8 Aug 2010

Sugar can be a drug

sugar, drug, medicine, health
Reducing sugar consumption intensified recently campaigned related risks of obesity and diabetes are caused. But sugar is not always dangerous because the sugar can also be a drug.

Excerpted from Health, Thursday (08/05/2010), here are some benefits of sugar that could be drugs:

1. Healing the wounds
Zimbabwean society tradition teaches that sugar is a very effective disinfectant. Local people sprinkle with granulated sugar wound open, with the aim that the healing process faster.

Research in the UK has proved capable of pulling sugar fluid around the wound so it does not overgrown with bacteria. The effect was the same as salt, but not causing pains when sown.

2. Pain relief
A research published in the journal Pediatrics reveals sugar solution efficacy in relieving pain in infants during immunization injections received. Most babies are given to drink 1/4 cup of the solution did not cry when injected, due to less pain.

3. Soften rough skin
Sugar is a softener (exfoliant) for natural skin. To soften the damaged skin, use a recipe from The Groove Park Inn Resort & Spa in North Carolina below.

Combine 1/2 cup granulated sugar with 1/4 cup canola oil, add the three drops of lavender essential oil. Use as a scrub, sweep with a circular motion.

4. Keeping the flowers blooming longer
A little extra sugar on the water in the vase can enhance endurance cut flower arrangements. According to Rita Azar, owner of a flower shop in Los Angeles, one teaspoon of sugar is enough to make fresh flowers blooming longer.

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