Charming teengirls age 14 & 15
proudly presented their brilliant
innovation at Intel International
Science and Engineering Fair in
Los Angeles, USA.
Eveshorhema Samuel-Alli and
Ibukunoluwa Oladeinde, two teens
from Nigeria, greatly represented
the country with their research
about the overcoming of Halistosia
a.k.a. bad breath .
Mouth odor is considered to be a
rather embarrassing problem for
anyone. There are many reasons
that can cause it, for example –
bad dental hygiene, smoking,
infections, health problems, some
specific medications etc. Halitosis
can be as occasional as chronic
problem as well.
Except being very unpleasant itself,
bad breath can also cause a lot of
social problems, even such as
troubles with communication.
In their report, girls from Doregos
Private Academy in Lagos found a
solution of this issue with a help of
African walnut (Coula Edulis).
They discovered, that this product
can be quite useful in curing bad
breath.
The idea of this project came to
girls during a school trip to one of
the rural areas of Nigeria.
“When I woke up in the morning, I
hadn’t brushed my teeth yet but
my breath was already fresh. Then
I remembered I had eaten walnuts
the previous night.” – said
Eveshorhema Samuel-Alli.
And then students decided to
continue their research. They
invited 35 volunteers from their
school.
Members of the experiment were
divided into 2 groups and ate
different walnut products such as
chewing gum or walnut
mouthwash. During the experiment
volunteers did not brush their
teeth, but ate walnut products in
the morning and in the evening.
At the end of their studies girls
stated that the ones who ate
walnut had less mouth bacteria
which caused bad breath.
It means that despite being
cancer-preventive, positive for
heart, weight control, circulatory
system and reproductive system,
African walnut can also help to get
rid of mouth odor.
Teen girls won a Life Science
Award in the category of Medicine
and Health Science and got an
award of $1000.
Intel International Science and
Engineering Fair is a world largest
competition for the students of
elder grades.
Children from more than 70
counrties participated in it in
2014. With their independant
researches they compete for more
than $5 million.
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