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Heartburn-Free Thanksgiving | Tips for Avoiding GERD

Thanksgiving is one of the holidays that revolve around food and can be challenging for people with gastroesophageal reflux disease, also known as GERD, heartburn or acid reflux. What is heartburn? It is the burning, bloated feeling in the chest and sometimes throat that is caused by the leaking of stomach digestive juices containing acid and pepsin (a digestive enzyme that breaks down proteins) into your esophagus (the tube connecting your throat to your stomach) and sometimes this reflux travels...
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Natural Options for Acid Reflux, Heartburn, Cough and More

Burping, belching, stomach growling, gas pains, sore throat, phlegm, difficulty swallowing, coughing, reflux/heartburn, diarrhea, constipation even voice problems… Are any of these symptoms persistent or chronic issues in your life? Fortunately, most of the symptoms above have not been ongoing issues in my life, so I was never completely aware of just how much they can impact the day-to-day quality and enjoyment of life. Not too long ago that all changed when I experienced food poisoning. It is because of...
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Millions Potentially at Risk of B-12 Deficiency

Literally, millions of people taking acid blocking drugs on a regular basis for dealing with their symptoms of acid-reflux (GERD – gastroesophageal reflux disease) run the risk of becoming B-12 deficient, which can result in troublesome side-effects. (Nerve damage/dysfunction, weakness, fatigue, anemia, memory loss, depression and dementia, just to name a few). The 2 most popular kinds of these drugs as either PPI’s (proton pump inhibitors, i.e. Prilosec, Prevacid, Nexium) and H-2 receptor antagonists, (i.e. Tagamet, Pepcid, Xantac).  Though through...
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