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Do you feel a burning sensation in your stomach after consuming food? Are you tired of consuming antacids to fix your acidity and heartburn, yet nothing seems to work for a longer period of time?  We generally take the wrong approach by taking antacids to relieve acidity, heartburn, bloating, a burning feeling in our stomach, or a gas problem.  But, contrary to popular belief, antacids end up causing more difficulties, such as indigestion, rather than relieving the symptoms.  Antacids prevent the production of stomach acid, which is required for the digestion of food and proteins. Insufficient stomach acid lowers the stomach's capacity to fight foodborne infections, increasing the likelihood of food poisoning.  

What Causes Heartburn?

Heartburn is a burning sensation in your stomach that can spread to your throat and neck. This can be a sign of a variety of illnesses, including acid reflux, and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).  

When you have heartburn, you may notice a bitter or sour sensation on the inside of your throat. Heartburn symptoms might last anywhere from a few to several hours. It frequently feels worse after eating or if you lie down too soon after eating.

Heartburn can be caused by a wide variety of daily life events. Many people's heartburn may be brought on by particular dietary and lifestyle choices. These behaviors can include overeating, eating excessively before bedtime, or even being under a lot of stress.

  For some people, specific food and drinks might also cause heartburn. The following are some examples of foods and beverages that may give you heartburn:

Fried and spicy foods

Citrus foods

Garlic and onions

Tomato and tomato-based products

Coffee and tea

Your lifestyle choices may also contribute to the causes of your heartburn. Following are some examples of lifestyle choices that can cause heartburn:

Being overweight

Wearing Tight Clothes

Higher Stress Levels

We all know that skin cancer is on the rise and we should be wearing sunscreen, but what about the side effects of sunscreens? If you spend a lot of time outdoors for whatever reason, be it work or leisure, you definitely need to be applying sunscreen.

Any time that you are going to be spending more than about 15-30 minutes in the sun, you should be applying sunscreen if you are going to expose your skin. But a safe sunscreen should be used, not one that does more harm than good. And unfortunately, so many of them do more harm than good. Studies conducted recently made some shocking discoveries.

This study by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) found that there are many misleading claims made by sunscreens on the market. This means that you might not be getting protection that you bargained for when using some of the most popular brands on the market. Why is it so that sunscreen companies would only provide half the protection or add dangerous ingredients?

The answer to this question is that new medical research comes in, just like new technologies. But, doctors and some big manufacturing companies never update their knowledge. This gives rise to people like me. We read the research directly from the authenticated journals and would like to share with everyone. Earlier it was thought that only UVB was only concern, but the new research says UVA is also a concern. thats why incomplete protection from sunscreens. Further details in a minute.  

What SPF Means

SPF is a measure of the amount of time that a particular sunscreen will protect your skin from the sun compared to when you are not wearing sunscreen. An SPF of 15 means that compared to going without sunscreen, your skin is protected 15 times longer. Same with SPF 30 and up.

Some sunscreens make claims about having SPF 70 and up. But do not be fooled. A higher SPF doesn't really indicate more protection, in fact, the protection levels are not worth the higher cost of the sunscreen or any other nasty SPF 50+ sunscreen side effects. If SPF is 30+ or 50+, you need to reapply it every 2 hours. SPF higher does not mean that it will protect you longer.  

Conclusion

Sunscreen is important for long periods of time spent in the sun

Many sunscreens on the market have harmful chemicals in them that disrupt hormones and cause allergic reactions

Recent studies done show that many of the sunscreens do not even work as well as they claim to if at all

Avoid sunscreens containing nanoparticles, oxybenzone, octinoxate, and omosalate

Avoid spray-on sunscreens as you and your children can breathe in the chemicals or not apply enough to provide good protection

Choose a broad spectrum sunscreen that protects you from both UVA and UVB rays

The safest sunscreens use non-nano zinc oxide and/or titanium oxide

You can make your own sunscreen using ingredients like zinc oxide, coconut oil, and beeswax

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Objective

How to manage back pain without drugs. I want to here point out herbs and spices that one can take while having back pain. We will elaborate more on herbs and spices than exercise and yoga. In the last article for inflammations in the last, you did mention about pain relieving herbs, oil. Keep in mind that someone reading this article is suffering from sharp back pain.

So we will not talk about long-term strategies, we will talk what they can do immediately. Also we will not mention too obvious stuff.  There are too many articles on the internet saying the same thing, we have to look for something effective and immediate and not so common.  

Chronic Lower Back Pain

Reason - A tight psoas and quad muscles are actually the biggest culprit of back pain. Sitting down shortens these muscles which then pull the lower back creating an anterior pelvic tilt. Once that happens gravity unforgivingly tries to put your face into the ground! psoas mobility exercises

Sudden Back Pain

Reason-  This happened when you exercised wrongly or overstretched some muscle. This indicates that there was already an underlying problem that has come to the surface. It is really time Instant relief strategy

Cayenne Cream: Also called capsaicin cream, this spice comes from dried hot peppers. It alleviates pain by depleting the body's supply of substance P, a chemical component of nerve cells that transmits pain signals to your brain.

There is an acupressure point, between the finger and the thumb  Insert that Video

write the top 3-5 DIY stretches to have the relief.

Inversion table if you have one.

EFT ( emotional freedom technique )

Some people swear by it. Do not make a habit of wearing this belt everyday because your back muscles will get used to it. One should never wear a belt always. There is a drink with pepper and turmeric and ginger for pain relief- look and add that drink.

Long Term Strategy