11 Superfoods For Heartburn and Acid Reflux
If you experience frequent indigestion or heartburn, you have lots of company. Millions of Americans have ongoing digestive health problems of some sort.
Heartburn Symptoms and Remedies
Find out if your eating habits are sending you down the path to heartburn and how to stop it if they are.
Lifestlye Causes
How you eat can also be as important as what you eat. Skipping breakfast or lunch and then consuming a huge meal at day's end can increase gastric pressure and the possibility of reflux.
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Causes of Reflux
GERD is a digestive disorder that affects the lower esophageal sphincter (LES), the muscle connecting the esophagus and stomach.
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Heartburn or Heart Attack?
Symptoms associated with the digestive condition called gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), or reflux, can mimic the pain of heart attack or angina -- which is chest pain caused by diminished blood flow through the coronary arteries -- especially when the sensation is constricting rather than burning in nature.