Health Advice

Trapped wind is caused by too many gas bubbles building in your stomach and intestines which in result gives you a bloated and gassy feeling, it can also give you stomach cramps or pains, gurgling or rumbling in your stomach and the feeling of needing to burp but unable to. To avoid this it’s worth cutting down on rich foods and fizzy drinks, when you have your meals eat them slowly and make sure you chew your food to help it move easily through the intestines. This should help reduce flatulence. Additionally by taking simple sips rather than gulping when drinking can help with this too. Anti flatulence such as simethicone or dimethicone can help be used to breakdown small air bubbles to form larger ones that can expelled more easily from the body.

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The symptoms of Heartburn and Acid Indigestion is relatively unpleasant. It consists of a burning pain in the chest and a bitter aid taste in the throat. This is due to excess acid being produced in your stomach and escapes upwards to the sensitive lining of your gullet which gives you the heartburn. To avoid this it’s worth eating a smaller meal and avoid foods that you know trigger heartburn and let your food settle before you go to bed. Antacids can help neutralise excess acid, while acid balancers regulate the amount of acid produced, alginates prevent the back flow of acid and often come in liquid form.

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Recently I came across an interesting article stating that all primary schools across the USA could soon be provided with water coolers in a bid to stamp out the use off and discourage youngsters from consuming large amounts of unhealthy carbonated drinks during the hours of school.

This not only addresses the recent finding of a steady year on year increase of obesity in young children, but also addresses the issues associated with rehydrating the body in the coming summer months and rehydrating the body on a regular basis periodically during the course of the day.
In general children tend not to drink enough water and this is why more adults suffer from kidney failure and require dialysis which eventually results in having a kidney transplant, although carbonated drinks are not the only cause they are considered a major contributing factor, as carbonated drink can contain anything between 5 and 15 teaspoons of sugar, when the recommended optimum intake is 10 teaspoons according to a recently published American medical recommendation.

This is why schools and education ministers alike are calling for an advertising ban on fast food restaurant and carbonated drinks manufacturers to help promote healthy eating and drinks in young children, and to display a statutory more user-friendly and more informative label on food and drink to educate the consumer.

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The vast majority of people in the UK have suffered common bowel problems such as constipation but put it down to norm. Your bowels and the consistency etc of your faeces can help identify serious health issues such as dehydration. To promote good healthy bowel there are a few things which we can do:

• Eating lots of fibre from starchy foods.
• Eating regularly, especially a good breakfast as this stimulates the gastro colic reflex which is a bowel movement. By delaying breakfast food stays in the bowels longer.
• Hydrate yourself – drink plenty of fluids.
• Keep active – regular exercise helps with issues such as constipation.

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Women in general are believed to express there emotions more then men, lead researcher Professor Tony Cassidy strongly believes that this natural phenomenon, makes people who grow up in a normal family environment and have a older or younger sister are more likely to be in good psychological health.

Researchers interviewed a population of 571 male and female subjects, aged between 17 to 25, and found that Sisters promote the showing and sharing of ones emotions as an integral part of any relationship, therefore whilst growing up if you had a sister in your family you are more likely to be more happier and a more balanced individual, then the less privileged.

This openness in communication is linked to sisters making people happy by bonding and sharing emotions to provide a different perspective, as sisters make families in general more open and willing to talk about problems, so for all of us in good psychological health we might owe a little more respect to sisters, mothers and women in general.

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