Over the years, we being told that the best way to cure our medical condition are through medicine. Their ads campaigns can be very persuasive and we as a customer are always looking for the easiest way to cure disease such as heartburn, GERD and acid reflux. While they make billions of dollars in profits, we as a patient sometimes didn’t get what we deserved or at least promised by these pharmaceutical companies.
The problem with using medicine to cure heartburn is that it only takes away the pain during the occurrences of heartburn but didn’t eliminate the problem. The reason is very simple, if you heartburn is completely cured, who’s going to be their loyal customers. Sound logic right?
The best way to cure the problem is by using natural remedy. I’ve said it many times here and I already provided some of the tips too.
If you want to learn more about heartburn natural cure, you might want to check out this e-book. There are many easy step-by-step instructions on how to cure heartburn and make your life better.
Heartburn Natural Cure: Heartburn No More!
Download | Sunday, April 12, 2009
Chronic Cough and Chest Pain: Are You A Heartburn Sufferer?
Symptoms | Saturday, April 11, 2009
You might surprise to hear this but there are some people out there who don’t know that they’re chronic heartburn sufferers. The main problem with many heartburn sufferers is they wait too long to seek for doctor’s advice and it has already been too late to prevent. The sufferers keep eating foods that they’re not supposed to take and living with unhealthy eating diet because they simply don’t know what is going on with their body.
- These are some of the symptoms of heartburn: -
- Chronic pain in the chest or in some cases going up to the neck, throat and even angle of the jaw
- Bloating
- Rising bile
- Sleeplessness
- Burning sensation in the esophagus
- Chronic cough and may even mimic asthma.
If you see some of these symptoms, don’t hesitate to get medical checkup because it might help you save thousands of dollar for medication.
5 Steps Natural Cure for Pregnant Woman
It is normal for a woman to have heartburn in the early stage of pregnancy. A hormone called progesterone is released and can cause heartburn problem. Don’t worry because there are many ways to solve this problem with natural cures: -
- Yogurt or milk can be used to cure pregnancy heartburn.
- Like I mentioned many times here, honey is a natural cure for heartburn. You can mix a tablespoon of hone in a glass of warm milk.
- Eating diet is very important. You can as much as you want but don’t eat too much in every serving. Rather than 3 large meals, you may want to change it to 5 daily meals.
- I know sometimes a pregnant woman craves for certain type of foods but please avoid fatty foods, tomatoes, pepper, spicy food, alcohol, peppermint, garlic and chocolate because they can causing heartburn.
- Make sure to use extra pillows to support your head so that your stomach will always at lower point to make sure food doesn’t enter your esophagus during sleep and don’t eat at least 2 hours before going to bed.
5 Foods That Heartburn Sufferers Should Avoid
Prevention | Thursday, April 9, 2009
I always believe that, “prevention is better than cure”.
I am not saying it’s easy to do but anything is possible if you're willing to put some effort. Today, I’m going to reveal some of the foods that you should consider avoiding from now on to help reduce the incidences of acid reflux. You may not notice this before but these foods are the trigger to your heartburn problem.
1. Alcohol: If you’re a drinker, you should probably consider quitting because Alcohol can irritate your stomach and relax the LES muscle increases acidity and contributes to acid reflux.
2. Foods with high Cholesterol (Fatty Foods): Fat foods take longer time to digest. Because of that, it can increase the changes of GERD symptoms.
3. Caffeine & Coffee: I am sure most of you have heard about it before. Caffeine increase the acidity level but you can still having your morning beverage by limiting the taking to 1 – 2 cup(s) per day.
4. Chocolate & Milk: This is probably very hard to do. It contains a lot of fat and caffeine that could lead to serious heartburn condition while for milk, due to the large proportion of calcium.
5. Mint Product: It’s time for you to stop chewing you favorite gum.
The Easiest Way To Cure Heartburn
Correct me if I am wrong but like most people out there, you are looking for the easiest way to cure your heartburn condition. But then again, who doesn’t?
To be honest, there are many ways to solve the problem as long you are willing to put some effort and a little bit of commitment in your daily routine. It is normal if heartburn happens to you now and then, but if it keeps coming back every single day, you might be in serious trouble.
The worst about heartburn is it can burn your esophagus away and it is irreplaceable. The best way to avoid this from happening to you is by learning how to control your eating diet. Most heartburn patients have the same problem which is they doesn’t know when to stop eating.
Every each of us has limited stomach size and approximately half of it has acid in it. Each time you put food in your stomach, your acid level get push higher and if it’s too much, it will overflow into the esophagus. What you should do is eat smaller portion every meals. If you’re a big appetite kind of person, you can still eat a lot but not in one shot. It will keep the acid levels at a balanced level all the time and ultimately preventing heartburn.
4 Best Natural Cure for Heartburn
Treatment | Monday, March 30, 2009
Heartburn disease is no longer a small problem. With over 70 million people in United States only, it becoming severe day by day. As I mentioned earlier in the previous post, you don't need pills or any clinical medication to treat your heartburn problem.
I've found another 4 simple heartburn natural cures: -
1. First, you going to need some olive oil, a potato and cabbage. Cut it in small pieces and put it in a recipient with water and cook it for 5 to 10 minutes (I called it Cabbage Soup). Mix it together with some olive oil and the potato.
2. Another rarely know remedy is using raisins. Take 10 raisins and put it in your mouth but don't chew or swallow it. Let it in your mouth for few minutes while swallow the secreted saliva.
3. As I said many times, water is one of the most important elements to cure hurt burn. Drink water as many as you can. Don't drink less than 10 cups of water each day. It can prevent heartburn and even cure it.
4. Last but not least, a dark brown sugar. Just take a tablespoon of it each time heartburn problem happening to you.
Heartburn Natural Cure from Your Refrigerator
This might sound surprising but you actually can make your own remedy reflux simply by using some of the ingredients that you already have in your refrigerator. GERD or gastro esophageal reflux disease can be cured not only by using antacid or addictive medication but also with simple dieting tricks.
Although it's may sound easier by using antacids, it actually can causes more harm than good in a long term. If you don't believe me, just look on the label of you antacid container.
With no further ado, let's get started: -
1. In order to cure GERD, it must start from your esophagus and sphincter. You need to eat only soft foods at the start of the treatment. Don't drink anything else except water for 3 days and stop smoking if you're a smoker.
2. Using honey also increase the effectiveness of your treatment. Eat at least 3 times per day, anytime you like but it is recommended to do it before bed. It can help your tissue to heal quickly.
3. As I mentioned earlier, drink a lot of water especially after every meal and snack.
4. I am sure most of you have heard about this, a red apple also been a highly recommended natural remedy.
5. Using apple cider vinegar is also one of the way to cure heartburn naturally. It helps you stomach to digest food properly because many heartburn patients have too little stomach acid that can caused the problem. Take one teaspoon daily.
Now that you have learned a valuable lesson.