Random videos when you have a sore throat and you remember all the times that you
took for granted random videos you hit the nail on the head with this comment
this is from the sore throat video I also have a sore throat right now I
don't know if you'll be able to tell from my voice but it is a bit croakier
than usual and I was actually thinking this a few days ago when I was eating
some food and every time I was swallowing the food it was hurting me
and I was thinking ah those were the days when I didn't have this sore throat
and I could eat without pain but it will go and I'm looking after it and I'm
following all my own tips I'm pretty much over it nearly now but thank you
comment it really sort of made me reflect on life hey everyone welcome to
another episode of responding to your comments I obviously do you think this
is one of my favorite series to film we're gonna be looking at health
questions we're gonna be looking at fun questions so what are we waiting for let's dive
in London bus visuals 8 hi Abraham I have a concern I don't drink any water a
day as I don't like it and it makes me sick well that's not very good is it
can I have advice please london bus visuals 8 of course you can have advice
that's why I'm here for this is from the how to boost your energy video thank you
for your comment firstly with regard to drinking water I think it's probably one
of the most common questions I get asked in clinic I probably get asked it at
least twice a day maybe even more and the first thing I'm going to say to you
is there is lots of guidance on this there isn't sort of one way to do it but
the first thing that I always look out for any patient when I'm recommending
them how much water to drink is are they fit are they healthy and most
importantly do they have any medical conditions because medical conditions
you need be reducing your water intake and now it's not very common but these are
the sort of things that I check as a health care professional but as long as
you are fit and healthy and you're an adult in the UK we recommend six to
eight glasses of water throughout the day so this is about 1.2 litres
throughout the day however I know in different countries they have different
guidance it's so for example in America I know that they recommend 2litres of water a day
and our bodies have a very good system in keeping us hydrated and also
for example certain factors come into play so what's the temperature like
what are you doing and also are you eating a what are you eating
because our bodies also absorb lots of liquid from the food that we eat and also
from other drinks that we have not just water even caffeinated drinks like
coffee for example I know a lot of people same thing that if you have
coffee or any sort of caffeinated drink your body doesn't absorb the water but
this isn't actually true so if you're having coffee if you're having tea all
of this contains water and your body will absorb the water in it too now a
very easy way to know if you're hydrated is the color of your urine so if it's
clear or if it's the same color as water or even slightly yellow that's a
sign of good hydration where if it's very dark and very concentrated that's a
sign of poor hydration so you need to drinking more water and I know that some
people don't like the taste of water for example our good friend London bus
visuals eight who commented he or she didn't like the taste of water so a good
little tip you can do is add a slice of lime or lemon in your water just to give
it some taste and this has been proven to help increase people's water uptake
so try it in my work for you also remember the water it has no calories
it's completely fine for you it's good for you it has no sugar either and your teeth will
thank you for it thank you for your comment I really hope my tips
help everyone let's go onto next one Shruti R watching this video to sleep
peacefully in history class Shruti R back via comment this is from the how to
sleep faster video but your comment it made me think really first of all why
are you wanting to sleep in history class and and how can you fall asleep in a class
I've never understood that and secondly during class you need to be learning you
need to be getting all that information in your brain so you can use it later on
in life so please don't fall asleep in class and I really doubt you will to
fall asleep in class but what you need to do is you to follow my tips so you're
able to sleep easier at night time and then you'll wake up full of energy and
then even go to class and learn everything and get amazing grades but
thank you can you comment Eddie Stephenson it amazes me the number of folks give an
inhaler without any training in its use only to complain this medicine is not
helping fantastic video Eddie thank you for your comment thank you for this
fantastic comment actually it really got my attention and i think you really hit the
nail on the head with this one this is from the how to use a spacer video and how
to use an inhaler video and it's right if you're not using your inhaler right
you're not getting the right amount of medicine in the right area that's meant
to go so what is it going to mean it's going to mean that your asthma is gonna
be less controlled it's gonna mean you're going to have more exacerbations
so you might even have to go visit hospital more often so we need to learn
to use our inhalers properly because I think 90% of us aren't using our
inhalers properly so we're doing one or two things wrong even though every
single patient thinks that they know everything about inhalers because
they've been using it for 5, 10, 20 years but it's always room for
improvement but also speaking of this a lot of practices now are kind of using my
videos I know this for a fact and they're kind of sending links via text message
or SMS to patients to watch the video and learn more about it because it's
quite difficult to counsel the patient on how to use inhaler in one go because
if I was to sit with a patient in this room lets say for example and explain
to them how to use your inhaler I guarantee you they might take one or two things
and remember it but a lot of that they'll forget and then they will start
using their inhaler wrong and not getting the right amount of medicine into their
lungs which is why video was so useful and which is why I love YouTube so much
because I'm able to put this video on there for other people to watch and
learn and it can rewind it play that bit again and watch it over and over again
until they become inhaler Pro but thank you for your comment I really liked it
once again it looks like we ran out of time I really enjoyed it to write some
of your comments this week and if I missed your comment I am really sorry we
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