Plus, our recipe for chocolate chip overnight oats.
| | | | | We have the answer! GERD aspiration occurs when refluxed stomach contents such as acid or food particles are accidentally inhaled into the airway and travel to the lungs. Aspiration can lead to pneumonia, and GERD is a major risk factor for it because of the frequent backflow of stomach acid into the throat. |
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| | | | | Number of calories in a kilocalorie, a unit of energy in foods and beverages that’s equal to the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree Celsius. The “calories” listed on U.S. food labels are actually kilocalories, or Calories (with a big “c” instead of small “c”), but for simplicity the terms are used interchangeably. |
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| #Let’s Get Social | | If you have IBD, it’s critical to know where the nearest accessible bathroom is when you’re out and about…and this is true for many other people, too, from pregnant women to older adults to those with various other health conditions. Yet public bathrooms in the U.S. are often hard to come by (not to mention unsanitary or unsafe). HealthCentral and the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation are on Instagram with insights and advice from our investigation of restroom accessibility across America, plus links to further info. | | Facebook Pinterest Twitter | | | | |
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