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Speaker 1: You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Team podcast

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Speaker 1: from News Talks AB.

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Speaker 2: Joining us now is doctor Brian Betty.

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Speaker 3: Good morning, Brian, Oh, good morning, Processkin. Nice to be

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Speaker 3: here now.

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Speaker 2: This time of the year. We're all thinking about putting

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Speaker 2: our feet up and relaxing, but there's still a few

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Speaker 2: things we've got to have in the back of our minds,

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Speaker 2: don't we when it comes to being say, healthy and

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Speaker 2: safe over the summer.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. Look, I think there's some basic things we need

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Speaker 3: to start to think about. You know, One's the sun.

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Speaker 3: I think the second thing is water. Well, I mean

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Speaker 3: we often think of swimming and things and swimming in water,

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Speaker 3: but I think we need to think about water quality

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Speaker 3: and water safety. And the third thing I think is food.

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Speaker 3: Food is really really important over summer.

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Speaker 2: Let's start with sun, shall we.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. Look, sun is one of the big big benefits

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Speaker 3: of summer. We all know that it's great for the outdoors.

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Speaker 3: We know that the sun is beneficial and improves mood.

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Speaker 3: It gives us vitamin D which strengthens our bones, and

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Speaker 3: has all these positives. However, one of our our biggest

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Speaker 3: dangers during summer is actually the sun. And that's sunburn.

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Speaker 3: We have very very harsh sun in New Zealand with

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Speaker 3: lots of UV light. Now, the problem with that is

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Speaker 3: we have one of the highest rates of skin cancer,

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Speaker 3: in particular melanoma in the world. So there's about six

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Speaker 3: thousand cases of melanoma in New Zealand per year and

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Speaker 3: that comes from one thing, and one thing in particular,

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Speaker 3: and that sunburn. So it's really really important we start

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Speaker 3: to think about the sun and we think about in

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Speaker 3: particular protecting ourselves against sunburn during summer. Now, obviously the

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Speaker 3: slip slop slap is a thing that's out there and

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Speaker 3: that really still does stand. So we need to think

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Speaker 3: about sunblock, loose long sleeves, long sleeve clothing, wearing hats

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Speaker 3: and for children at the beach in particular rash tops

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Speaker 3: really really important to protect their very vulnerable young skin.

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Speaker 3: And just one thing to note cloudy days one protect

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Speaker 3: you against the sun. Some of the worst sunburn I

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Speaker 3: sea as people have been out during a cloudy day.

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Speaker 3: It tends to intensify the UV light, So just be careful,

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Speaker 3: so avoid been burnt during summer. Yah.

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Speaker 2: I think I learned that the hard way. Unfortunately, talking

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Speaker 2: about water quality, it's a really good thought, because often

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Speaker 2: we just sort of tend to think we see a

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Speaker 2: bit of water and we just.

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Speaker 3: Jump on in, don't we Yeah, look, look, yeah exactly.

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Speaker 3: And again, you want to swim in rivers, you want

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Speaker 3: to go to the beach, and it's a great part

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Speaker 3: of summer. And we talk about water safety, but we

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Speaker 3: often don't talk about water quality. So there is a

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Speaker 3: hidden risk that occurs in our beaches and our rivers

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Speaker 3: and our lakes that we need to think about, and

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Speaker 3: that's contaminated water. Now, contaminated water, regardless of what we do,

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Speaker 3: if we go swimming, it's quite likely will ingest a

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Speaker 3: small amount of water into the body. Now, if it's

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Speaker 3: contaminated with bacteria, that can give us tummy bugs and

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Speaker 3: the dreaded vomiting and diarrhea that everyone palks about can

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Speaker 3: come from where we swim. So we do need to

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Speaker 3: watch out for it, and we do need to be

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Speaker 3: slightly careful. So a couple of the simple things to

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Speaker 3: do is generally, as a general rule, if there's been

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Speaker 3: very heavy rain, avoids swimming in beaches or rivers, because

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Speaker 3: what tends to happen in heavy rain is storm water

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Speaker 3: tends to overflow and mix a little bit with serage

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Speaker 3: and that tends to run off into rivers and things.

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Speaker 3: So very heavy rain is something to watch out for.

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Speaker 3: Look for the signs. Often the council will put up

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Speaker 3: the signs saying do not swim at the beach and

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Speaker 3: there's a reason for this. So if you see the

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Speaker 3: sign don't swim, it means the water is contaminated and

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Speaker 3: there's a high risk of developing sort of a tummy bug.

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Speaker 3: Look watch out for strange, strange smells, those sort of

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Speaker 3: sulfur type smells that we sometimes see around rivers. Discolouration

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Speaker 3: can be another sign of heavy runoff. And just avoid

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Speaker 3: areas around pipes or colvits where stormwater drainage could be

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Speaker 3: running into the beach or rivers. Some very very simple

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Speaker 3: things to think about to keep safe in the water.

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Speaker 2: Yes, I'm in the Auckland area, so I use the

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Speaker 2: swim Safe website which is fantastic and I know a

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Speaker 2: lot of regions will have something similar. Also really important, Brian,

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Speaker 2: is to keep our food safe over summer, especially in

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Speaker 2: the heat.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, look the heat we know, and food that that's

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Speaker 3: kept warm or left on the bench, and that's sort

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Speaker 3: really really good for bacteria to sort of multiply and

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Speaker 3: and if we eat that food again, we can become

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Speaker 3: very very unwell. So there's generally considered to be what's

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Speaker 3: called the four seas. That's clean, cook, cover, and chill.

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Speaker 3: So while worth remembering that and that's the type of

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Speaker 3: thinking that will protect us and protect our food over

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Speaker 3: the summer days. So some general rules of thumb, you know,

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Speaker 3: keep your hands and surfaces clean, wipe them pretty frequently,

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Speaker 3: rinse your fruit and vegetables, and forgotteness sake, just wash

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Speaker 3: your hands after going to the toilet. It's one of

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Speaker 3: the big big areas where you get contamination is where

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Speaker 3: people don't wash their hands and then then handle food. Now,

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Speaker 3: chicken in particular, which we love over summit, is a big,

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Speaker 3: big problem. It tends to hold some some bacteria in it,

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Speaker 3: so it's really important to separate chicken in a separate

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Speaker 3: chopping board, separate your knife, wash your hands after handling

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Speaker 3: the chicken so you're not touching other foods, and make

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Speaker 3: sure it's cooked right through. Undercooked chicken is a real

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Speaker 3: real danger. Finally, a couple of things is you know,

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Speaker 3: keep your food chilled, so take it off and stick

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Speaker 3: it in the fridge between two and four degrees is

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Speaker 3: generally recommended. And keep it covered, keep it away from

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Speaker 3: flies and bugs which may have contamination. So again those

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Speaker 3: very very simple things to just try and keep the

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Speaker 3: food safe and prevent a sending up with with sort

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Speaker 3: of these nasty stomach bugs which can occur over summer.

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Speaker 2: Doctor Brian BT, thank you so much, have a lovely Christmas.

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Speaker 3: Thank you very much, and so to you Frechisca.

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