Most people will feel the “burn” of heartburn at some point. But if you have gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD, it’s more than an occasional discomfort. “While most people think…
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“There’s this thought that everybody with reflux needs to avoid coffee, chocolate, fatty foods, and all of the trigger foods on the lists that you find online,” says Carolyn Newberry,…
Among vitamin supplements and mineral supplements, calcium is one of the most popular. If you typically take a calcium supplement on an empty stomach, citrate is the way to go.…
“Being overweight increases pressure around the abdomen, which is more likely to cause reflux,” explains Lauren Gerson, a gastroenterologist at the California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. “There may…