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1. Don't drink soft drink.
If you do drink soft drink, don't drink any that has fructose in it (yeah, good luck with finding any).
Fructose, chemically speaking, is a sugar. But it's not table sugar. Table sugar is known as 'sucrose', and fructose makes up half of it. The other half is dextrose, otherwise known as glucose.
When something sweet hits your tongue, your body goes "something sweet! That means sugar!" It immediately dials up some insulin to help digest that sugar. However, glucose is also used to digest the fructose; when the glucose isn't there (ie, in soft drinks, especially Coca-Cola) the insulin arrives, and the glucose isn't there to give it a hand. So the body has to produce more and more insulin to get the job done, and the fructose hangs around in the body for longer before being digested.
All of which is not good for you.
Note that as artificial sweeteners are also not susceptible to being digested by insulin, they also cause a problem. So steer clear of them, too.
Despite what popular myth has been saying for decades, plain sugar is actually the healthiest sweetener for you. If you need something sweetened, use actual sugar.
2. If you are stung by a wasp or a bee or a hornet, there is a simple remedy for the pain and swelling.
There is a powder used in cooking called meat tenderiser. It should be readily available in any supermarket. When you, or someone you know, is stung by a venomous insect, put a little meat tenderiser in the palm of your hand, and moisten it into a paste. Apply the paste to the site of the sting; ensure that some actually gets into the entry spot (if a bee sting, remove the stinger first). If you've done it right, the pain should start going away almost immediately, and the swelling within minutes.
I can vouch for this; I have had it used on me, and the relief was immediate.
It works, as far as I can tell, because meat tenderiser is designed to break down protein. Wasp, bee and hornet stings are enzymes, which are a form of protein. The meat tenderiser will not harm you, but it will cheerfully attack the venom at the site of the sting, and break it down before it can spread too far into the body.
If you do drink soft drink, don't drink any that has fructose in it (yeah, good luck with finding any).
Fructose, chemically speaking, is a sugar. But it's not table sugar. Table sugar is known as 'sucrose', and fructose makes up half of it. The other half is dextrose, otherwise known as glucose.
When something sweet hits your tongue, your body goes "something sweet! That means sugar!" It immediately dials up some insulin to help digest that sugar. However, glucose is also used to digest the fructose; when the glucose isn't there (ie, in soft drinks, especially Coca-Cola) the insulin arrives, and the glucose isn't there to give it a hand. So the body has to produce more and more insulin to get the job done, and the fructose hangs around in the body for longer before being digested.
All of which is not good for you.
Note that as artificial sweeteners are also not susceptible to being digested by insulin, they also cause a problem. So steer clear of them, too.
Despite what popular myth has been saying for decades, plain sugar is actually the healthiest sweetener for you. If you need something sweetened, use actual sugar.
2. If you are stung by a wasp or a bee or a hornet, there is a simple remedy for the pain and swelling.
There is a powder used in cooking called meat tenderiser. It should be readily available in any supermarket. When you, or someone you know, is stung by a venomous insect, put a little meat tenderiser in the palm of your hand, and moisten it into a paste. Apply the paste to the site of the sting; ensure that some actually gets into the entry spot (if a bee sting, remove the stinger first). If you've done it right, the pain should start going away almost immediately, and the swelling within minutes.
I can vouch for this; I have had it used on me, and the relief was immediate.
It works, as far as I can tell, because meat tenderiser is designed to break down protein. Wasp, bee and hornet stings are enzymes, which are a form of protein. The meat tenderiser will not harm you, but it will cheerfully attack the venom at the site of the sting, and break it down before it can spread too far into the body.
