I read this article on lewrockwell.com today, and was prompted to share my heartburn and reflux experiences;
I suffered from terrible reflux, and, eventually, ulcers. Here is what I discovered were my triggers, and why I think they affected me;
1) Colas and other sodas with phosphoric acid. I noticed that the large amounts of coke and pepsi I drank were associated with heartburn and reflux, but other sodas without phosphoric acid were not.
2) Cured pork products. I LOVE the taste of all the cured pork products, such as pork roll, bacon, scrapple, et al. All of them caused or exacerbated my symptoms. Convenience-store hot dogs are almost invariably pork, and would invariably cause reflux.
3) Lard in baked goods. I noticed that packaged baked goods containing lard (and probably trans fats too) gave me terrible hearburn.
4) Highly fatty meats. Philly cheese steaks and pork sandwiches were the next to go :o(
5) Coffee from a coffee truck. This one was a real mystery – I could not figure out why this gave me so much trouble, when coffee from home or a convenience store usually didn’t. I deduced that while the coffee makers in the convenience stores were likely cleaned frequently, the urns on the coffee trucks are difficult to clean, and so likely harbor heliobacter pylori, the bacterium that causes ulcers. (I still have yet to prove this theory, luckily I work in a laboratory that can help me).
6) Eating right before (or in) bed. Allowing time to digest the food and allowing acid production to subside decreased my symptoms tremendously.
7) Sleeping on my back. By switching to sleeping on my right side, my symptoms abated significantly.
8) Untreated ulcer symptoms. All of the above, plus a significant amount of personal and work stress eventually put me in the hospital.
9) Misdiagnosed ulcer symptoms. Major university hospital totally misdiagnosed my severe gut pain as appendicitis.One perfectly-pink appendix and 2 weeks later the symptoms returned.
10) After they returned, a visit to an old-school D.O. resulted in a prescription for prilosec, which along with avoiding all of my known triggers (and changing my work and personal situations) allowed my ulcer to heal.
And by mostly avoiding the triggers, I can even on occasion enjoy some of the forbidden foods (yum, scrapple!)
8 Foods that Cause Acid Reflux | Natural Health & Organic Living Blog.
When I Was Seven…
…I would have traded my left eye for a bike this cool;
LOOK at the friggin’ MAG WHEELS, for one thing. HOLY SH!T!
But if you go by the idiots that post reviews of stuff online, it’s a cheap piece of crap;
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20250806100208AAUILrE
Is a 20″ Mongoose Rebel Freestyle Bike a good bmx bike?
“I was just wondering is this was a good bike because i have this bike and I want to start bmx. So yeah. And what are good brakes for this bike?
Please answer. Thanks “
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“noo not good they suck if its from walmart or any other dept store so no it sucks its to heavy. a goodBMX bike costs like 900 and up get a haro only buy the bike at bike shops no where else”
Apparently, according to these geniuses, you have to spend $300 – $800 (and definitely NOT $130 at Wal*Mart) to get an acceptable bike for a SEVEN YEAR OLD.
SIGH.