Certain
factors make it even worse for a person suffering
from GERD. Read to know
here.
To
be honest about it, the answer to what can make
acid reflux worse is not a brainstormed query. In
fact so many things can make it turn bad. As it
is, heartburn, the commonest symptom of
gastroesophageal reflux (acid) is a fairly
tormenting disease and therefore, making it worse
tantamount to taking a joy-ride in a sabotaged
aircraft. However, knowing what can make acid
reflux worse may benefit many, so that further
agonies are kept at bay.
GERD
patients, till death overtakes them due to old age
or any other terminal disease should steer clear
of tomatoes. Yes, that luscious tomato-red,
all-purpose vegetable whose acidic taste never
bothered Adam in his Garden of Eden. Of course, it
is not known whether he would have preferred
tomatoes in place of sinking his teeth in the
biblical apple had this fruit-like vegetable ever
grew in the biblical orchard. However, Adam or no
Adam, no tomatoes for breakfast, lunch or dinner
(snacks included).
Similar is the case with
citrus fruits. No matter how the idiot box girl
coaxes one every morning with a tempting glass of
orange juice, one should keep his or her eyes shut
and go for apple juice instead. Like the futility
of carrying the proverbial coal toNew
Castle
(coalfield in UK)
there is no point in pouring an acidic concoction
into an already acidic stomach. The result, no
doubt, would prompt a bonfire near the heart in
the middle of the night.
Next
in line of what can make acid reflux worse are the
mouth-watering, inch-thick fat layered pork chops
whose sizzling aroma attracts people like bees to
a box of honey. But for GERD group heads these are
absolute poison. An acidic stomach (all
gastroesophageal reflux fellows have it) will open
its acid flood gates as soon as it senses the
fatty food landing on its surface. And the photo
finish run will invariably send a part of that
venom right up to the palate, via the irritated
esophagus. Another sleepless night with a fire
raging within the rib cage!
Cocktails
are fine, especially among a bevy of scantily clad
beauties. But keeping count of the sundowners are
as critical as keeping emotionally away from the
sirens. Consumption of alcohol in more than
usually large quantities also urges the stomach
acid to flow more copiously, causing acid reflux
and heartburn.
Similar
is the case with coffee, both regular and
decaffeinated or other beverages that contain
caffeine, all of which are apparently innocent but
highly acid provoking drinks that create
heartburn. Another strange inclusion in the list
of what can make heartburn worse is the carbonated
drinks. Though at first, the alkaline nature of
these drink do neutralize a part of the acidity,
it is soon lost in a flood of acid that the
stomach produces (as if in retaliation).
Chocolates, peppermints, onions also take the same
route – hitting the highway to
heartburn!
So
keep the above in mind, and the disease will at
least be in the check. But that by no means
ensures that the symptoms will go away. For that
to happen you need to go in for a comprehensive
treatment and this is best achieved by holistic
remedies. Unlike conventional medicines (that just
treat the symptoms), holistic remedies go deep
into the body (treating it as a whole) and try to
locate all the contributing factors of the
disease, and when this is done, all of them are
taken on. This approach eradicates the problem
from the inside, rather than just trying to get
rid of the symptoms.
Holistic remedies have been
extremely successful in solving acid reflux and
heartburn
problems.
