 𝐌𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭

Last year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned about the dangers to health of drinking a miracle mineral supplement. Health authorities in other countries have also issued alerts about it.

The FDA says it "is not aware of any research showing that these products are safe or effective for treating any illness". It warns that drinking them can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea and symptoms of severe dehydration.

❌ 𝐃𝐈𝐘 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝-𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐫

Professor Sally Bloomfield, at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, says she does not believe you could make an effective product for sanitising hands at home - even vodka only contains 40% alcohol.

For cleaning surfaces, the CDC says most common household disinfectants should be effective.

❌ 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐫

There's clear advice from the US health authorities that there's no evidence this type of silver solution is effective for any health condition. More importantly, it could cause serious side effects including kidney damage, seizures and argyria - a condition that makes your skin turn blue.

❌ 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟓-𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬

Professor Trudie Lang at the University of Oxford says there is "no biological mechanism" that would support the idea that you can just wash a respiratory virus down into your stomach and kill it.

Infections like Coronaviruses enter the body via the respiratory tract when you breathe in. Some of them might go into your mouth, but even constantly drinking water isn't going to prevent you from catching the virus.

❌ 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦

Outside the body, "to actively kill the virus you need temperatures of around 60 degrees [Celsius]", says Professor Bloomfield - far hotter than any bath.

Washing bed linen or towels at 60c is a good idea, as this can kill any viruses in the fabric. But it's not a good option for washing your skin.

Thank you to BBC News for this information. Please read the full-article here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-51735367 ...

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