How a decaff teabag changed my life.

I have moved to decaf coffee and sleep so much better most nights for it however I drink both equally and some nights are not so good so this is interesting. I will monitor.

Great news for you Sago. Enjoy your trip. Thanks for the tip.

Strawberries are interesting! I follow a low FODMAP diet and they are in the "OK" bit.

Interesting Sago, I have been told by the bladder nurse and women’s physio that decaffeinated tea isn’t caffeine free and so I have had to stop drinking it. Rooibos is caffeine free as are herbal and fruit teas, but again you have to be careful with fruit teas due to acidity. GP was worse than useless when it came to advice.

One of my daughters is allergic to strawberries and tomatoes. They give her rheumatism and gout. I find they irritate my bladder and so do sparkling wines. I like all those things so I still have them but only a few. My Auntie used to get eczema with tomatoes and it took her quite a while to work out the cause.

nandad

Interesting Sago, I have been told by the bladder nurse and women’s physio that decaffeinated tea isn’t caffeine free and so I have had to stop drinking it. Rooibos is caffeine free as are herbal and fruit teas, but again you have to be careful with fruit teas due to acidity. GP was worse than useless when it came to advice.

I have done loads of research, decaf tea has traces of caffeine, not enough to ever cause a reaction.

As caffeine is a diuretic do watch out for swollen ankles.

I know someone who is an incontinence nurse she tells all her patients to cut out coffee etc because of the caffeine.

I used to be a “continence nurse” it is really surprising how many foods and fluids can irritate your bladder but equally not drinking enough and going just in case can make overactive bladder worse

My mum's arthritis in her handsvwas always worse after tomatoes .

I try to cut out coffee because of weak Bladder.
Oranges and tomato’s make my arthritis worse.

Tomatoes are high in histamine
And histamine intolerance causes inflammation

When I had a kidney stone when I was young and didn’t drink enough water, I was in Barcelona and had an excellent doctor who put me on a bland diet and forbade spirits, caffeine, tomatoes, strawberries, rhubarb, gooseberries. It worked. I am a lot older now and it never happened again.

I have found that since I stopped taking a statin, I have been more ‘ continent ‘.

I'm just discovering how its better to manage some health conditions without medication I have diverticulitis where you get huge pain and infections in the large colon, usually it gets worse and worse & then dr prescribes strong antibiotics & they have side effects too. But recently I have eaten an alkaline diet and when I did get a problem I ate half a teaspoon of Mauna hone and it went within an hour! I do think its worth changing things in your life too.

Water changed my life, for many years I suffered from a post-nasal drip, where excessive mucus goes down the back of your throat, and constant coughing which also causes heartburn. I was constantly taking decongestants and using nose sprays.

I was talking to an assistant in Boots about it and she said to drink more water. I now drink two litres a day and it cleared up instantly, it also helped with constipation and my skin looks so much better.

Watch out for rhubarb too if rheumatism or related conditions are a problem!

My godson as a baby suffered dreadfully from ear infections until his paternal grandmother declined a glass of a well-known brand of blackcurrant juice in his home. This made my godson's mother wonder if the child, like his grandmother was allergic to the stuff - and would you know it? He was,

So stuffed noses, frequent colds, earache, urinary infections, coughts or just needing to wee constantly can all be caused by some form of allergy.

So if your doctor has assured you there is nothing wrong with you and the problem still exists, keep a diary of what you eat and drink for a month or so. Doing so, frequently high-lights whatever is the cause of your reaction,

How interesting Sago, I have been on a acid free diet for a month now following an horrendous bout of GERD. It suddenly occurred to me after being on the diet for 2 weeks that I hadn’t given my normally overactive bladder a second thought. I’m now having to weigh up how much tasty food and alcohol is worth compared to pain free days and, as you point out, the freedom of being able to use public transport again!

I was treated for 15 years for an overactive bladder (weeing 20-30 times daily) until a few years ago, when I asked to be referred to a Urologist. He advised cutting out all caffeine and fruit juice, and the difference has been unbelievable.

I drink rooibos tea. Apparently mothers in S Africa use it for colic.
Wyllow3 I can't eat strawberries.

Theexwife

Water changed my life, for many years I suffered from a post-nasal drip, where excessive mucus goes down the back of your throat, and constant coughing which also causes heartburn. I was constantly taking decongestants and using nose sprays.

I was talking to an assistant in Boots about it and she said to drink more water. I now drink two litres a day and it cleared up instantly, it also helped with constipation and my skin looks so much better.

Ooh, interesting.
I was diagnosed with this early last year.
I used nose spray initially.
But I dont like taking medication in general so set out to find out what I could do myself.
Weirdly, I worked out that if I kept my chest warm, kept my chin at a certain angle at night, and my left chin warm, that cut out the worst of it.

I dont drink a whole lot of water.

The whole thing is not so bad in warm weather. Bearable.
But I will try the water suggestion this winter.

I shall buy raspberries now and think hard about caffeine.

fancythat it may not be so bad in the summer as you probably drink more than in winter. I thought I drunk enough tea and coffee throughout the day but as I said two litres of water made all the difference.

That could be true. Thanks.