When you have dinner or go out to eat, do you eat as much as you can? Do you eat late in the evening then go to bed soon after and worry about heartburn later? How about when you go to a buffet? Just about every one I see at a buffet loads up their plate with more food than they stomach can digest. Undigested food in your stomach is one cause of heartburn.

If you get heartburn, then stomach content and HCl acid has flowed back into your esophagus causing you a hot burning sensation. Most people think that if you have heartburn that they have too much acid and that this is the cause of heartburn. The real cause of heartburn is that valve that stops stomach content from moving back into the esophagus has opened up and allowed this content to go back into your esophagus and burn its tissue.

The majority of people with heartburn rush out to the drugstore to buy Tums or other acid neutralizers. Yes this helps heartburn since now the stomach content and acid are now less acidic and burn the esophagus tissue less.

Using acid reducers or blockers (drugs) regularly will not stop heartburn and will have a negative impact on your health. Your stomach must have an acid pH of 1.5 to 2.5 to function properly. With acid blockers, your stomach pH can rise to 3.0 and higher - this means less stomach acid. A pH of 3.0 or higher can lead to many health problems that you won't relate to your use of Tums.

Heartburn occurs when The Lower Esophageal Valve, LEV, opens when it shouldn't. When this happens, some stomach acid and digested food moves back into the esophagus. This gives you a burning sensation since the esophagus lining cannot hold up to the acid stomach contents

If you ever get heartburn, the burning sensation, stomach pain, bleaching, and discomfort that makes you look for a heartburn remedy. Here is a list of eating rules that you need to follow to be stop heartburn. Or if you just want not have digestive problems.

" Just before you eat, take 2 digestive enzymes to help you digest your food. Use the digestive enzymes that contain protease, amylase, and lipase. You don't want undigested food to go into your colon, especially meat. Undigested meat is one of the causes of colon cancer.

" Limit the amount of liquid - water, tea, sodas, etc - you drink when you eat. This dilutes the acid in your stomach that you need to digest your food. Use only a small amount of room temperature water, since cold water slows down your digestive process.

" Limit the food you eat. Eating excess food where you combine meat, carbohydrates, sugar, sodas, fats, and processed foods, makes it impossible for you stomach to digest all this food. Undigested turns into acid. This acid creates gas and can put pressure on a weak LEV causing it to open.

These are just a few heartburn remedies to help you stop heartburn. Your stomach needs a strong acid to digest your food. Using acid reducers or blockers like Tums or other medication goes against the nature of your stomach. Without an acid stomach, you will become susceptible to a numerous serious diseases.