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Holiday Feasts Giving You Heartburn? Control Your GERD Symptoms Through Dietary Changes

This is the season of giving. It is also the season of holiday parties, food, drinks and festivities. For GERD sufferers, approximately 15 to 30% of the U.S. population, the consequences of such merriment can be painful. GERD is an acronym for gastroesophageal reflux disease and if you have already been diagnosed, you are fully …

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Control Your GERD Symptoms Through Dietary Changes

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As Americans prepare to give thanks and engorge ourselves with multiple helpings on Thanksgiving Day this week, GERD sufferers, approximately 15 to 30% of the U.S. population, may already be weighing the consequences ahead of time. GERD is an acronym for gastroesophageal reflux disease and if you have already been diagnosed, you are fully aware …

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Bloating? Heartburn? Nausea? Stomach Pain? Feeling Full Immediately After Eating? These Could Be Signs of Gastroparesis

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Cleveland Clinic defines gastroparesis as “a disease in which the stomach cannot empty itself of food in a normal fashion.” The American College of Gastroenterology (ACG), explains that the word gastroparesis literally means “stomach paralysis” when translated. Dyspepsia is a group of symptoms most commonly associated with this disease that includes bloating, nausea, heartburn, epigastric …

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How Gut Health Affects Your Overall Health and Well-Being

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According to Biomed Central, the term “gut health” refers to “multiple positive aspects of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, such as the effective digestion and absorption of food, the absence of GI illness, normal and stable intestinal microbiota, effective immune status and a state of well-being.” Johns Hopkins Medicine explains that digestive issues such as heartburn, …

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