On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 13:18:56 -0500, Dave Smith
> scribbled some thoughts:

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>MC_Emily wrote:
>
>>
>> >Years ago, when I was on holiday at Butlins Minehead with my kids and then
>> husband, I had what I now know to be a severe case of food poisoning.
>> Without putting too fine a point on it, toilet and sink were in simultaneous
>> use. I had to crawl on the floor, as I was too weak to stand.
>
>> My husband
>> went to see someone to try to get a doctor and ended up speaking to a nurse
>> on site. She told him that I should drink flat Coke and have nothing else
>> for 24 hours. He came back with some Coke and I did as instructed. To be
>> honest, I was furious with him because I really wanted some professional
>> attention but was too weak to do anything about it. He was just too damned
>> useless to take care of me properly, hence the 'then husband'!!!
>
>That's probably what a doctor would have recommended.
>
>> Anyway, I
>> drank flat Coke for the next 2 days, spending my time between the bathroom
>> and bed and it seemed to work, taking away the queasy feeling and obviously
>> starving the bacteria that I'd got. Since then, if I ever have a mild upset
>> (which is rare) I have flat Coke and, believe it or not, it works. I've
>> recommended it to others before and they've said it worked, too. I would
>> definitely *not* recommend it for a severe case but for a mild case it
>> certainly helps settle the stomach. Perhaps the thinking behind it is that
>> it provides sugar for energy and calories but doesn't provide anything for
>> bacteria to live on. Or is there some other 'magic' ingredient? I don't
>> know but it's worth a try )
>>
>
>Alpen bitters is pretty effective for an upset stomach, and once you get used to
>the taste and mix it with the right proportion of water, it's pretty good.
>
>I have a wacko sister in law who went through a stage of fanaticism with health
>foods (one of many fanatical stages over the years). She recommended a shot of
>apple cider vinegar. I had a case of stomach flu, or gastroenteritis or whatever
>you want to call it. I tried a number of things. She kept insisting on the apple
>cider vinegar. I kept resisting. I was desperate enough to try it. I took a
>hearty swig of the stuff. It almost came right back up, but within 10 minutes I
>was starting to feel better.
>


Apple cider vinegar works. Think of it as a strong "bitter"
sipping whiskey.

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