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Advice, information and recipes for reflux, heartburn or migraine sufferers

Friday, June 30, 2006

Try this....

Asparagus omelette
Healthy egg white omelette, low in fat and colesterol and “heartburn-free”

Serves 1
110g trimmed asparagus (spinach or broccoli can also be used)
Salt and black pepper
3 large/ 4 medium egg whites
Teaspoon fresh chopped parsley

Steam the asparagus for 8 minutes or until tender. Drain and season to taste.
Whisk the egg whites until they are frothy, but stil pourable.
Heat the spray oil in a small frying pan. Pour in the egg whites and cook over a low heat until the bottom is firm.
Slide the omelette on to a plate, then place the asparagus in the pan and the omelette on top, uncooked side facing down. Cook for another few minutes until the bottom of the omelette has set and the asparagus is golden brown.
Serve asparagus side up.

Interesting Note: Asparagus is an extremely effective treatment for indegestion, and unlike drugs has no side effects.

Tuesday, June 20, 2006

The effect of smoking on reflux

If you suffer from reflux you must try to quit smoking. The nicotine relaxes the LES - lower esophageal sphincter. When the LES is relaxed, food and liquid are allowed to come back up. Take a look at some of the following to help you quit smoking:

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Acid Reflux: Heavy Smoking Linked to Heartburn
People who smoke for more than 20 years are 70% more likely to have acid reflux disease than nonsmokers, researchers reported in the November issue of the journal Gut.
Roughly one in five people suffer from heartburn or acid reflux, known medically as gastroesophageal reflux disease or GERD.
The researchers based their findings on two major public health surveys conducted in Norway in the 1980s and 1990s. Just more than 3,100 people who complained of having heartburn and 40,000 people without reflux symptoms answered questions about lifestyle factors including diet, exercise, alcohol consumption, and tobacco use.

    Saturday, June 03, 2006

    Heartburn and Migraine

    Many heartburn sufferers are intimately familiar with the word "trigger." Triggers are factors that can cause regurgitation of stomach contents. (Spicy foods, smoking and obesity are just a few examples.) But less attention has been given to how reflux disease itself can trigger other health problems.

    When you eat, food travels from your mouth to your stomach through the esophagus. Acid reflux, commonly known as heartburn, occurs when food that you have eaten defies gravity, regurgitating back up into your esophagus. The stomach acid that comes with it can burn your throat, but it doesn't stop there. As if the painful symptoms in your throat weren't enough, one doctor has suggested that reflux can trigger certain types of migraines.

    A headache expert, Dr. Egilius L.H. Spierings of Harvard Medical School (www.headachemd.com), described two patients in the September 2002 issue of the journal Cephalalgia. Both had gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and experienced frequent migraines.

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