Sunday, January 30, 2005

ramble jumble

Apparently, Listerine is bad for you. Appears that it contains a kind of chemical that is present in petrol (b, pls verify since u r the chemical engineer here..) .

A cheaper way is to use salt and water.


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My dear grandma is so adorable. She said we r going to bencoolen street to buy mushrooms. She ended up giving offering to an Indian temple and the Chinese one as well... oh yeah..and of course dragging me along.

Oh well, after the mushrooms..she decided that we should go OG to look at shoes. For the first time, my grandmother got FRUSTRATED at me..because i wasnt interested in any of shoes! YES, she got anxious abt me hving no shoes... dionk..

I saw another side of my grandma when she pointed out this retro blue shoes that she said she liked. Oh yeah, not forgetting the high heels that i can literally see grandma putting on them and running in them (just like carrie in sex n the city).....well, in her younger days anyway.

What about the pics of her and her 2 other sisters... All in retro dresses (they shld hv saved those dress, i am sure they r in fashion now). And looking at baby pictures of my mother and baby version of my uncles n aunties...


Wonder what will be in fashion when we r in our 60s then? *wink*







9 comments:

Benji said...

Well... Listerine contains about 26.7% of alcohol and 2 of the active ingredients used are phenol derivatives which could be the chemical you're talking about found in petrol.. but in their case.. the ingredients derived are plant extracts and for most of the active ingredients, in their individual form are used as food preservatives. Answers your question?

daphne said...

interesting..

well, whatever the case is.. dentist asked me not to use it...mmm

daphne said...

interesting..

well, whatever the case is.. dentist asked me not to use it...mmm

Benji said...

There was a cancer controversy over the use of listerine but there is no evidence that its properties as a solvent, mainly because of the 26.9% (in regular Listerine) alcohol, causes an easier reception of carcinogens. In other words, repeated use of Listerine does not increase the chance of oral cancer. Both the American Dental Association (ADA) and the United States National Cancer Institute (NCI) agree that the alcohol contained in antiseptic mouthrinse is safe and not a factor in oral cancers.

daphne said...

well, i checked the rest of the mouth rinses in the market..even oral B contains alcohol..i guess it depends on the amount in it?

According to the dentist, it seems that listerine can be too strong as well, stripping the gum...and making it vulnerable to bleeding

daphne said...

well, i checked the rest of the mouth rinses in the market..even oral B contains alcohol..i guess it depends on the amount in it?

According to the dentist, it seems that listerine can be too strong as well, stripping the gum...and making it vulnerable to bleeding

Benji said...

pretty much so... but I would reckon that the others would have roughly the same percentage of alcohol in them. But alcohol in most respect has been used to disinfect.. well.. in anything there is you need to disinfect..

daphne said...

yes..that reminds me of a certain bbq wire mesh that we used....

Benji said...

not to mention that we wasted half a can of beer just for that... sheesh.. luckily salvage the other half for personal comsumption... hhehehe..

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