HOW BAD IS IT?

Straight answers to those scratch-your-head questions

To give bones to your dog

We assume dogs can easily eat and chew on animal bones and is quite natural to them. But giving dogs raw or cooked bones of chicken, or of any other animal is a bad idea. Veterinary clinician, Dr. Pranav Raj Joshi says, “Every year during the festival season, we have at least one major case in veterinary hospitals and clinics which is caused by bones that were given to dogs. The bones create problems like oral ulceration, anal ulceration, and even serious problems such as intestinal perforation, where the sharp bone creates holes and wounds in the internal digestive organs, and lodging of bones, where the bones get stuck and jam the intestines in dogs.”

To keep charging your phone after it hits 100%

You may think that leaving your phone plugged in after it’s fully charged will weaken the battery life, but our phone is actually much smarter than we think. The battery stops accepting the charge once it reaches its full capacity, says Bikki Gartaula, founder of Techno Nepal Infosys. What does actually shorten the battery’s life span is when we keep on using them at low levels of charge or let the battery deplete completely.

To put food that’s still hot in the fridge

It’s always best to let really hot food cool down in water before you put them in the fridge, so that the food does not remain at high temperatures for long. Nutritionist Dhiraj Karki from Nepal Technical Assistance Group says, “The only thing to worry about is whether the hot food will cool off quickly enough to reach a safe temperature once it’s in the refrigerator.” The main idea is to prevent germs from forming in them. He further says, “It’s not bad to keep hot food in the fridge as long as you make sure they cool down soon. So make sure you do not use deep and thick containers for hot food in refrigerators. Instead, place the hot food in shallow containers so that they cool down quickly.”

To use body lotion on your face

It’s true that a lot of the body lotions contain certain ingredients not exactly fit for application on our faces, but then it’s not the end of the world says Dr. Shraddha Pradhan Gorkhali, Dermatologist at Grande International Hospital. However, she adds “The skin on our face is quite thin compared to other body parts, especially around the eyes. So our face is definitely more sensitive and susceptible to allergies or other problems. It is best to understand our skin type, and identify any ingredients in the lotion that may not be fit for our skin type.”