One for the clever physiologists

Vorsprung

I always get a bout of hiccups after eating home baked brown bread. I'm home for Xmas and forgotten all about this curious phenomenon until I sampled Mammy Vorsprung's fibre laden treat this morning, and released why I previously ate the foodstuff alone, to avoid embarrassment.

I've always known hiccups to be defined as diaphragmatic irritation, or irritation of the phrenic nerve, but I can't think of a physiological basis for homemade brown bread to cause it.

What am I missing?

2 slices in the post to cleverest (with a physiological basis) answer*






*may not actually happen

opinion guy

Perhaps there is a specific ingredient in the bread that irirtates your diaphragm ??

Vorsprung

Yea you're probably right, I must get the ingrediant list and post it.

Jessibelle

Could something in the bread, the yeast perhaps be breaking down rapidly in the mouth/stomach causing a form of aerophagia? I know someone who used to have a similar problem with alka seltzer, and it was brought down to the extra "air" consumed with the drink.

Traumadoc

Same for me with chilli, which can cause vascular constriction.

Perhaps you have gluten intolerence?