May 052013
 

What is pH and how can it affect your acid reflux?

This video explains how your body's pH level, or “potential of Hydrogen”, can affect your health, including acid reflux.  Foods and drinks you consume have different pH levels, being either acidic or alkaline, and the way your body absorbs these foods will either raise or lower your overall pH level in your blood causing different reactions and health conditions.  If a substance or solution has an equal amount of acidic and alkaline molecules, then the pH is considered neutral.… Read the rest

May 032013
 

A reader once asked:

"I started suffering from the symptoms of acid reflux the week after Thanksgiving. On December 21, I went to a doctor and he gave me Prevacid. Ive been taking that since then. I started feeling much better about a week after I started taking the medication, but my symptoms are not all the way gone.Read the rest

May 012013
 

Acid Reflux Disease, Causes and Cures

I get asked a ton of questions whether what a reader is experiencing is actually acid reflux or something else.  When you understand what causes acid reflux, you will begin to understand why you have the symptoms you have.  Here are some basic definitions and a little bit of anatomy that you will need to understand if you want to manage your heartburn.… Read the rest

Apr 012013
 

Controlling Acid Reflux Using Proton Pump Inhibitors

How does proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) work?

This short video explains that proton pump inhibitors block the enzymes located in the wall of the stomach that are responsible for producing stomach acid.    Excess stomach acid is one of the major causes of acid reflux and by reducing the acid then reflux is controlled.… Read the rest

Mar 012013
 

When you think of chest pain you immediately associate it with a heart attack, and rightly so.

Heart attacks are not easy to diagnose and it is always safer to error on the side of caution and get checked out immediately by a doctor if you have chest pain.  I have heard of too many horror stories where patients who have experienced a heart attack say they thought it was only heartburn.  If you have chest pain and you have never had acid reflux – Get it checked out immediately.… Read the rest