Acid Reflux and Tips to Reduce Symptoms

Acid reflux is a disorder in which stomach acid escapes through the Lower Esophageal Sphincter (LES). That's a valve that separates the stomach from the esophagus. The problem is, stomach acid is supposed to stay in the stomach. When it enters the esophagus, acid reflux occurs, with symptoms including:

pain and burning in the chest
heartburn and nausea
burping and hiccups
hoarseness
chronic sore throat

Another symptom of acid reflux is regurgitation - that foul taste in your mouth when you "mini-vomit" in your mouth after a meal.

Acid reflux is a common and persistent problem, particularly with the popularity of fast- food and the nutritional gaps in the average American diet.

Fortunately, you can treat acid reflux with Digestive Science Reflux Elimination System. More on that shortly. First, let's learn more about acid reflux and how you can reduce your symptoms.

More About Acid Reflux

While it's common to experience sporadic symptoms of acid reflux, if symptoms occur more than twice a week, you have acid reflux disease. Risk factors include obesity, pregnancy, smoking, eating large meals, and lying down after meals.

In addition, acid reflux can occur from a lack of digestive enzymes. In this scenario, the stomach produces more acid to compensate. Then food digests slower, and symptoms of acid reflux can occur. The culprit? There are many, but age, poor diet, stress and antibiotics can all reduce the digestive enzymes required to balance the stomach acid responsible for reflux.

The problem is exasperated by the popularity of antacids, which make life even more difficult for your already minimal digestive enzymes. While they might bring temporary relief, antacids alter the pH of your stomach and are not suitable for long-term use.

How You Can Reduce Acid Reflux

Chew gum - Chewing gum may relieve heartburn and reflux. The reason? Saliva neutralizes stomach acid. Just avoid peppermint gum, which can aggravate heartburn, and skip gum if it makes you swallow air, which can cause belching and bloating.

Slim down - Extra pounds around the midsection can make heartburn worse and trigger reflux symptoms. Shed just two pounds and you can ease both.

Eat smaller meals - Large meals stack on excess weight and can cause the digestive problems you want to avoid (that's you, reflux!). Eat smaller meals, and eat them more frequently, to reduce strain on your digestive system and for less reflux and heartburn.

Avoid trigger foods - Some foods are notorious for causing gas and acid reflux, including beans, soda and fatty foods like soda and cheese. Other common reflux trigger foods include citrus fruits, tomatoes, coffee and tea.

Ditch the cigarettes - Among several million reasons why you shouldn't smoke, this nasty habit loosens the LES valve, through which stomach acid enters the esophagus and you know what comes next.

Keep a journal -Digestion problems can be unique to each patient. What causes reflux in one patient may do nothing to another. You can reduce this problem by keeping a journal of your reflux symptoms, regarding trigger foods, meal size, time of day and other factors that cause your symptoms.

How Digestive Science Reflux Elimination System Can Help

Digestive Science Reflux Elimination System is scientifically formulated to stimulate production of digestive enzymes, to reduce excess stomach acid and bring relief from reflux symptoms. As such, view it as a treatment for this common problem rather than a temporary "band-aid" solution.

Digestive Science Reflux Elimination System nurtures the digestive system with ingredients that soothe and calm. And its Acid Control Formula is designed with a dual action formulation, to protect the esophagus from the burning of acid that's supposed to stay in the stomach and to reduce the excess acid that's causing the problems.

You'll also find that Reflux Elimination System is suitable for long-term use, with the Daily Digestion Support fiber and nutrient supplement to ensure ongoing health in your gastrointestinal tract and to keep reflux away.

In short, Digestive Science Reflux Elimination System treats the causes of acid reflux and brings relief from the pain and discomfort of this common problem. We think it will make a difference in your life.