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Have you ever bought shoes and then found later that they appear quite tight…and despite everything the salesperson had told you about how the shoes will ‘expand’, it’s just not happening? Or perhaps, you find that when you buy shoes for your children the same happens and so, you are now consistently buying ‘Obi’s big shoes’ 😀 Well, this article is for you. It tells you when to buy and how to buy!

8 tips for buying shoes that are good to your feet http://www.health.harvard.edu/healthbeat/8-tips-for-buying-shoes-that-are-good-to-your-feet

How’s the first work day of the year, going??? Make it work, people 😀

Q: Dr please, remind me how to make yoghurt in small quantity and which milk is good for its preparation. Is it liquid or powdered milk? Thanks

Q: Good morning Doc. Welcome to 2016. Please, how do I prepare fruit juice with…water melon, banana, apple, milk and orange?

A: Hello dear, it does sound like you’re planning a major fruit cocktail! It sounds yummy-delicious!

Okay, here goes.

Wash all the fruits first.

If you have a smoothie maker:

Cut up the water melon and remove the juicy fruit from the hard back.

If your smoothie maker is big enough, it can take a whole apple; if not cut up the apple into quarters. You don’t have to remove the seeds from the water melon or the core from the apple. The smoothie maker deals with all that for you 😀

Feed the water melon and apples to the smoothie maker. Collect the juice in a jug and keep aside.

Juice your orange manually or in an orange juicer. Add the juice to the melon and apple juice.

Then get a blender. Cut up your bananas and add the juice, a little at a time until the bananas are all blended. Then add the rest of the juice. The consistency will be either thick (if you have a lot of bananas) or watery (like the consistency of juice if there is more juice than bananas).

Now, I would not add milk to this. I would prefer to have this just like described above. If you want a milky drink, cut up some bananas and blend it up with some milk. That’s another yummy drink, right there!

If you do not have a smoothie maker, cut up the water melon and remove the juicy fruit from the hard back. Remove the seeds from the water melon and the core from the apple. Make the orange juice by manually squeezing it or juicing it. Use the orange juice as the liquid to blend the water melon and apple. Finally add the bananas and whizz it all

For yoghurt and other milky recipes, please click on this link:

https://chatwithdrketch.com/2015/11/21/daily-health-tips-that-yoghurt-recipe/

The recipe describes how to make yoghurt using either powdered milk or bottled milk.

Have a great weekend, people 😀

Hello family! How have you all been? I trust you have all had a merry and festive Christmas and Eid El Maulud celebrations. It is a season when people do have to stay in each other’s faces as people travel all over to spend time with family.

To help interactions happen happily, I decided to go along my post of yesterday and discuss bad breath.

Q: Dr. how can one deal with the issue of bad breath? Thank you.

A: This is a very frequent question and so I have decided to revisit it today.

Bad breath, also called halitosis, may be as a result of poor hygiene habits, eating strong smelling foods or could be a sign of other medical conditions.

If adequate dental hygiene is not maintained, food particles can remain in our mouths, encouraging bacterial growth bacteria in our mouths can break down food particles and raise a serious stink. Proper dental hygiene habits includes:

Brushing your teeth twice a day (this sounds like a ‘no-brainer’ but the right technique is important. Mentally divide your mouth into four quadrants and spend at least 30 seconds on each quadrant. This way, you spend a minimum of 2 minutes brushing)

Brushing your tongue (if you finish brushing and you can still see all that whitish residue on your tongue, you haven’t done a good job. Some of the smell comes from there. Some tooth brushes come with a tongue scraper at the back of the brush…use that. If not, buy one or just use your brush)

Flossing your teeth every day. Ask for this in your local super markets. This gets rid of the food particles between your teeth where your tooth brush can’t reach.

Using a mouth wash can also help the prevention of mouth odour.

Eating strong smelling foods like onions and garlic could also cause mouth odour which may not be taken care of by brushing. This is because these ‘foods’ are absorbed into the blood stream and excreted through the lungs. So, the smell will persist until excretion is complete. The small can be masked with mouth wash etc

Disease conditions that can lead to bad breath include mouth infections, Diabetes Mellitus, sinus infection etc.

Other conditions like use of tobacco (chewing or smoking), some drugs and dry mouth (which is the reason for morning breath :D) are also culprits.

Prevention is focused on the tips given above and ensuring that you visit your dentist at least twice a year, brushing at least twice a day (if not after every meal) with a fluoride tooth paste (remember that fluoride is not recommended for children less than 2-3 years and even then, only a pea size is recommended), change your tooth brush once every three months and drink lots of water.

Let’s keep the pearls shining and the breath smelling really fresh.

Catch the 5-minute version of the bad breath show here: https://chatwithdrketch.com/2014/06/21/dailyt-health-tips-video-bad-breath/

By the way, would you tell a friend, if he/she had bad breath?

I asked that question during one of my shows and most people didn’t want to be the one that causes offence by telling someone that they have bad breath. However, most people also wanted to be told if they had bad breath. So, who will bell the cat? 😀

Did you miss the show? Catch it here and watch me have fun putting OC Ukeje on the hot spot. https://chatwithdrketch.com/2015/05/03/watch-the-dr-ketch-show-episode-on-bad-breath-here/

For another related post, please click here: https://chatwithdrketch.com/2013/09/14/smell-you-later/

Have a great day, y’all 😀