Acid reflux

Thank you Joy, I will try it, so glad it worked for you

Annie It's Wrigley's 'Extra', peppermint. I got a couple of small packets to try it, then when I found it helpful I lashed out on a bargain tub of 60!

Humbertbear I've just returned to this thread to say how grateful I am to you for your post mentioning that your husband had been recommended to chew gum. I really believe it did the trick for me (see my earlier post for further details!) Thank you!

That is interesting, do you chew a particular one please?

I was suffering with acid reflux around the time that this thread was started. I was taking Gaviscon at night and trying to eat sensibly but after possibly three/four weeks it was still awful. I was intrigued to read Humbertbear's post (Wed 13th Sept) saying that her husband had been advised to chew gum after each meal. I hate the stuff but was prepared to try anything. I was amazed and VERY happy when the problem improved dramatically and soon went away completely. Maybe it would have got better anyway, maybe it was a placebo effect, but I honestly think it's worth any sufferers trying the gum!

giulia, it does sound like acid reflux that you are getting at night. I suggest you read the eating tips given at the start of this thread. I hope you manage to sort it.

I think we just have to work out what we can and cannot eat. Introduce any new foods one at a time. Trial and error. I get terrible indigestion with some bread and stuff like crumpets. I understand that all flour has additives so beware. Plain boiled water drunk fairly hot has often been my lifesaver.

Will do so now Elegran, being a pea brain I didn't think of doing that

You need the web pages on "How to gain weight". not the "How to lose weight" - which are far more numerous.

Elegran, you are a darling. I thought it such a good idea, duh. I haven't got a vitamin deficiency, I WANT FAT, my recently bought size 8 knickers are now lose.

Yes too much information sorry .

Here is a page where someoner evaluates the nutritional value of replacement meals. draxe.com/meal-replacement-shakes/

These meal replacement things are sold as weight REDUCTION aids - you get all the vitamins and so on that you need but with fewer calories, and they make an easy way for someone who can't eat to get nutrition. When my DH was very ill they were prescribed for him. If you want to GAIN weight they don't on their own sound a good idea.

Nfk, I been up most of the night again, am now exhausted . It was a dietician who kicked off my eating disorder.

I am wondering about just taking meal replacements for a little while then introducing proper food bit by bit.

My DiL developed an eating disorder due to a messed up op in her teens. (She was given an ileostomy because the surgeon suspected Crohns - which it seems she never had). The dietician wasn't any help as she restricted her diet further and exacerbated her fear of food, but this year her innards were properly sorted out. She's now being treated for having an eating disorder and slowly reintroducing tiny portions of different foods.

My DH also has problems due to ulcerated colitis and IBS, and I have an hiatus hernia and Barretts disease. What we've all found works fairly well is to avoid all processed foods if possible and eat little and more often. So, a grazing diet of three small meals (with a sit down afterwards to digest), and two snacks between meals (a banana or crackers). I also have a small glass of milk before bed so I don't go to bed with an empty tum.

My doctor said the hernia was the cause of my cough. That and anxiety. So I accepted I was doomed to cough. And the cough isn't as bad now!

Everyone seems to be different - I've found I'm garlic intolerant - it really is a case of tasting around.

Oh, so sorry Annie, that's a bummer.

Is acid reflux the reason why I Always acquire a horrible, sour taste in my mouth when sleeping? I often need to sip at water in the night as the taste can even wake me up.

The book is for machine recipes Elegran

I can't get to the farmers market for a while Nfk

If you have a farmers market nearby Annie there's often an 'artisan baker' who will tell you exactly what's in each loaf and how it's made and you can buy different rolls to try out. Soda bread, rye etc. Then you'll know what to bake in your breadmaker.

You will find that the machine recipes are different from the hand-made ones, but once you have made a few from the machine's recipe book you will be able to fiddle the hand ones to use them in the machine.

I know Elegran, getting excited over a bread machine ,sad?

I have just bought a book of recipes for bread so shall read it after dinner , this should give me an idea of what I want/need then will ask for advice as you suggested .

I am salivating at the thought of bread , what a change from rice cakes . Thank you so much x

Look at that - you have cheered up just at the thought of a new toy!

Amazon have lots of them.
No idea how good they all are - why not start a thread asking for recommendations?

Ooooh I want one , amazon here I come , bread after nine years , thank you Elegran x

Most makes have a gluten-free programme too,

They have various programmes, which make all kinds of bread. Most of them you put in all the ingredients, switch on, choose your bread type, press start and wait for 4 hours or so while the smell of baking bread fills the house and you get hungry. It takes that long because it kneads it, waits a while and lets it rise, kneads it again, sometimes a third time, then it heats up and bakes it. You take it out and Bob's your Aunt Fanny you have bread.

I think that the heating up while the bread is still in there makes the crust leathery, but most people seem happy with that and there is absolutely no work to do.

Mine (a Panasonic) has a dough programme, which takes 2 hrs 20 mins and just kneads the dough and lets it rise. At that point I take it out, thump it a few times to get rid of the bubbles (not really kneading) put it into tins or make rolls and leave them somewhere warm for the last rise (in my case on an oven shelf across a sinkful of hot water, with a bit of clingfilm and a towel laid over them to keep them cosy) They are then baked in the ordinary oven.

I don't have your severe problems with arthritis but I don't think I could knead dough for 10 minutes without getting sore knuckles.