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Another fair, delicate flower in the IBS Garden! what's worse is havin a husband who LOVES heat and humidity. We live in a brick 2-family flat, and when we first started dating, he didn't even have a window fan! Buying one was a condition for our relationship to continue :-)
In the winder months I spend so much time with hot tea and a heating pad, and now I have to find new "tools" for these dog days (although it's cool and rainy today). Does anyone have any favorite foods or drinks (preferrably low-acid) for the summer months?
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Strange concept...if it affects me, I haven't noticed. Maybe I'd better pay more attention! 
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Re: Da Vapors
#70205 - 05/13/04 03:32 PM
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Linz
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Glad I'm not the only one to reach for the salt in the summer!
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interesting concept
i'm in arizona so...well..its always hot. lol
I'm pretty tan tho i use tons of sunscreen but i also chug water. will keep the salt concept in mind when i do get to feeling a bit woozy
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Salt!
#70217 - 05/13/04 04:14 PM
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Why didn't that ever occur to me?! Duh! I just had about five days of laying around (I don't have time for that, but I felt so languid, like a sloth). I'll try eating more salt and see what that does. Thanks for the suggestion! Maybe it's worse now that I'm not in CA and not used to this East Coast humidity. 
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I don't know where you're living, Rachel, but perhaps you aren't living where there is a lot of heat and humidity? It can definitely be a trigger. It has something to do with our seratonin levels. Heather talked about this in a post about 2 months ago, and I just did a search to find that post but was unsuccessful.
I avoid hot weather at all cost. We moved up here to get away from the California heat. My body can't tolerate it; my IBS acts up BIG time!
ShawnEric states, "Seratonin is a major player in IBS, but more in the gut than in the brain. 95% of Seratonin in the body is stored in the gut."
I think Heather and Shawneric are right. I'm living proof of it. Even up here where there's no humidity (and very little real hot weather), I invested in an air conditioner!
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Edited by Bevrs (05/13/04 06:04 PM)
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That is facinating. I live in Houston, TX and we are 100% humid during the summer. My summer clothes are always loose and comfy where my winter clothes are fitted...interesting. I think I was compensating without even knowing! Thanks for the info!
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Fussy, Fussy Jen
#70244 - 05/13/04 06:07 PM
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Don't we all store our seratonin in our guns?
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#70247 - 05/13/04 06:18 PM
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Linz
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Did you know that without salt you could die from dehydration?
Make up your own sports drink with a bottle of water, a little fruit juice and some salt. It'll help loads.
I got dehydrated REALLY easily when I first got IBS so I found out about all this then.
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