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From: riddle@ut-sally.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle)
Newsgroups: net.nlang.africa,net.nlang.india
Subject: Chewing sticks
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Date: Fri, 3-May-85 12:59:47 EDT
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Natural-High: "Bob"


Just a little cross-fertilization: Wale Akinpelu (link!aaa) posted the
following to net.nlang.africa recently; since chewing sticks are used in
India as well, I thought readers of that group might have something to add.

>  ...Can we learn anything from the ways African
> Doctors treat sick people? For example, it has proved
> that the reason why african people have less dental
> people is because they eat more calcium food and because
> they use a combination of chewing stick and brush to
> clean their mouth. As a matter of fact, my dentist ask
> me to bring a couple of chewing stick when next I visit
> any African country. Is this theory true?

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