Luke O'Neill

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4,575 appearances 24 recordings 2 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 2d ago

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Show Me the Science with Luke O'Neill · The Science of Morning Sickness · 27 Aug 2026 podcast

There's evidence, anyway, that ginger can help in any hyper nausea, but the ginger can be beneficial, hence ginger ale. voice-verified

Well actually. voice-verified

Was probably invented as a way to treat nausea. voice-verified

Uh a bit of ginger can help. voice-verified

If it gets really severe, make sure you go to your GP, it's essential. voice-verified

Sometimes they use steroids to dampen it down slightly, I've noticed, but that's probably quite uncommon nowadays. voice-verified

Uh but still uh th th the sad truth of it is you gotta just tough it out. voice-verified

I know it's a horrible thing to say, but a little bit of ginger and a bland diet can help matters and you are protecting. voice-verified

the developing baby by by going through this is one way to think of it. voice-verified

Now why is it happening? voice-verified

Well again there's been some research on this. voice-verified

Now the the the extreme end, hypermesis, they've done lots of work on that to try to stop that because that can be so damaging. voice-verified

That's just seen as the whole thing going into overdrive. voice-verified

So whatever it is that's causing it goes overreacts and that can happen in most biological systems. voice-verified

You get overreaction of things and then you get disease. voice-verified

In this case, whatever the process is, is in overdrive and it's so rare because it's so damaging, right? voice-verified

So still but s a percentage have it. voice-verified

Now they think it could be progesterone. voice-verified

A woman's body when she's carrying the fetus is massive hormonal changes are happening, surging through her body. voice-verified

Uh progesterone, that can affect the stomach. voice-verified

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