It has a special muscle at the lower end which allows food and liquid into the stomach and is generally tightly closed to prevent the flow of stomach acid coming back up into the esophagus.
Symptoms of this disease include chest discomfort, heartburn and the awful bitter taste of our stomach acid as it gets to the mouth.
There are a number of factors, including certain foods that can lead up to GERD - this will be discussed as you get deeper into the article.
* chewing gum - increases the amount of swallowed air, leading to reflux and burping [belching]
* hard candy - increases saliva and swallowed air, thus also leading to reflux and burping.
Follow the factors above and the diet suggestions below to ease your symptoms.
* creamed foods
* soup
* oils
* chocolate [shame, this poor food is always a NO NO]
* full cream milk
* mint - peppermint and spearmint
* fatty and/or fried foods
* alcohol
* spicy foods
Foods to limit
The following can irritate the lower esophagus if it is inflamed, limiting or avoiding these for a while can aid in reducing your reflux.
* high protein foods - low fat, as to much fat can have a reverse effect
* low fat carbohydrates - bread, crackers, pasta and cereals
* calcium - try increasing your intake of low fat milk and yogurt
As you can see I have not actually given you a diet to follow, I have just given you a few pointers to point you in the right direction in aiding the decrease of your reflux problems.
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