DISPENSARY CORNER 3 Dec 15
December 3, 2015
SMILE like a crocodile.
While you never want to
find yourself on the pointy
end of them, crocodile teeth
have another use in the health
education arena.
Queensland Health staff in
the Torres Strait are using an
innovative educational crocodile
puppet named Bala to promote
good dental hygiene among
children in the region.
Bala the toothy crocodile
and his puppet colleagues Totol the
turtle, the leopard shark Twins
and Sugu the wise elder octopus
set about teaching children how
to brush their teeth correctly and
maintain good dental hygiene.
FLATULENT foods are fabulous!
Or so our esteemed CSIRO tells
us, explaining that the production
of gas means that your body is
hosting the right kinds of bacteria.
To encourage these ‘good’ bugs
– known as our microbiome – we
need to eat fibre, said CSIRO Food
and Nutrition Head of the Gut
Health and Nutrition Group, Dr
Trevor Lockett.
“Fermentable components of
dietary fibre have a critical role in
feeding the gut microbiome.
“This part of fibre is fermented
mostly to short chain fatty acids, a
process which creates gas.”
Locket was presenting to
colleagues at the 2015 National
Scientific Conference of the
Australian Society for Medical
Research held in Adelaide, South
Australia last week.
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