I’m struggling with a bit of heartburn lately; not enough to
complain to my doctor, but sufficient to compel me to find ways to avoid it in
the future. After some research, I’m amazed I haven’t been troubled with it
before this. Apparently I do almost everything wrong. I enjoy fresh tomatoes,
pasta with marinara, V8 juice, and tomato/basil soup. But tomatoes don’t love me
back. Neither do the grapefruits, oranges, and tangerines I adore. I like to
chew sugar-free mint gum between meals and I enjoy a cup of mint tea or hot
chocolate in the evening. Mint and chocolate are soothing, but they relax the esophageal
sphincter (Are you impressed I can spell that?) and can make heartburn worse. And
then there’s spicy food and cheese. Essentially I can give up all the things I love to eat and
drink or I can put up with heartburn. Now that I think of it, the heartburn
wasn’t all that bad…
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