sugar and iodine

[Mickie Newnam <akelakhan@earthlink.net>]

Sugar does have some natural bacteria-fighting properties.  I learned
this in a dietetics class dealing with critical control points (temps
and such; I'm a prep cook and use that a lot).  That's why often you can
leave foods out like cakes that have been frosted with icing made with
milk, even though milk will normally spoil, because the sugar acts like
a preservative and inhibits bacteria growth.  I'd forgotten about using
it on wounds, though.  I think I read that in "Equus" or somewhere but
my brain is too cluttered to remember many details.
Mickie


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