Suffering from chronic reflux? Before reaching for prescribed or over-the-counter medications, consider the natural remedies for chronic acid reflux I have listed below. These natural remedies for chronic acid reflux will help you to experience real relief from chronic reflux without relying on medications.
Eat smaller meals. Chronic reflux occurs most often when your stomach is very full.
Chew your food carefully and slowly. The smaller the pieces of food, the easier your stomach will be able to digest it.
Avoid the trigger foods that cause chronic reflux. This includes fatty foods, spicy foods, acidic foods, and other foods and drinks such as chocolate, tea, coffee, and alcohol.
Avoid carbonated beverages. These beverages make you burp; when you burp, acid can go from your stomach to your esophagus, leading to chronic reflux.
Avoid lying down right after eating. Gravity helps to keep acid within your stomach; wait at least three hours after eating before lying down.
Avoid strenuous exercise after eating. Such activity can lead to acid entering your esophagus. A relaxing walk after eating is a great idea for exercise right after eating.
Incline your bed to avoid reflux. Raise your bed 6 to 8 inches above your feet – gravity will keep your stomach acid where it should be – in your stomach and not in your esophagus.
Be at your proper weight. Being at your proper weight keeps pressure off of your lower esophageal sphincter (LES), thereby keeping acid in your stomach.
Quit smoking. Smoking relaxes and weakens the LES, which can lead to acid entering your esophagus, thereby causing chronic reflux.
Note all of the above options you have to reduce and even eliminate chronic acid reflux, none of which involving prescription or over-the-counter medications.
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