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What is indigestion?

Indigestion is a condition that is frequently caused by eating too fast, especially by eating high-fat foods quickly.

Symptoms of indigestion are as follows:
  • A pain or a burning feeling in the upper portion of the stomach
  • Feeling sick to one's stomach; nausea
  • Feeling bloated
  • Sometimes uncontrollable burping
  • Heartburn
  • A bitter taste in the mouth from stomach acid coming up into the esophagus.
(Heartburn and What to Do About It)

Heartburn and What to Do About It

James F. Balch, Morton Walker

Avery, 1998-02-01

Price: $10.95

Keywords: AIDS HIV, Brain, Cancer, Cardiovascular, Communicable, Diabetes, Digestive Organs, Diseases, Disorders Diseases, Extremities, Gastroenterology, Health, Mind Body, Internal Medicine, Medical, Medicine, Psoriasis, Self-Help, Viral

Reviews:

The book is about alternative medicine rather than heartburn
This book is not about heartburn. The first part of the book is about all manner of digestive problems, and then even about disorders purportedly related to digestive disorders. The second part of the book suggests that good diet (especially yogurt), enemas, and something called probiotics will cure all diseases, and therefore incidentally also heartburn (which thus has served only as a marketing come-on to lure in buyers). I believe there is much to be learned from alternative medicine, but this book actually offers very little rigorous (supported) information. For entertainment, and in closing, let me quote a tidbit. "Make the coffee enema by boiling six heaping tablespoons of ground coffee (not instant) in two quarts of water for fifteen minutes, cooling to a comfortable temperature, and straining..." It is probably a very good idea to let that boiling coffee cool a little before the anal consumption, but why is instant coffee not good, and how does this fix heartburn?


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