My bizarre Skittles fix and other question

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This is so interesting bc I too have problems w this and find if I eat

some kind of candy, usually hard candy, it really helps. Even cough

drops seem to help clear the thick mucus out of my way.

On a side note, I'm stumped at my health...after weeks and months of

awful throwing up till I was down to a few bites a week. My dr did the

endoscopy and stretched my throat, which lasted a week. Then throwing

up and hurtful swallowing resumed. This last week I got a stomach bug

but the end result has been I'm able to eat right now. Only a little

pain if I choose the wrong food (bread mostly) and after 4 days I had

the kids out yesterday. I took them to taco bell...well that was a

wrong choice...I threw up more than I took in. But back home I calmed

down, made dinner and ate. (Mexican too)! Only thing I can think of is

I'm trying gluten free here, all fresh veggies and a gallon of sweet

tea...litterly, i drink it like a wino does his wine.

Bad part? I finally got my appt w surgen at MUSC. For Tuesday. I guess

I'm wondering if I should go forward or wait and see if diet helps.

But I'm worried if I do this will just be a fluke and I'll be

suffering again like crazy. Any suggestions? Please..??? Thank you,

y'all will never know how much you've helped me. I talk about this

group to my friends like y'all are family. It just means so much to

know I'm not alone. or crazy!!

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On Jul 8, 2011, at 6:38 PM, notan ostrich <notan_ostrich@...> wrote:

> Jennlee wrote:

> >

> > This is gonna sound really odd, but I've found that when I get a

> > flare-up of Achalasia where I start spitting up foam and not being

> > able to drink liquids or swallow foods well, that if I slowly eat a

> > few Skittles, it seems to help.... I can't think why in the heck

> this

> > works for me, ...

> >

>

> Interesting. Thanks for sharing that.

>

> According to:

>

> http://www.marshealthyliving.com/whats-inside?brandId=11

>

> Skittles contain: hydrogenated palm kernel oil, and sometimes carnauba

> wax (depending on the type). As I mentioned in a post, some days back,

> oils, fats and also waxes act as defoamers (anti-foaming agents). If

> you

> think about what the foam we have trouble with is you may decide it is

> similar to egg based meringue. The egg white would be like the mucus

> and

> saliva. (Egg white, mucus and saliva all contain glycoproteins, mucins

> and water. Each also has a few other things.) When the egg white is

> whipped the meringue is like the foam. To make meringue you have to

> avoid getting any fat or oil in the egg white or it will not become

> firm. The egg yoke contains about 4.5 grams of fat, so if you get just

> some of the yoke in the white it will not make meringue. Each 1.5oz

> (1.25 cups) of Skittles contain 2g of fat. It wouldn't take many

> Skittles to equal enough yoke to act as a defoamer.

>

> I looked for a list of foods that work as demoamers in recipes but

> couldn't find one. There are a lot of chemicals that are used in the

> food industry to defoam food making processes but most of them are not

> things you would think of as food. Most food based oils, fats and

> waxes

> should work though. Some of the additives that you see in foods also

> work.

>

> There may be other reasons Skittles work. This is my guess.

>

> notan

>

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