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The Fascinating Gases that Surround You & Is Everyone Addicted to Something?

2024/9/16
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Mike Carruthers: 本期节目讨论了某些饮料对牙齿的损害，以及如何预防。还探讨了气体的特性，成瘾行为的定义和表现，以及驾驶时穿鞋的安全性。 Mark Miodownik: 气体是生命维持系统的重要组成部分，对现代科技发展至关重要。他详细解释了气体的特性，例如甲烷和蒸汽，以及它们在日常生活和工业中的应用。他还讨论了对燃气灶的禁令，以及燃气灶燃烧不完全可能产生的有害气体。 Talitha Fosch: 成瘾的定义是使用外部事物来改变自身感受，任何事物都可能成瘾。她解释了行为成瘾（如社交媒体成瘾、购物成瘾）与物质成瘾的区别，并建议完全戒断30天来观察自身状况，并探讨潜在的心理问题。

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Acidic drinks like soft drinks, fruit juices, sports drinks, some herbal teas, and seltzers can erode tooth enamel. Using a straw, rinsing your mouth with water or mouthwash after drinking, and avoiding brushing immediately after can help minimize damage.
  • Dental erosion is caused by acidic drinks.
  • Soft drinks, fruit and sports drinks, some herbal teas, lime-flavored beer, and seltzer fruit drinks are major culprits.
  • Using a straw can help minimize damage.
  • Rinsing your mouth with water or mouthwash after drinking can help protect teeth.
  • Brushing immediately after consuming acidic drinks can worsen enamel erosion.

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Some very popular drinks turn out to be really bad for your teeth. This episode begins with that list of drinks, what they do to your teeth and some strategies to help you minimize the damage if you are going to drink them. https://news.uthscsa.edu/more-u-s-teeth-susceptible-to-silent-enamel-eating-syndrome/)

We are surrounded by gases - oxygen, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, natural gas, steam. Gases are everywhere. They fill our lungs, power our movement, create stars, and warm our atmosphere. As important as they are (we wouldn’t be here without them) they are the least understood materials in our world. But you are about to understand them much better as you listen to my guest, Mark Miodownik. He is a professor of materials and society at University College London and author of the book It's A Gas: The Sublime and Elusive Elements That Expand Our World (https://amzn.to/3XDpcjX).)

People often say they are addicted to their phones or to shopping, or to social media or that their kids are addicted to video games. But are these things really addictions or just something to do when you have time to kill? What’s the harm of scrolling through social media or playing Candy Crush, or going shopping even if you don’t really need anything? That is what Talitha Fosh is here to discuss. Talitha is a psychotherapist who works primarily with addiction and she is author of the book, Hooked: Why we are addicted and how to break free (https://amzn.to/3XDW8sq).)

You should wear shoes when you drive. But not just any shoes. Some shoes are well-suited for driving and others are potentially quite dangerous. And what about driving barefoot? Listen as I sort this all out and tell you which shoes are the best to wear when you drive. https://www.rd.com/list/shoes-shouldnt-wear-driving/)

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