Acid reflux or GERD in medical or gastroesophageal reflux disease, is a condition where the regurgitation (regurgitation is rising food from the esophagus or stomach without being accompanied by nausea and abdominal muscle contractions are very strong -Red) back into the throat partially liquid or food mixed with stomach acid.
The causes of overeating, obesity or pregnancy. It is usually characterized by symptoms such as burning sensation in the chest, nausea, vomiting, or a sense of "acid" in the mouth.
1. Chewing Gum
It turns out that chewing gum not only helps the problem of bad breath, but also can help you in trouble GERD.
In essence instead of gum is efficacious in reducing stomach acid levels, but the fact is that you do chewing activity during chewing gum in your mouth.
This is because with chewing gum, it will increase the production of saliva (saliva alkaline) which can serve to neutralize stomach acid and reduce the risk of incidence of regurgitation.
2. Body Position Change
Compared slumped, stand up after meals to help keep food and stomach acid in the stomach and do not go out into the throat.
Imagine if your stomach full of food is a fluid-filled bottle with a funnel above is your mouth.
Of course you can imagine what happens if the bottle without a cap is laid, making the water contents spilled.
Similarly as such, the stomach and its contents will be very susceptible to regurgitation if you lie down right after eating.
3. Deep breath
Deep breath can help reduce levels of air that is swallowed and strengthen the muscles that surround the base of the throat sphincter (a ring of muscle fibers located around the opening in the body that regulate trip -Red substances), so as to reduce the risk of reflux.
Do this on a regular basis, thus can help you suppress the incidence of acid reflux there.
4. Avoid Foods That Cause GERD
Avoid foods and drinks such as:
• Coffee
• Brown
• Soda
• Alcohol
• Meat
• dairy products
• fatty foods
• and acidic foods (vinegar pempek, and others)
Because food and drinks above can increase the incidence of GERD.
5. Eat Cleaner Food Protein Reduce Fatty Food
Foods rich in protein can increase the pressure so that it can withstand the sfingteresofagus under reflux of stomach acid into the throat.
Thus it can help prevent acid reflux. However, it is the opposite occurred in fatty foods.
On fatty foods can lower sfingteresofagus pressure down and cause acid reflux.
6. Lose Weight & Eat In Small Portions
Eating at the same time in one meal a lot more risk of causing obesity than eating in small portions but with orderly intervals.
Obesity can increase the pressure in the stomach and cause stomach contents rise to the throat. Large amounts of food can also increase abdominal pressure and cause the same thing.
