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| Heartburn and acid reflux are typically treated with | | | | products, and other foods. |
| over the counter products or drugs that reduce | | | | Avoid overeating and having a large amount of food in |
| stomach acid or block the excretion of stomach acid. It | | | | your stomach. Excess food in your stomach can |
| would appear that if our stomach acid needed to be | | | | increase your stomach gas pressure and force your |
| diluted by antacids, our body would be smart enough | | | | LES valve to open. |
| not produce such a corrosive liquid in our stomach. | | | | Avoid using certain drugs, although this might be |
| That fact is that we need a highly acidic condition in | | | | impossible. If you take drugs perhaps you can start |
| our stomach to properly digest protein. Using drugs to | | | | looking for and start using some natural remedies so |
| suppress this stomach acid is not the correct way to | | | | that you can lessen the use of drugs. Here are some |
| deal with acid reflux or heartburn. If you do go this | | | | of the drugs at cause LES problems - NSAID's, |
| route, you will be facing many disease as you get | | | | bronchodilators, channel blockers, beta-blockers, |
| older. | | | | antianxiety drugs, and nitroglycerine. These drugs relax |
| There are many reasons you might have acid reflux. | | | | the muscles around the LES valve causing them to |
| One reason is a weakness in the Lower Esophageal | | | | open during normal stomach gas pressures. |
| Sphincter valve, LES. LES is a valve between your | | | | Watch how you do certain physical activities, such as |
| stomach and your esophagus. When your LES valve | | | | waist bending, staining during bowel movements, |
| is weak, it can allow acidified, partially digested food to | | | | coughing, and lifting heavy objects. This increases the |
| flow back up into your esophagus. The acid in the | | | | pressure in the stomach, causing the LES valve to |
| food will burn the lining of your esophagus causing the | | | | open. |
| so called "heartburn..." | | | | After a meal do not lie down. This causes food to |
| Here are some natural steps that you can use to | | | | flow back towards the LES valve putting pressure on |
| strengthen your Lower Esophageal Sphincter valve: | | | | it. So it is a good reason to eat your last meal around |
| These foods can weaken the LES valve - coffee, | | | | three hours before bedtime. |
| peppermint, spearmint, sugar, chocolate, onions, and | | | | There you have it, some natural remedies and |
| alcohol. Once you have strengthened your LES, you | | | | activities that strengthen or weaken your LES valve. |
| can return to eating these foods in moderate amounts. | | | | Just applying some or all these will result in reducing |
| Eliminate those foods that are known to create allergic | | | | the frequency of your acid reflux and heartburn. |