I have been dealing with some serious heartburn for a few days so I thought that it is only appropriate for the first P.R.E.P. blog post to be about heartburn. I'm don't think I have ever read anything about post-SHTF heartburn.
Heartburn is easily one of the most annoying feelings we can experience as humans. The pain is just enough to hurt for most and chronic for some people. Heartburn can disrupt sleep and be rather distracting and there are plenty of SHTF scenarios that this can cause bigger problems. Sleep and awareness are vital to your survivability and anything that inhibits these must be nipped in the butt. Heartburn is caused by stomach acid backing up into the esophagus. My personal opinion is that heartburn rates will take a staggering drop post-SHTF simply because the highly acidic soda's that we, as Americans, have been drinking for so long will run in short supply in no time.
Heartburn is easily one of the most annoying feelings we can experience as humans. The pain is just enough to hurt for most and chronic for some people. Heartburn can disrupt sleep and be rather distracting and there are plenty of SHTF scenarios that this can cause bigger problems. Sleep and awareness are vital to your survivability and anything that inhibits these must be nipped in the butt. Heartburn is caused by stomach acid backing up into the esophagus. My personal opinion is that heartburn rates will take a staggering drop post-SHTF simply because the highly acidic soda's that we, as Americans, have been drinking for so long will run in short supply in no time.
Antacids would be a great addition to anyone's preps. They are cheap, effective, and they don't take up much space. I'm not going to harp on antacids to much. There isn't much to say about them except, get some and add them to your supplies. I am going to focus more on natural remedies for heartburn in this post. We need to know what to do when the antacids, and medication in general, run out. This post is rather short. There hasn't been much research into natural remedies for heartburn.
In my research I couldn't find any herbal remedies to help with heartburn that seemed promising. Calcium, B vitamins, and folic acid are helpful. Calcium can help with instant relief and has some preventative qualities. B vitamins and folic acid help on the the preventative side of things. Ginger also helps by giving instant relief. One of the easiest ways to relieve heartburn is to make your mouth produce excess saliva. Saliva works to neutralize stomach acid. Chewing gum, mustard and mustard seed, celery, and almonds all cause the body to produce more saliva. They make your drool. Vinegar also helps create lots of saliva.
I truly believe that a more natural post-SHTF diet will greatly help with heartburn but go ahead and stock up on antacids. Also, if we have to live through a dreaded SHTF scenario humankind will have to be tougher. If your heartburn isn't disrupting your survivability save your antacids and remedies. You may need them more later.
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