Copper socks? Don’t laugh–it could be a trend
Copper socks…strange fashion choice, or an idea whose time has come?
Researchers in Chile (the world’s largest copper producer) believe socks infused with copper thread just might be an effective way to control foot fungus.
The reason: Copper happens to be a natural bacteria fighter –-a quality that might help solve three important problems.
1) Dwindling fish populations
According to Reuters, one of the Chilean copper experiments is testing copper sponge filters to protect farmed salmon from bacteria and fungi, reducing the need to treat the fish with antibiotics. Which brings us to…
2) Antibiotic resistance
Widespread use of copper filters in fish farms might significantly reduce levels of antibiotics humans pick up from food sources. And antibiotic resistance is the source of another ominous health problem…
3) MRSA control
Apparently copper might even help hospitals manage the spread of MRSA–the hyper-aggressive bacterium that’s resistant to most antibiotics.
Copper socks? Interesting.
Copper to control antibiotic resistance? Good one! Let’s get to work on that.
Oh…just one more thing
I can’t remember when I got more mail about one letter. And that letter is “c.”
Recently, I told you how drinking tea that’s 70 degrees or higher may increase esophageal cancer risk.
And as Guyna, John, and a ton of you wrote in to say, 70 degrees is just about room temperature, which would not seem to be at all dangerous.
And it’s not.
I left out the critical letter “C,” of course. And 70 degrees Celsius equals 158 degrees Fahrenheit.
As Paris Hilton might say, “Now THAT’S hot.”
To Your Good Health,
Jenny Thompson
