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Lately, I’ve started getting hits on several of my blogs from a site caled Alphainventions.com. Evidently, it picks up recently updated blogs somehow and has a running window that displays blogs. Pretty cool. If you have a blog, check it out

Great way to get protein

If you are cooking for the family and the meat dish isn’t exactly GERD friendly, I have an idea for you.  This also works for anyone who is cooking for one and is a bit lazy about cooking.  What’s the idea?  Shrimp!

Most mainline grocery stores ( I use Kroger) or gourmet food stores (Whole Foods, Fresh Market) carry frozen jumbo shrimp that you can buy by the pound.  Now, I’m not talking about the prepackaged kind next to the fish sticks (yuck!)  These are flash frozen and when thawed properly are not mushy at all.  Bring them home and store them in a freezer bag in the freezer and thaw a few at a time for the protein portion of your meal.  You can also throw them into pasta dishes at the last minute to add some protein.  Caution:  if you cook them with the sauce from the beginning they, like any shrimp, can get tough.

Of course if you don’t like shrimp…..  sorry about that!

Stress

You’ve probably already experienced it, even if you don’t realize it.  Stress makes GERD worse!  Heck just thinking about GERD can make it worse.  Its a viscious cycle.  So, lets talk about some ideas for reducing stress.

Adjustable Bed — Ahhh, Sweet Relief!

After struggling with various slant pillows for months I finally went to look at adjustable beds. I had trouble with sliding down off the slant pillows, back pain from the pressure on my tailbone and sliding down the mattress when I had blocks under the feet of the bed.  So, I decided to look into adjustable beds.