Trouble getting rid of dark nail polish?

Whiten your toe nails after wearing dark nail polish.

Mix 1 TBSP of peroxide 

2 1/4 TBSP of baking soda

Apply to toe nails for 5 minutes then wipe off with a damp towel.

Apply Medipod Foot Repair Cream and rub in for 2-minutes massaging into feet.

Medipod Foot Repair Cream a 2-minute a day spa in a tube!

Healthy Feet. Happy Feet.

How to apply the 5 second rule.

1. Faster is better — but it may not be fast enough. Although a piece of food does pick up more bacteria the longer it's on the floor, bacteria can attach to it instantly. So any food that makes contact with the floor can get contaminated if conditions are right. And foods with wet surfaces, like an apple slice, pick up bacteria easily.

1. No need to worry if your floors are clean but if they aren't simply clean your floors with FungiSolve you can be assured the 5 second rule can be applied. 

Home Remedy: Rejuvenate your body in January

A home body detox to get your body rejuvenated for January.

For your feet 2-min a day rub with Medipod Foot Repair Cream

For your body a lemon body scrub ingredients:

1/2 cup of salt

1 TBS of Olive Oil

2 TBS of Lemon Juice

Healthy Feet. Happy Feet.

Babies, Pets and Germs

Don't worry about:

1) Food on the carpet or floors. As long as you clean your floors on a regular basis with FungiSolve for Pets Stuff. The germs that do populate aren't likely to be harmful. If the floor is wet however it is best to remove your baby from the floor. Mold, mildew and bacteria breeds in moist areas.

2) Four-legged family members. We don't encourage your pets to lick your babies face but if they do, don't worry. Studies show they are less likely to become allergic later on to pets in their first year. However uneaten pet food especially when wet, pet toys and half eaten chewed treats must be disinfected with FungiSolve for Pets Stuff or removed as these may make your baby sick.

Biodegradable products

Medipod is a Biodegradible product, it doesn't destroy your clothing or shoes. 

It also is "green" to the earth and non of our products are tested on animals.

Avaliable on www.medipod.co.za

Why should I care about germs?

Mostly if you have pets at home as well as children it is best to try and get rid of as many germs and bacteria that your pets carry around and so preventing your children from getting those particular viruses caused by germs.

Pets carry germs on their coats as well as in their mouths, sometimes it is harder to wash your pets than it is to clean up around them. 

Our quick and easy way to prevent bacteria from spreading to your children is by washing all pet accessories with FungiSolve for Pets Stuff. 

All you have to do is take your pet accessories and linen (if your pets sleep on your beds, wash this linen to) throw them in the washing machine with a capsule of FungiSolve for Pets Stuff and let the machine do the rest. 

This way when your children go to bed at night or pick up the pets toys they will be less likely to pick up any viruses. 

Prevent staph infection at your college dorm

What Is a Staph Infection?

Staph is the shortened name for Staphylococcus (pronounced: staf-uh-low-KAH-kus), a type of bacteria. These bacteria can live harmlessly on many skin surfaces, especially around the nose, mouth, genitals, and anus. But when the skin is punctured or broken for any reason, staph bacteria can enter the wound and cause an infection.

How Do People Get Staph Infections?

In teens, most staph infections are minor skin infections. People with skin problems like burns or eczema may be more likely to get staph skin infections.

People can get staph infections from contaminated objects, but staph bacteria often spread through skin-to-skin contact — the bacteria can be spread from one area of the body to another if someone touches the infected area.

Staph infections can spread from person to person in group living situations (like college dorms). Usually this happens when people with skin infections share things like bed linens, towels, or clothing. Warm, humid environments can contribute to staph infections, so excessive sweating can increase someone's chances of developing an infection.

How To Prevent Staph Infections?

Clean bed linen, bath mats, towels, clothing and any other linen in FungiSolve. Throw it in the wash with one capsule of FungiSolve on cold wash and let the machine do the rest. FungiSolve also removes odour in material if you are prone to excessive sweating.

Prevention of Shigellosis

What Is Shigellosis?

Shigellosis (pronounced: shih-guh-LOW-sus) is an intestinal infection caused by Shigella (pronounced: shih-GEL-uh) bacteria. The bacteria produces toxins that can attack the lining of the large intestine, causing swelling, ulcers on the intestinal wall, and bloody diarrhea. Symptoms can range from just watery diarrhea to bloody diarrhea, fever, and abdominal pain.

Shigella bacteria can contaminate food and water supplies, especially in areas where the sanitation is not adequate. However, most of the time the bacteria are spread when a person comes into contact with another person's stool (poop). That's one of the reasons why it's important to wash your hands after using the restroom. It takes as few as 10 of these bacteria to cause an infection. That means that Shigella bacteria can spread easily within families, schools, child-care centers, nursing homes, and other institutions.

Shigellosis can affect people of any age, including teens. It's especially common in children ages 2 to 3 years old because they're often not toilet trained yet or they don't wash their hands after using the bathroom.

We also recommend that you clean your bathroom and kitchen with FungiSolve to get rid of bacteria. Use one concentrate capsule of 10ml diluteded in 1 litre of water.

Treat ingrown toe nails and stop infection.

What is an ingrown toe nail?

A toenail is ingrown when one or both sides of the nail begin to break through and grow into the soft skin of the toe. This can lead to irritation and infection because of all the bacteria hidden around your feet.

How Did My Nail Do That?

Ingrown toenails can develop pretty quickly. The most common trigger of ingrown toenails is poor nail-trimming skills. Nails that are cut too short often allow the skin on the sides to cover the corners of the nail. This causes the nail to grow back beneath the skin. Nails that are ripped off, instead of cut, also have a tendency to become ingrown because they don't have defined corners. Nails that are rounded rather than cut straight across can also cause the nail to break the soft skin.

How to treat infected ingrown toe nails.

1) Ingrown toenails must first be allowed to grow and cut appropriately as per diagram above.  

2) Use Medipod Foot Repair Cream to prevent bacteria from building around the ingrown toenail and stoping further bacterial infection. Simply apply cream to area and massage for 2 minutes.                        

3) Wash shoes and socks in FungiSolve to disinfect them and prevent bacteria spreading onto toes. Simply throw gear into the washing machine and a cap of FungiSolve to washing Machine and let it run cycle as per usual.

Can fungus come back?

Fungi are all around us, re-infection is possible.

Washing infected shoes and socks in hot water will not guarantee that these do not cause re-infection.

Patients would wear new shoes and socks or soak old footwear in a fungicide such as FungiSolve, to prevent re-infection.

FungiSolve is available on www.medipod.co.za

Control Scalp psoriasis

Scalp psoriasis is commonly mistaken for dandruff or dry scalp.

Although it is very similar there is no cure.

However we find that you can control Scalp psoriasis by doing the following:

1) Use Natural Mente shampoo and conditioner or any natural shampoo's as the chemicals in other shampoo's can cause build up.

2) After you have washed your hair and towel dried apply Medipod Foot Repair Cream to effected dry scalp areas. 

3) Allow hair to dry naturally which also helps strengthen hair. Also try to be in the sun as much as possible vitamin D can also help treatment of Scalp psoriasis.

We found the results to be fantastic!

After two weeks there were less flakes. After two months there were minor flare ups due to stress.

Please send us your feedback as we would like to recommend in most hairdressers. 

Don't be embarrassed, it's common!

The prevalence in South Africa is unknown, but about 7.5 million Americans suffer from Scalp psoriasis and spend roughly $300 million annually on products to control it. 

Healthy Head. Happy Head.

Medipod.

New Years Resolutions 2014!

Wishing all our fans a Happy New Year!

What are your New Year Resolutions?

We have a few this year that we are going to try stick to. 

1. Be environmentally conscious. Already our products are biodegradable and not tested on animals.

2. Be proudly South African. Karin Bruckner is a South African, she is the developer of Medipod, she is also the owner and podiatrist based in Cape Town. By being proudly South African we would like to make job creation and hire more people, currently we are looking for sale agents for our products in Durban and Cape Town. We also hope to get our products in more outlets.

3. Be part of more sport races. At the moment we will be doing our first free foot massages at Milkwood 2nd March 2014. Book now and get your free foot massage at the end of the race.

 5. Let our clients now more information, home remedies, tips and news.

Let us know if you would like us to ad anything to our list!

Healthy Feet. Happy Feet.

Medipod

FungiSolve for Pets stuff gets rid of Zoonoses

FungiSolve for Pets Stuff was developed to protect your family from germs that your pets bring into the house such as Zoonoses (pronounced: zoo-uh-no-seez) is the name for infections that can be passed from animals to humans. People get zoonoses when they are bitten or scratched or come into contact with an animal's waste products, saliva, or dander (flakes from hair, feathers, or skin).

Pets may also get ticks and fleas in their fur, and these insects can carry diseases — like Lyme disease or Rocky Mountain spotted fever — that may make humans sick.

By simply throwing in Pet garments and accessories into the washing Machine with FungiSolve for Pets Stuff and let the machine do the rest.