| The real antidote to acid reflux, gerd,
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| | with. It can easily be avoided.
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| heartburn and indigestion has to do with
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| | Foods and beverages, like chocolate,
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| what we eat, how we eat, where we eat and
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| | caffeine, fried foods, tomato products
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| when we eat. This may sound a little too
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| | and alcohol, can cause the LES to relax
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| simple, but it is not. Everyone is
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| | and should be avoided until the esophagus
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| different; therefore people have to
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| | has had time to heal.
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| approach eating in different ways.
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| | How and where we eat is very important,
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| There are many foods and beverages which
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| | as well. Chewing food properly is
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| trigger heartburn. Not all of these
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| | essential to correct digestion. Saliva
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| affect everyone in the same manner. For
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| | in the mouth is actually very alkaline in
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| instance, I have difficulty digesting raw
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| | nature. It acts as sort of a lubricant
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| bell peppers, but I know others who
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| | to assist the teeth in grinding food to a
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| cannot eat raw tomatoes, but have no
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| | fine pulp, making it easier to digest.
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| trouble with raw bell peppers.
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| | When I was a little boy, I had an
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| Ironically, I can eat fresh raw tomatoes
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| | elementary school teacher who constantly
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| all day long and not have gerd. So
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| | reminded me to chew my food twenty-two
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| anyone who makes blanket statements
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| | times before swallowing. She said that
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| regarding this subject has got it all
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| | if I didn't I would have indigestion. At
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| wrong.
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| | the time, I thought she was crazy, but
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| Through trial and error, we all discover
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| | she was right on the money.
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| what we can and cannot digest with ease.
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| | Eating slowly in a relaxed atmosphere is
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| There are, however, some foods that cause
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| | also crucial to good digestion. When we
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| problems for anyone who is susceptible to
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| | eat too fast we don't chew properly
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| acid reflux. Any food or drink that
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| | forcing crude clumps of food into a
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| causes the LES (lower esophageal
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| | shocked and traumatized stomach. This is
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| sphincter) to relax should be consumed in
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| | certainly a perfect way to insure a good
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| strict moderation. The LES is a ring of
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| | case of indigestion. People who grab
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| fibrous muscle which separates the
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| | meals on the run are the worst offenders
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| esophagus and the stomach. When this
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| | and I think you will find many of them at
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| muscle relaxes, acid and pepsin can
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| | fast food restaurants. Unfortunately,
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| splash up from the stomach into the
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| | they are teaching their children to do
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| esophagus and throat, thereby causing
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| | the same.
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| acid reflux.
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| | Finally, there is the important
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| The hydrochloric acid in the stomach is
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| | consideration of when you eat. It's a
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| very powerful. It has been compared to
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| | proven fact that eating several small
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| the acid in a car battery, but it is a
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| | meals, spaced throughout the day, is far
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| necessary part of our physical anatomy.
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| | healthier for the digestive system than
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| It constitutes the initial stage of the
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| | the traditional "three big meals".
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| digestive process. It not only breaks
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| | Eating too much at one time is one of the
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| down the food we eat but keeps
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| | biggest causes of acid reflux and also
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| potentially dangerous bacteria which live
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| | contributes to unwanted weight gain.
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| in the digestive tract in check. This is
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| | Last but not least, I must mention the
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| the reason that drugs which stop the acid
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| | most relevant antidote to the acid reflux
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| pumps from functioning are potentially
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| | condition; never go to bed with a full
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| dangerous. These drugs are called proton
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| | stomach. If we want to avoid acid
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| pump inhibitors (PPI drugs). They
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| | reflux, we must allow at least two hours
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| interfere with the digestion and
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| | after eating before lying down. Three
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| assimilation of food and allow the
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| | hours would be even better. This, of
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| overgrowth of bacteria.
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| | course, means that a late night bowl of
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| Eating jagged foods like crackers or corn
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| | ice cream in bed would be strictly taboo.
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| chips can cause little lacerations to
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| | So you see, the real antidote to the acid
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| develop in the esophagus and LES. Then
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| | reflux blues is not so much about "what
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| later consuming acidic foods like spicy
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| | to do", but about "what not to do". It
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| over cooked tomato sauce can exacerbate
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| | is not about drugs, surgery or even
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| the problem. This scenario is typical of
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| | doctors. The natural cure for acid
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| why many people have acid reflux to begin
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| | reflux is all about common sense.
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