The cornea is the front layer of your eye, a transparent membrane. Corneal damage is the most common eye damage. How does corneal damage occur? Corneal damage can occur in various ways, for example by sand in your eye, rubbing the eye hard, a sharp nail or a branch. Usually the damage occurs imme

Your ears are more vulnerable than you think. The safe limit to which your hearing may be exposed is eighty decibels. Regular noise above that limit can lead to hearing damage. In an average pub, the noise level is 90dB. At most concerts, the meter easily goes up to 110dB. If youre standing in fron

You hope youre dragging your travel pharmacy with you for nothing, but in an emergency, the supplies can come in handy. 1. Plasters An accident just happened. By having plasters on hand, you can quickly cover small wounds. 2. Blister plasters Especially during a city trip or walking holiday, more

Rice cakes are known as a responsible snack (because it is fat-free and low in calories), but there are also sounds that they are toxic. How about? Rice cake healthy? This is in it An average roll of rice cakes (100 grams) contains: • 14 rice cakes of 28 calories each• Brown rice (and sea salt)•

How big your meal should be depends, among other things, on your physique and how active you are. This is a handy guideline. Your main course Consists of several products from this checklist. Contains on average about 400-700 kcal. Contains at least 150 grams of vegetables. Contains up to 100 g o

For years, the advice was to eat a maximum of two eggs a week. You now also hear many other sounds. Today we know that it is not all bad to eat an egg more often. Eggs contain many healthy nutrients:proteins, minerals and vitamins, such as vitamin B12, important for your nervous system and the pro

Paracetamol is one of the best-selling painkillers in the world. The paracetamol not only soothes the pain, it also affects your empathy. This is probably because our empathy is regulated in the same brain region as physical pain. A paracetamol would therefore not only affect pain, but at the same

Raw chicken will keep in the freezer for about nine months. Sometimes the chicken in the freezer can get white spots earlier or turn white. Can you still eat the chicken? The white spots on chicken are freezer burn. The structure of the meat is then affected by the evaporation of ice crystals on th

A few years ago there was a campaign to promote hygiene in the kitchen. That may sound strange and the reactions were not all positive. Yet the subject is not so crazy. Good hygiene in the kitchen keeps the kitchen fresh, it prevents bad odors and it can prevent a food infection. Do the dishes im

With an inflamed joint, throbbing pain or a cut, you sometimes not only feel the pain, but you are also overcome by nausea. Why is that? How come? When you are in a lot of pain, adrenaline is released into your body. Your heart beats faster, your muscles tense and your blood pressure rises. Someti

How do you fight jet lag? We have collected our tips for you. 1. Pick up the rhythm of your new time zone immediately Try to pick up the daily rhythm of that time zone immediately after arriving (or returning). Do you arrive in the morning? Then dont take an afternoon nap and try to go to sleep aft

The Nijmegen Four Days Marches starts tomorrow. Some final tips for hikers. 1. Drink enough You should always drink enough, but during this edition it promises to get warm on some days. Drinking enough is even more important. Research shows that some participants are satisfied with 2 liters a day,

Walking barefoot has several health benefits. Want to practice in the wild? There are more and more barefoot paths. We have listed a few for you. Read also: What are the benefits of walking barefoot? What is a barefoot path? Barefoot paths are specially made for walking barefoot. And those are not

In Santé you can read 15 ways for extra mental power. One of the tips is the breath of fire. Here we tell you what it is and how to apply it. Breath of fire comes from yoga. Place your right hand on your stomach. Breathe in forcefully through your nose and feel your belly fill. Exhale forcefully th

Do you regularly switch between your reading glasses and your sunglasses when the weather is nice in the garden? That will no longer be necessary. Babsee releases three models of sunglasses that incorporate the strength of reading glasses. Its an idea from Babs Struben, who got the idea when she sa

Healthy food? How difficult is that and what exactly counts when it comes to healthy nutrients? Check out our checklist of guidelines. For more than a year, the Nutrition Center launched the renewed Wheel of Five, the guidelines for healthy nutrition. One of the most important things:variety. With

With the summer approaching, we are just a little more aware of our sniffing behaviour. Snitch is human, writes Jet in her new column. Includes a snack tip. Click on the column to enlarge it. Read all of Jets columns back. Are you curious about the next column? You can read it from Tuesday 20 Jun

Have you enjoyed the sun the past few days? Research shows that we could actually use a lesson in the sun, because not all of us are well informed about the sun and its power. The difference between UVA and UVB 72 percent of the Dutch do not know the difference between UVA and UVB radiation. There

In the July issue of Santé you can read the story of Santés Shirley. She has been taking the pill for five years without taking a break. How (un)healthy is it to swallow the pill? You can read in the article from page 32 what the benefits actually are. It probably comes as no surprise after reading

You have undoubtedly seen them:Asian tourists with a mouth cap. Exaggerated, or do these people have a good point? Air quality An ENT doctor informs de Volkskrant that there are actually few people in the Netherlands who experience acute problems due to particulate matter. The air quality here is a