by OneMoreBite | Nov 10, 2004 | Health Concerns
Is There a Simple Treatment for GERD and Sleep Apnea?
My husband (ex now) at 30 pounds overweight suffered from sleep apnea and GERD. He finally was becoming so exhausted from lack of sleep that he visited his doctor who promptly prescribed Prilosec. I didn’t like the idea of a monthly prescription that was going to cost over $100 (Prilosec is now sold OTC (over the counter) so insurance doesn’t help pay the expense), so I wanted to find an alternative. What I found astounded me.
I have long received a magazine called Life Enhancement and remembered seeing something in there about GERD and H. pylori (Helicobacter pylori) so I went to find that information again and there it was. A simple, inexpensive remedy called Bye-Lori. I immediately ordered some for him. He had been taking Prilosec for several months, but after one bottle of Bye-Lori he never again refilled the Prilosec prescription. He also lost 30 pounds without struggle after having carried the extra weight for several years.
Did I mention the best benefit of all? He no longer snores! He used to sound like a fog horn and keep me awake half the night.
Most doctors will prescribe drug therapy for GERD (and anything else) at a high cost to your pocketbook. In some cases merely losing 20 pounds can eliminate the problem, but meanwhile drugs such as Prilosec offer relief at a cost of over $120 a month:
Brand name Prilosec, .20mg, 28 caps, $124.95
Generic Prilosec, 20mg, 56 caps, Only $77.90
An alternative known as Bye-Lori is just $31.49 per month. Bye-Lori by Life-Enhancement can not only help, it can eliminate the bacteria.
If you or someone you know takes remedies for their acid reflux, GERD or other disorder, send them to Life-Enhancement.com.
BTW, I am not affiliated with Life-Enhancement.com but I do use their products and think they are a top-notch organization. I’ve received their newsletter for many years.
by OneMoreBite | Nov 9, 2004 | Health Concerns
Do you sometimes feel bloated or gassy after eating? It could be you are sensitive to some of the foods you are eating. Find out if food allergies are causing your pain with an elimination diet.
What is an Elimination Diet?
An elimination diet is often recommended if you suspect or have been told you have food allergies. Basically it is following from two to four weeks on a very strict, very limited diet, and then slowly reintroducing specific foods. This way you can track your symptoms and determine which foods cause you trouble.
Allergy Tests
If you can beg, borrow or steal, get the money together for a comprehensive allergy test and save yourself a month of trouble. You can order these yourself (they do not have to be ordered through a doctor). You’ll receive a kit with complete instructions. Return the kit and you’ll get a comprehensive report on any foods you either are allergic to or have a sensitivity to. Then the fun begins, but it’s not as hard as it seems.
Living Without magazine is your first resource. This magazine is amazing, with articles written by people just like you who’ve tackled the difficulties of avoiding common allergens.
Against the Grain is one book I highly recommend. Read it and weap. Wheat is the surprise ingredient in just about every condiment and pre-mixed packet you can find (except of course those made specifically without wheat). It’s added as an inexpensive thickener. Once you learn what foods cause you trouble the money you’ll save in doctor’s visits will more than pay for any special foods you’ll now be eating. You’ll feel so great too, you’ll almost forget you ever had a sensitivity.
Check my list of resources for allergy free foods, books and more including mixes for cakes and other goodies. In many cases you’ll find it much easier to lose weight too, if you eliminate foods that cause you gas and cramping.
by OneMoreBite | Nov 5, 2004 | Drugs & Herbs
Safeway had this at over $40 a bottle! That is ridiculous. You could make your own for a few dollars, or just buy caffeine pills (truckers use them), for $4.99/100 and call it a day. Brand name or generic, caffeine is caffeine.
Don’t overdo the caffeine either or you’ll just end up jittery and probably get a headache.
How to Make Your Own Diet Pill
Buy herbs in bulk. Yes, you can buy most of these ingredients yourself, if you like them, why pay someone a bunch of money because they put it in a fancy sounding bottle? Zantrex sounds like a real drug, doesn’t it? It’s not. They could have called it Porky’s Fat Reducing Pills, but that wouldn’t have sold as well.
Look in your phone book first to see if there are any herbal shops in your town. If so, go straight to them. The shops smell wonderful, BTW. I buy spices in bulk too. For less money than you pay for a stale bottle at the store you can get a quarter to a full pound of things like basil, bay leaves, oregano, whatever you like. The smells knock me out when a box is delivered. I totally love it. Organize a few friends and split it up if you want.
Okay, all my herb books must be downstairs and I don’t feel like going down right now, so I’ll write this up as an article and post it on my main site in the Weight Loss Articles section.
It’ll have ingredient suggestions, a recipe or two, and a few places to buy bulk herbs. I’ll edit this to add the direct link as soon as I write the article too, so if you prefer reading in your Blog Reader, just hang in there. More news coming soon …
by OneMoreBite | Nov 4, 2004 | Exercise
Brainchild of Phin Barnes of responDesign, a Portland, Oregon company. Barnes noticed all the video games given as gifts to guys at Christmas and wondered what about the ladies? Sort of sexist but I don’t care. He won a contract to develop a virtual personal trainer game for the XBox from Microsoft and two short years later Yourself!Fitness is selling out their first run of 50,000 games.
Stephanie Montgomery, Director of Reebok University said, “I believe Yourself!Fitness gives women a reason to care about the Xbox(R) and opens the door to video games in general.”
Yourself!Fitness – Be alert! A video plays automatically with music, so turn down your speakers if you’re at work. 😉
Check out the Yourself!Fitness community forum
by OneMoreBite | Nov 4, 2004 | EFT Weight Loss
For riveting game play, try the Yoshinoya game, a Japanese PS2 game about running a Rice Bowl shop.
For more info go to the Yoshinoya Home Page. That page will ask if you want to install the Japanese character set, which isn’t necessary unless you like the pretty characters or can read Japanese.
I noticed at Target the other day there is a whole display of wacky Japanese toys. Little smiling bobbing head things (they are solar so will bob forever) and virtual pets galore! I was strangely attracted to them too, so I had my son check them out and while he was wild about virtual pets when he was in grade school, now at 17 he wasn’t at all interested.
I did buy the Cat Woman Barbie doll that day, so I must have been in the toy buying mood.
Looks more like an S/M Barbie to me. She even comes equipped with a whip for crying out loud. I just need a suitably clad Ken to complete the set!
