Synchronous Diaphragmatic Flutters

I don't know about you guys, but I am plagued by hiccups almost daily.

Sadly, this is not the hiccup I'm talking about.

I'm talking about synchronous diaphragmatic flutters. Boy, that's a mouth-er...keyboard-ful?

Anyway, a hiccup is an involuntary contraction of the diaphragm.

Once this reflex is triggered, the diaphragm contracts sharply and is followed by closure of the vocal cords 0.25 seconds later, which is what causes us to make the "hic" sound.

The exact cause of hiccups is still up for debate, but most people believe it has something to do with the pace of our eating.

There are countless remedies for hiccups including:

1. Drinking water whilst upside down. (In reality, all this does is get water up your nose. Not very effective, if you ask me.)

2. Holding your breath for as long as you can. (This is actually very helpful. Holding your breath builds up your carbon dioxide levels which helps your diaphragm relax or something weird like that. IDK.)

3. A spoonful of peanut butter. (This doesn't help. At all. If anything, it makes the situation worse because you can't really chew peanut butter but you can't just swallow it whole like that and it hurts when it goes down because it's just like AHH PEANUT BUTTER so I don't recommend this.)

4. A spoonful of sugar. (I don't know why this works, but it does. And it's delicious too so. Win-win.)