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Here’s your nausea remedy!

14 Wednesday Jul 2021

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Do you tend to feel nauseous from road trips, vacation food, or rising humidity?

Eat some fresh cantaloupe! According to research by the British Heart Foundation, it can calm your upset stomach in as little as 15 minutes. The reason? The melon’s distinct aroma helps quiet the brain’s nausea center. Cantaloupe also contains tons of beta-carotene, which reduces the stomach inflammation that can cause nausea by 20%.

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Do you get sick in the car? Try this!

21 Friday May 2021

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If you’re going on a road trip, here’s a great tip for relieving motion sickness: Listen to some music. But make sure you’re the DJ in the car. In the study, only people that had control over which radio station to listen to – or which songs to play – got relief from their motion sickness. 

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Got a hangover?

14 Monday Sep 2020

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Forget about trying a little of “the hair of the dog that bit you.” That old adage can be dated back to Medieval times, when it was a treatment for rabies! And doctors believed that literally stuffing the bite wound with hair from the rabid dog would help patients recover. It didn’t work then – and the drinking equivalent won’t cure a hangover now. According to the Mayo Clinic, a hangover occurs once you’ve stopped drinking, and the liver is finally able to quickly lower your blood alcohol levels… Triggering symptoms that can include headache, thirst, fatigue, dizziness, and nausea. You can feel better with rest, hydration, and aspirin. But doctors say the only real cure is time. So don’t bother drinking a Bloody Mary after a rough night. Quoting the Mayo Clinic experts here: “The hair of the dog that bit you” won’t work.

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Yes, the spinning teacups at Disneyland and Disney World are designed to make you toss your churro.

20 Wednesday May 2020

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That’s according to Dr. Gary Paige from the University of Rochester Balance Clinic. The cups spin and rotate for 90 seconds, while your inner ear tries to make sense of the movement. Except for ballerinas and figure skaters, it’s not a sensation we’ve adapted to, so it confuses our brain’s sense of orientation. If your kid demands you go along for the ride, do this: Close your eyes. Because vision will make your nausea worse. And when the ride is over, sit there for a minute before you get up. That allows your brain and inner ear to come to a full and complete stop, so you’ll be less likely to fall over when you stand up… and less likely to lose your lunch.

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Feeling queasy from the heat?

02 Friday Aug 2019

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It’s not unusual to feel nauseous when the weather gets really hot. It happens when our body is trying to regulate our core temperature. But you can cut that queasy feeling by sniffing some lemon essential oil or a fresh cut lemon. Stanford University researchers say that when our body struggles to keep our core temperature lower than the temperature outside, it can over-stimulate the nerves in the area of the brain linked to nausea. But taking 6 slow, deep whiffs of lemon essential oil can calm those nerves… and make our stomach feel calmer in as little as a minute.

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What carbonated beverage do you choose when flying?

19 Friday Apr 2019

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Why are people more likely to order ginger ale on a plane than on the ground? Some people think that’s because ginger is known to relieve nausea, like from motion sickness or anxiety. But the ginger ale on planes doesn’t contain any ginger… or if it does, it’s trace amounts of ginger concentrate for flavoring. So it’s not providing the medicinal benefits. So why pick ginger ale?

It’s more likely the placebo effect at work. We THINK it’s going to make us feel better, so it does. But really, ANY carbonated drink would make us feel better. Because, according to neurobiologist Dr. E. Carstens from UC Davis, when the carbon dioxide bubbles pop on your tongue, they react with an enzyme on your taste buds and create carbonic acid. Like most acids, the carbonic acid hurts a little, but it’s a good hurt because it makes your brain release feel-good endorphins.

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Feeling nauseous? Try this!

28 Thursday Feb 2019

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A rose by any other name… can conquer your nausea. According to the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, smelling the right scent can help relieve nausea and motion sickness. In their study, participants watched a video designed to make them feel queasy. One group smelled rose oil – another group smelled the scent of leather – another smelled nothing.
Well, the group that sniffed rose oil felt 50% less nauseous than the other two groups. The researchers say certain scents can conjure up powerful emotions… And if that emotional response is positive, it distracts the brain enough to ease motion sickness. And you don’t necessarily need rose oil. ANY pleasant scent will do the trick. The researchers say you can start with your favorite cologne or perfume – which hopefully elicits a positive sensory response for you.

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Acupressure is now a well-respected treatment for pain.

01 Friday Feb 2019

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If you want to try acupressure on yourself, here are tips from Janet Shaffer, from Duke Integrative Medicine:

For example: To kill nausea, press the inside of your forearm 3-finger widths up from your wrist. That’s the same spot targeted by motion sickness bracelets.

For a headache, pinch the webbed skin between your thumb and index finger.

And for gas or constipation, rub your abdomen in clockwise circles, 150 to 300 times.

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If you feel queasy – give this a try!

14 Wednesday Mar 2018

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This might sound weird, but it comes from the Annals of Emergency Medicine… They say, if you’re nauseous, smell some hand sanitizer. In studies, when people who were queasy smelled cotton pads soaked in isopropyl alcohol, they felt HALF as sick 10 minutes later. And isopropyl alcohol is a main ingredient in most hand sanitizing gels. It’s not the germ killing properties that do the trick – it’s simply the strong smell! Because peppermint oil and ginger oil worked just as well. But you’re more likely to have a tube of hand sanitizer nearby.

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Take with food!

07 Thursday Sep 2017

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If a medicine says “take with food” – that’s not a suggestion, it’s a rule. But 40% of people ignore the directions on medicine bottles. However, Emory University medical professor Dr. Sharon Bergquist says if you take those pills without food, you risk irritating your stomach lining, causing heartburn, nausea and potentially a stomach ulcer. So if it says “take with food” – be sure to eat something!

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