Heartburn Informative Speech

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Are you thinking of ways to stop heartburn? Well, before you take a bite of that piece of pizza, or go to your favorite buffet restaurant, learn some valuable ways to defeat heartburn. Heartburn affects 15 million Americans on a day to day basis. It's not much of a problem when people experience heartburn on occasion, it's when a person feels the symptoms on a more consistent basis (two or more days a week). People sometimes over look their symptoms thinking it's maybe something they've eaten. Of course this is true in some cases, but if you continue to experience symptoms of heartburn after trying different OTC treatments, then your body is trying to tell you something I believe you should take serious heed to. There's a small muscular ring at the junction of your esophagus and your stomach. This is called the LES (lower esophageal …show more content…

Cucumber juice (freshly squeezed) can help put a stop to heartburn. Try to exercise a bit more to lose some weight. If you were to lose 10lbs. that would help relieve pressure off of your LES. Herbs like agrimony, aloe vera, angelica, fennel, garlic, gentian etc., can help treat your heartburn symptoms. Even though it's not always talked about homeopathy treatment is pretty good for heartburn. Arsenicum album - for heartburn accompanied by anxiety, chills and thirst, abdominal cramping. Nux vomica - for heartburn caused by fats or sour foods. Sulfur - for heartburn caused by overeating and/or accompanied by burping. Nutritional supplements, probiotics, soil-based organisms and stress reduction are four others way to bring an end to heartburn. The best type of nutritional supplements you can try are digestive enzymes and calcium carbonate. The calcium carbonate should be taken every 2 to 3 hrs. until symptoms ends. Acidophilus and Bifidobacteria, are probiotics that can also be helpful, as can fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS) and soil-based

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