5 Tips to Reduce Heartburn Symptoms
Below are important tips that can help to id quick relief of heartburn. [10]
- Food should not be excessive. Do not overeat – this can also cause heartburn. It is better to eat less, but more often. Ideally, five to six times a day.
- After eating, do not go to bed. For the gastrointestinal tract to work properly, a person should remain upright for two to three hours – either sitting or standing. [11]When you are in a horizontal position, gastric juice will be closer to the sphincter, and, therefore, have a better chance of breaking through into the esophagus and causing heartburn.
- You can chew gum immediately after eating. [12] Thanks to it, gastric juice is secreted and peristalsis is activated, and the body absorbs food faster. However, the gum should not be mint – mint relaxes the sphincter and causes heartburn.
- Do not eat late – the last meal for the day should be taken two to three hours before bedtime.
- When you eat your food, chew your food slowly. When you chew your food slowly, you allow the early activation of gastric juice and peristalsis and this allows food to be digested and easily absorbed.