Heartburn Remedies for Acid Reflux

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by Jeff Martin

For all you know, the history of heartburn might go back to the time of Adam and Eve. Ever since Adam had to look for his own food after being banished from the Garden of Eden, heartburn was a malady inflicted upon mankind ever after. Eve was slightly better off, surviving on raw honey and plenty of apples throughout the remaining days of her life, and in doing so, saving her delicate esophagus from GERD (Gastro-esophageal Reflux Disease) or acid reflux attacks.

However, men and women down through the ages have not been spared the faults of their first parents and heartburn has become a common ailment for mankind ever since. Taking cues from Eve, however, we have tried using honey and apple cider vinegar to find relief from GERD induced heartburn.

Over the years, people have experimented with various natural remedies for heartburn and have received mixed results. The following is a brief list of a few of the more popular ones.

Eating your meals with a cup full of curd is believed to reduce heartburn. There may be some truth to this since curd works as a fairly good enzyme in digesting food, leaving less acidity to reflux back into the esophagus.

Basil leaves offer a natural remedy for heartburn. Many believe that simply chewing Basil leaves during meals helps in keeping heartburn at bay.

Apple cider vinegar as cited above mixed with raw honey is supposed to be one of the best treatments for chronic heartburn patients. For effective results, only the cloudy part of the vinegar should be considered and mixed with two teaspoonfuls of raw honey in a glass of water.

A teaspoonful of baking soda and a few drops of lime in a glass of water can also provide immediate relief from heartburn.

You can also try a teaspoonful of yellow mustard for rapid relief.

Ingesting a tablespoon full of dark brown sugar every morning is a great idea.

Consider having a red apple after dinner. You will be surprised at how well it works in lessening the frequency of a post-meal heartburn.

Fresh ginger or ginger tea is also good in relieving heartburn.

A glass of chilled milk also prevents heartburn to a great extent.

Finding a cure for heartburn is very important. That is because it seems that a huge section of the population is being affected with this disease, and even our children are not spared from this. And so if you are affected, it is important that you never neglect the condition because it will lead to a lot of pain and discomfort, particularly at night which will disrupt your sleep.

More importantly, neglecting heartburn might lead to further complications,  sometimes leading to permanent physical injury.  So you must always seek heartburn cures as soon as possible. Why take the risk when a remedy is indeed possible?

But the above listed remedies alone cannot cure GERD heartburn; these remedies can give you some relief at the most, but not a cure. You also need to make some lifestyle changes with a holistic approach to help you cure GERD heartburn completely. You need to have several smaller meals in a day instead of having one large meal. You have to stop eating unhealthy fast, fatty and processed foods, as they are often the cause of heartburn.

Conventional medications can treat the symptoms of the problem, but when it comes to curing the ailment, they too fail. Holistic remedies, on the other hand, treat the body organically at the root cause of the disease, in addition to prescribing the right diet and lifestyle changes. That is why holistic remedies are so effective in relieving heartburn.

About the Author:

Jeff Martin is a certified nutritionist and author of the #1 best-selling e-book, Heartburn No More . To Learn More About Acid Reflux Surgery Visit: PROVEN Heartburn Home Treatment

[Editor's note. Thanks to Jeff Martin for a fine article on heartburn and acid reflux disease.

While everyone gets some heartburn on occasion when, for example, we eat food that is too spicy or greasy - or just eat too much - chronic heartburn can lead to a serious disease.

Essentially, we experience heartburn when acid from our stomach refluxes back up into our esophagus, which causes some mild burning. However, when it happens consistently, the acid will literally burn away the tissue and cause permanent damage. This is called gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).

That's why it is critically important for people to treat their heartburn if it occurs frequently, or more than 2 days a week. One supplement that is highly recommended for stomach and digestive problems is colostrum. It has growth and immune factors that are very healing and can help coat and protect your esophagus. To do so, it is best to chew and swallow powder or tablets rather than just swallowing them whole without dissolving them first. You can read more about colostrum here.

The other supplements you should seriously consider taking are digestive enzymes, which help your body break down and digest  food. As we age our bodies produce less of these critically important enzymes, so we get less nutrition from our food and more heartburn instead.

Many fruits contain high levels of digestive enzymes, so it may help to eat some with each meal. And vinegar contains natural enzymes which may help the acids in your stomach become less volatile and less likely to reflux. And of course, smaller meals are always recommended, as a full stomach more easily pushes the acid up into the esophagus.

The New York Times wrote in 1999, "The incidence of esophageal cancer precipitated by chronic heartburn is increasing faster than any other cancer in the nation today, and in nearly 90 percent of cases it is incurable."

So take your heartburn seriously. Here is a product that has gotten good reviews you may want to look at. Jeff's a certified nutritionist, consultant and author, and has thousands of satisfied customers,  so he must be doing something right.]

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