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How long can an acid reflux last? The more the stomach is stretched by food, the higher the tendency to reflux. The tendency is also increased by eating fatty meals as fat delays gastric emptying. A simple way to change that is to use a pillow under the mattress or to raise the head of your bed by 10cm (4 inches) with blocks or a house brick under the bed frame. Another possibility is to measure the acidity in the lower end of the oesophagus during a 24-hour period. This will give an indication of how often and how long the reflux episodes last. The symptoms of gastro-oesophageal reflux can resemble those of a peptic ulcer, chest pains (angina pectoris), muscle pains, back problems, constipation, irritable bowel syndrome, gallstones, pancreatic disease etc. If the symptoms are not frequent less than five times a month they can be treated with over-the-counter medications such as antacids and histamine antagonists. In most cases, antacids successfully control the symptoms. If

Is brown rice bad for a person with diabetes? Brown rice is bad for someone who is suffering from type 2 diabetes. This is because brown rice is 90% carbohydrate, and well under 10% of this is fiber. A cup of brown rice has 45 grams of carbohydrates, which equates to 9 teaspoons of sugar. Normal blood sugar is generally considered to be a fasting blood sugar under 100 mg/dL, or 70-140 mg/dL 2 hours after a meal. This is equivalent to about 1 teaspoon of sugar circulating in your blood. When you eat a food that has a lot of carbs in it, like a cup of brown rice, your blood sugar will climb rapidly because the carbs in the rice are rapidly converted to sugar, and the 9 teaspoons of sugar in a cup of brown rice are going to be absorbed into a system that tries to stay at about 1 teaspoon of sugar at all times. Eating a cup of brown rice will cause your blood sugar to rise significantly and will lead to difficult-to-control blood sugars in the short term and progression of the dise