Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Nighttime Acid Reflux Attacks

Acid reflux disease is becoming more and more “popular” lately. Millions of people have heartburn at least once a week. More than 80% of them have night time acid reflux attacks. If you have these attacks consistently try to use the following tips.

1. Adjust your diet and eating habits
Heartburn or acid reflux is a complex problem. Therefore try to take a complex approach. You need to revise your diet. Make it a habit to have a meal no later than two or three hours before going to bed. It helps to reduce acid during the night.

2. Adjust your position during sleep
It makes reflux worse if you lay flat on your bed. You need to slip with elevated torso. Nighttime reflux attacks are caused by exposure of esophagus to stomach acid. In a flat position esophagus under long exposure of acid that makes it worse. Another good thing would be to sleep on your left side. Recent research shows that acidity increases while patient sleeps on right side and decreases while he sleeps on his left side.

3. Natural morning remedy for acid reflux
After you wake up in the morning having those burning sensation make yourself the following drink. Take 1/4 cantaloupe, 1 banana, 1 kiwi and a little bit of ginger root mix it together. You will appreciate the refreshing feeling after you wake up with the heartburn. Actually I suggest drinking it every morning regardless of the fact if you had a reflux attack last night or not.

By: Otto Conzemius

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4. Take a holistic cure program
If you are really serious about getting rid of your nighttime acid reflux attacks you need to take step by step program that will eliminate your nighttime acid reflux attacks permanently. Since any disease is a complex problem this system takes a complex approach eliminating the surface symptoms as well as root cause of the disease.

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