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Acid Reflux Diet

Most acid reflux diets call for eating several small meals per day instead of three big ones. Eating a lot of food just before bedtime is especially apt to cause reflux problems, since the stomach must manufacture large amounts of acid to digest the meal. The unused acid is then apt to back up into the esophagus when you lie down.....
......Alcohol will increase the production of acid in the stomach. It may also inhibit the contractions esophageal sphincter. The esophageal sphincter is a rim of tough muscles at the bottom of the esophagus. It is the failure of this muscle to contract tightly that leads to acid reflux, or stomach acid being drawn back into the esophagus.


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