Cape Times 2022-01-05

Lutho Pasiya lutho.pasiya@inl.co.za Do you know the difference between baking powder and baking soda? I’m asking because as I was scrolling through Twitter, I found out that one of the most confusing things for many people is knowing the difference between baking soda and baking powder, so let’s get on to it. According to research, these are the differences between them. Baking soda Baking soda, also known as bicarbonate of soda, is a chemical compound made of tiny white crystals. When it comes into contact with acids like those in vinegar, lemon juice, yoghurt or buttermilk, it immediately starts foaming, creating carbon dioxide bubbles. Those bubbles help give a lift to baked goods. Baking soda is not great for recipes with no acidic ingredients. It is stronger than baking powder.…

Prince Andrew remained in Windsor as his family headed off on a skiing holiday in Switzerland. The 61-year-old royal has decided to stay at the Queen’s estate in Windsor over the New Year period, but his ex-wife, Sarah, Duchess of York, and their two children – Princess Beatrice, 33, and Princess Eugenie, 31 – are enjoying a family holiday in the Swiss resort of Verbier. Beatrice has been joined on the slopes by her husband, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, and his 6-year-old son Christopher, who is known as Wolfie. Elsewhere, Eugenie has been joined by her husband, Jack Brooksbank. The royals spent New Year’s Eve together at the spectacular resort, where Prince Andrew owns a luxury chalet that overlooks the slopes, MailOnline reports. Their appearance in Switzerland is the first time…

Princess Charlene of Monaco, who has been receiving specialised care outside the principality, is still some months away from a full recovery, the palace said. Charlene, the wife of Prince Albert II, is being treated for extreme fatigue away from her family after returning to Monaco in November following months away in South Africa. Her absence from Monaco’s annual national day in November, the biggest annual event in the palace calendar, had fuelled new concern over her health, but also speculation about the state of the couple’s marriage. The princess “is recuperating in a satisfactory and reassuring manner, although it may take a few more months before her health has reached a full recovery”, a palace statement said. Albert and the couple’s children had visited the princess during the Christmas…

Women who undergo breast augmentation can return to exercise in a week and there will be no risks or complications, suggest the findings of a recent study. The research has been published in the American Society of Plastic Surgeons journal. The findings questioned the recommendation made by some plastic surgeons to avoid exercise for several weeks after breast augmentation, according to the study by Filipe V Basile, MD, and Thais S Oliveira, MD, plastic surgeons in private practice in Ribeirao Preto, Brazil. They wrote: “These findings are in line with a broader tendency recently seen in other surgical fields in which early exercise was shown to be safe without increasing complication rates.” Plastic surgeons have differing opinions as to how long patients should wait to resume exercise after breast augmentation,…

Zelda Venter zelda.venter@inl.co.za THE MPUMALANGA mother of a girl who suffered oxygen deprivation during birth more than nine years ago, and as a result is suffering from cerebral palsy, has got the green light from the court to sue the health authorities for damages. The mother, who was not identified in the court judgment to safeguard the child’s identity, struggled for about three years to obtain her hospital records in a bid for her lawyers to institute a claim on her behalf. The Mpumalanga Health Department, when it eventually received the summons from the mother’s lawyers, asked for the matter to be dismissed on the grounds that the mother was too late with her claim. Legal proceedings against an organ of state to recover a debt must be instituted by…

Karen Singh karen.singh@inl.co.za POLICE in Polokwane have opened an inquest docket after the body of a woman wasretrieved from a crocodile-infested dam in Tshitomboni village on Sunday. Limpopo police spokesperson Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo said the SAPS Search and Rescue Unit retrieved the body of 29-year-old Lizzy Humbelani Mudzanani from the Nandoni Dam on January 2. Mudzanani reportedly went to the dam to do laundry on Saturday morning when she was allegedly attacked by crocodiles. “Lizzy Humbelani Mudzanani from Tshitomboni village under the Thohoyandou policing area reportedly went to the dam to wash family clothes on Saturday morning when she was allegedly attacked by crocodiles which grabbed her and dragged her into the water,” he said. The local police were called and the Search and Rescue Unit, as well as…