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I’ll state right up front that I have science behind this… I only have one shop seller’s claims and one personal experiment!

I took my nephew here today (rubbish website, fantastic sweet shop!) and I over-heard the conversation before me: the lovely lady behind the counter (sorry I never got your name!) told the guy she was serving to suck on one particular kind of sweet to handle changes in temperature. Knowing that this was a problem for people with bugs (see this post) my ears pricked up.

I asked and I bought 50 pence worth and I tried it…. and based on one simple walk in the chilly air with the tail end of a chest infection, I can say that it works….. The scientist in me is squirming as I right, but what the hell, it’s the New Year Holiday!

To add to the hints I gave before (more to come) I’m delighted to add something else to the armoury: hardboiled, clove flavoured sweets.

I’m told (and I’ve not been able to verify this) that the ‘magic ingredient’ is the same as in the basic dentist anaesthetic.

Like I say, I’ve no science behind this but on the basis of one trial, it appears to work…… besides, it’s always fun to try