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How to Prevent Heartburn | Reduction

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How to Prevent Heartburn

Honoré de Balzac with Heartburn, after Louis-Auguste Bisson
Honoré de Balzac with Heartburn, after Louis-Auguste Bisson by Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com
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Excerpt:

If you've ever had the unfortunate experience of heartburn—when food and stomach acid travel the wrong way, creating a burning sensation in your esophagus—you know that it's as miserable as it sounds. What heartburn can lead to is equally unpleasant, including fiery chest aches and halitosis. It's not pretty, but luckily, there's a lot you can do to prevent heartburn in the first place, with these easy tips. Know Your Food Enemies Vast is the spectrum of foods that can trigger digestive problems: spicy foods, chocolate, peppermint, citrus, tomato-based foods, mustard, chili, and raw onions are all thought to irritate the lining of the esophagus. But what's the major dietary factor in causing reflux? "Eating large, fatty meals," says Jeffrey Alexander, MD, head of the Esophageal Clinic at the Mayo Clinic. That's because fat softens the sphincter muscles, which seal off the lower esophagus.

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Dr. Alexander

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-0.0195963"Increasing body mass index is associated with increased reflux, especially in the case with truncal obesity: big bellies," Dr. Alexander says. ...
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Jeffrey Alexander, MD

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