We all love food. Not only is it an essential part of our lives, it also brings us together for family gatherings and seasonal celebrations, like Christmas, where everyone meets and enjoys a special meal. The same happens at Thanksgiving, Hanukah and many other celebrations in all countries and faiths. Basically, any time we get together it's likely to involve food of some kind or another.
Unfortunately, these hearty meals can also cause problems like heartburn, indigestion or sometimes both; recognizing the sings of heartburn can be a great help in preventing it before it causes too much discomfort.
The Main Cause of Heartburn
Heartburn is most often caused by foods that are not easily digested in our stomach and digestive system. The common signs of heartburn are: a burning sensation in the chest and stomach area, vomiting, sometimes shortness of breath and an ache in the chest area.
When you have any of these signs of heartburn, the best thing is to take some fast-acting heartburn and indigestion pills - water-soluble or chewable tables - which will provide relief within 10-15 minutes. If possible, try and lie down for this period of time until you start feeling the healing effects.
Other Ways of Avoiding Heartburn
You can avoid heartburn even before it starts and here's how: before any big meal, or when you have identified particular types of food that cause you heartburn, take a tablet (or two, as required) before you have the meal to prevent it before it starts.
Many heartburn medications do not need any prescription and so are readily available over the counter in all drug and grocery stores. Find out which heartburn medicine is right for you and always carry some with you - you never know when you'll crave that greasy burger or hotdog and the signs of heartburn will start to show.
Another very effective way to prevent heartburn is to eat sensibly, which in other words means not to over-eat. There are times when a particular dish is so tasty you'll want to keep on eating, not realizing that you are overloading your stomach with the usual inevitable results - chest pain, acid regurgitation and all the rest. Was it really worth it? Perhaps the old adage, "A little of what you fancy" is the best advice, with the emphasis on the "little".
Helpful Tip
We all over eat from time to time - that's just human nature - but, if you keep in mind the discomfort you will soon be going through, perhaps you'll find it best to regulate your food intake to a level just before the pain begins. Not only will you avoid the heartburn but your waist size will benefit as well.
It is your heart muscle.
If you look after it it will look after you. If you abuse it it will kill you! If you manage to live until you are seventy then it will beat for you over two and a half billion times-yes that's right, amazing isn't it.
You can help it or you can hinder it. If you are like me you probably never even bothered thinking about it for years. I just took it for granted. After all when you are young you actually believe you are invulnerable. I think we almost believe we will live forever. Life seems to be an unlimited resource and getting old seems so far far away. After all you are just here to have a good time aren't you? Why should you worry about your heart. There is enough to worry about!
So you abuse your heart by your lifestyle, part of which you are conscious of and part of which you don't even know about. But you are a normal sort of person and you tend to believe what you read in the papers and what you see and hear on the television.
So when they tell you to leave the butter alone and eat margarine instead as it is better for you. You of course believe and act accordingly. In actual fact one of the the great modern day causes of heart disease is MARGARINE or rather the trans-fats that it contains.
You see when margarine was first invented it was far to ?runny? so it had to be thickened up somehow. It was found that heating the vegetable oils caused them to solidify. The name given to this process was ?hydrogenation?. But these killer fats bind themsleves with other ?goo? to your arteries and form plaque.
The more your arteries close the more strain it puts on your heart, the bigger the pressure buildup and the ticking bomb is on count down ???. continued
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