Acid Reflux: DISCLOSURE of a Natural Remedy

by Jeff Martin

Do sufferers from acid reflux have to put up endlessly with prescription medication and its side effects just for momentary relief or is there a natural cure for acid reflux? A qualified nutritionist and erstwhile chronic acid reflux sufferer reveals the truth about a natural solution to cure and prevent acid reflux, after 11 years of trying, testing and experimenting.

Patients with acid reflux may well recognize a particular sensation of burning under the breastbone, typically occurring at night. This happens when stomach acid and food are passed back into the esophagus because the LES (lower esophageal sphincter, a one-way valve in the esophagus) weakens and loses stability; acid reflux also known as GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease) results. The acid flowing back (acid reflux) commonly causes a burning pain, known as heartburn.

Hoarseness, wheezing, a dry cough, even chronic cores can be the results of the acid flowing back to the trachea and the upper esophagus. In around 0.5% of cases, chronic reflux into the lower esophagus can turn into esophageal cancer from a condition known as Barrett’s esophagus.

Although weakening of the LES together with several other aspects including insufficient stomach acid and various genetic tendencies are all aspects to be dealt with for a complete cure for acid reflux, these are local or immediate reasons for heartburn.

Heartburn is a complex phenomenon caused by more profound factors and co-factors besides the local causes already referred to. Indications are of an additional group of internal factors that produce an environment leading to the formation of heartburn. Any natural remedy for heartburn must first of all deal with these factors.

Because most of prescribed medication is aimed at relieving the immediate causes of heartburn, long-term consumption of these drugs will only give temporary improvement while causing a host of side effects.

Blockers like H2 and PPIs can lead to osteoporosis even if they give temporary relief. Because stomach acid is required to ensure proper digestion and immunity, antacids used over a long period of time can also make the problem worse.

Dietary habits, lifestyle and patterns of behavior all figure as suspects in recent researches and can worsen an acid reflux condition that already exists, suggesting a holistic, natural solution is to be preferred.

The right diagnosis of your condition and adherence to the holistic approach (taking supplements of specific herbs and vitamins) while observing a full set of dietary principles and Candida control protocols (also a major factor in heartburn) can bring a natural cure to heartburn and safely and effectively stop it from happening again.

About the Author:

Jeff Martin is a medical researcher, certified nutritionist, health consultant and author of the #1 best-selling e-book, “Heartburn No More- Open The Door To an Acid Reflux Free Life”.