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Did you know there are many other uses for sugar that don’t involve food or drink? Whether it’s in the laundry or in the garden, for health or beauty, here are a number of ways you can put this ingredient to work.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0Treat a wound<\/span><\/strong> Trap wasps <\/span><\/strong> Clean your grinders<\/span><\/strong> Did you know there are many other uses for sugar that don’t involve food or drink? Whether it’s in the laundry or in the garden, for health or beauty, here are a number of ways you can put this ingredient to work. \u00a0Treat a woundYou can treat wounds with a sprinkle of sugar: Wives’ tale […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5868,3],"tags":[5878],"class_list":["post-14544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-handy-hints","category-household","tag-sugar"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/sugar.png?fit=400%2C200&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pc0QIf-3MA","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-23 02:31:44","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
You can treat wounds with a sprinkle of sugar: Wives’ tale or wise truth? This study showed that pouring granulated sugar on bedsores, leg ulcers or amputations before dressing killed the bacteria that prevents healing and causes chronic pain.<\/span>
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Soothe a singed tongue<\/span><\/strong>
For too-quick-a-gulp of too-hot coffee, sizzling pizza \u2014 whatever your tongue-burner may be \u2014 sugar can ease the sting. Suck on a sprinkle of sugar or a sugar cube and the pain should quickly dissipate.<\/span>
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Ease a spicy burn<\/span><\/strong>
Acidic foods and dairy can lessen the pain of too much spiciness in the mouth, but a dash of sugar works well too.<\/span>
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Make a body scrub<\/span><\/strong>
Sugar makes a splendid exfoliating agent for body scrubs. You can make a super simple one by mixing sugar with oil (canola, almond, jojoba or olive all work well) to create a loose paste. Add some essential oil or vanilla extract if you like fragrance. Gently rub on your skin and then rinse off in the shower.<\/span>
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Make a banana sugar scrub<\/span><\/strong>
When bananas have reached the point of no (edible) return, they can be appointed to your beauty routine. Banana is moisturizing and works perfectly as a vehicle for sugar in a body scrub. Mash a ripe banana with 3 tablespoons of sugar and 1 teaspoon of olive oil. (Don\u2019t over mix.) Gently rub on your skin and then rinse off in the shower.<\/span><\/p>\n
Make a simple syrup by boiling sugar and water, fill a jar with it and set it outside to attract wasps. They will fly in and become trapped. What you do with them next is up to you.<\/span>
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Make a natural fly strip<\/span><\/strong>
Fly strips can be unsightly, but flies on dinner can be even more so. If you can\u2019t scoot them out the window and you require relief, you can make all-natural fly strips by combining equal parts sugar, honey and water in a saucepan. Boil the mixture, stirring occasionally, until thickened. Let cool. Cut pieces of brown packing tape, punch a hole on the end and make a loop with string through the hole. Dip the strips in the mix, hang to let excess drips drop (with a pan beneath to catch drips) until sticky, then hang where the flies are most active.<\/span><\/p>\n
Coffee bean and spice grinders can collect oils that are strong in flavor, but sugar can clean them by absorbing the offending elements. Pour 1\/4 cup of sugar into the grinder and run it for 2 -3 minutes. Dump out and wipe well.<\/span>
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Attack grass stains<\/span><\/strong>
Make a paste of warm water and sugar and apply to grass-stained clothing, let sit for an hour (or longer for tougher stains) and then wash as usual.<\/span>
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Keep cakes fresh<\/span><\/strong>
If you store cake in an airtight container with a few sugar cubes, it will stay fresh longer.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"