Coffee Lovers with Heartburn Rejoice!Written by Tonya Sage
Every month, 60 million Americans experience heartburn and 15 million of those Americans suffer daily. Heartburn, indigestion and upset stomach cause countless Americans to limit their intake of their favorite foods like coffee. Doctors frequently restrict or eliminate coffee to help control painful churning in their patient’s stomachs. Consumption of prescription and OTC medications to relieve heartburn has reached an all time high. Unfortunately, reducing your naturally occurring stomach acid exposes you to several new health concerns. New research suggests that relying on drugs like Nexium and Prilosec may increase your risk of developing pneumonia. Improperly digested food and lower food poisoning protection are just a few other complications associated with lower levels of stomach acid. Routine consumption of stomach acid altering drugs, even antacids, has become a necessity for coffee lovers to continue enjoying their favorite drink.On a daily basis, coffee drinkers with sensitive stomachs struggle with a painfully difficult decision. Is their cherished “morning coffee” worth hours of stomach pain or discomfort? Can they endure pain (so they can have their coffee) or should they consume another round of stomach acid altering drugs? What is a coffee lover with a sensitive stomach supposed to do?
| | Gold Jewelry: the ultimate adornment for style, beauty and classWritten by Angela Davis
Gold jewelry can never go out of style. It can look good on almost everyone. It is ultimate amalgamation of classic beauty, wealth and style. The value of gold jewelry depends not only upon style or designer who has designed it, but most importantly it is dependent upon quality of gold used to make gold jewelry. The quality of gold in gold jewelry is determined by its percentage or by karat. The higher karat number, higher percentage of gold in your gold jewelry. The various karat numbers are 24K, 18K, 14K, 12K and 10K - 24K is pure gold. Gold jewelry is also available in various forms. In some cases it is plated with gold, in some it is filled with gold and in some others gold jewelry is made of pure gold. Gold by itself is very soft and isn't practical for daily wear which is why it has to be mixed with other additional metals to give it tensile strength such that it can be molded into various designs. Other metals are mixed with it to make it more durable (and to lower its cost). Adding other metals to mix also allows metallurgists to change color of gold. Palladium or nickel can be added to create white gold. Adding copper produces a rose or pink tint, while silver gives gold a greenish cast. If you want jewelry which can be worn regularly then it is wise to get it made out of solid gold (Solid gold is a term that can be used to describe an item that's at least 10K (in US) gold all way through. Even though it's a gold alloy--18K, 14K, or anything down to 10K--it can be called solid gold.).
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