Don’t let difficulty getting down your medicine or supplements make you miss your dose. Simply take a few deep breaths to relax tense throat muscles, then place the medicine at the tip of your tongue. Sip a mouthful of water and, instead of leaning your head back, tilt it forward, toward your chest. The pill will rise to the top of the water, toward the back of the tongue, and wash down easily, reveals a study at New Zealand’s Christchurch Hospital. I’ve been doing this with my supplements ever since I read this study and can’t believe how much easier it is to swallow pills this way. Expect it to feel a little weird at first, but it becomes more natural after just a few tries.
[photo: Eric Lumis]
