Cure for heartburn

Psssst! I'll let you into a little secret here! I reckon I'll be nominated for a Nobel Prize soon! No, seriously! That is, if the pharmaceutical mafia doesn't quietly "dispose" of me when they read this...
I normally don't tend to publicize my personal life on this blog (after all, you faithful readers are coming to read about food or drool over some recipes while you devour a lunch of soggy sandwich from the shop across the road). This time, though, revealing that I have a bun in the oven (or, in plain English, that I am expecting a baby) has an ulterior motive. Throughout my pregnancies, and especially with my second and this third now, I have always suffered from heartburn, so much so that I was pretty much married to my bottle of Gaviscon (liquid remedy for 'stomach reflux', the technical term). I never take medicine unless it is absolutely necessary and have an innate distrust of doctors, particularly in this country, but this would be the only thing that could effectively ease the pain - all homespun remedies either didn't work (almonds) or I have had so much of them by now that I shy away at the mere smell of them (baking soda). But I have reached a point now where even Gaviscon would make me gag as soon as I opened the bottle, so I was desparate.
Then, out of the blue, came the discovery of what would change my remaining 3 months completely. Who'd have thought that me, the (self-declared) natural science anti-christ, would one day be in line for a Nobel Prize? But I have, indeed, found the ultimate, perfect cure for heartburn: Maltesers. A registered trademark of Mars, not GlaxoSmithKline! The Eureka moment came when I was watching a DVD at night and munched away on some of them (also not a usual habit, but you know what pregnant women are like sometimes!) only to find that not once did I have to get up for my "fix" of antacid liquid during the night, I also didn't have any occurrence of heartburn the following day. Despite drinking orange juice and coffee!
So Maltesers is pretty much what I live on now. Not in wholesale quantities (yet), but a handful of the chocolate balls devoured before bedtime are doing me wonders at the moment. Just don't you dare ask me about my waistline!

Comments

[Dagmar]

Oh, that's wonderful Johanna! Congrats!!!

Fascinating discovery by the way. What a great excuse for eating loads of Maltesers :-) Just kidding :-)

[Jeanne]

I demand that somebody sends this woman a Nobel prize IMMEDIATELY!! LOL, Johanna - and surely a lot better tasting than Gaviscon! Just think - you have a good few months left of eating Malteasers for two ;-)

[johanna]

jeanne, it's a mixed blessing... how on earth am i supposed to get back to pre-pregnancy weight after eating a ton of maltesers (or two)???

[Melissa]

Congratulations on your pregnancy and your discovery! Mothers are the necessity of invention, or something like that. :-)

[Pille]

What a sweet discovery:) Should I ever be in a similar situation, I'll reach for Maltesers!

[Brilynn]

Good to hear you found such a tasty cure!

[vasilisa]

husband is getting dispatched to the store immediately. require maltesers now! (sick of soda too)
:-)

[Carolie]

For any of your readers in the US, "Whoppers" are basically the same as "Maltesers"!

[Carolie]

And by the way...Congratulations!

[Anne]

Oooh, congratulations Johanna!! On the baby, and of course, on the nobel prize ;) Actually, I *do* know some influental people.. I will let them know. And I will keep this advice close at heart - we're thinking about somewhat soon starting to perhaps try for a two-legged little one.. (yes, very conclusive so far, yes.)

[Winnie]

I'm going to get some today! I'm just starting to get heartburns from my pregnancy and was wondering what would help. This sure sound a whole lot tastier than the other stuff.

[sam]

woo hoo!! congrats!

have you ever tried the blowing a malteser in the air trick?

whoppers are not basically maltesers. Whoppers are overly sweet quite disgusting candys and maltesers are yummy delicious.

I once worked on a maltesers commercial in London. I had to animate chocolate blobbing onto a malteser.

So I told them I had to know what maltesers looked like without chocolate and, I kid you not, they sent me a whole box of naked maltesers!!!!

Needless to say, I think it is the chocolate that makes them taste special!

[rachel b.]

you know i tried this the other night with whoppers and it actually did work?