{"id":2030,"date":"2020-07-08T14:26:33","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T12:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dieticiansatwork.co.za\/blog\/?p=2030"},"modified":"2020-07-08T14:26:34","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T12:26:34","slug":"are-you-experiencing-acid-reflux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dieticiansatwork.co.za\/blog\/are-you-experiencing-acid-reflux\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you experiencing Acid Reflux?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Colette Dreyer RD(SA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reflux is\nwhen stomach acid backs up into the throat (oesophagus), which could result in\nsymptoms such as heartburn, a sore throat, or bad taste in your mouth. There is\na variety of factors that could contribute to reflux, including delayed stomach\nemptying and excess acid in the stomach. Being overweight, especially with a\nlarge waist circumference may increase your risk for reflux. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chronic\nsymptoms of reflux are known as gastroesophageal reflux disease\n(GERD). The main barrier\nand muscle between the stomach and the oesophagus is known as the lower\noesophageal sphincter (LES). The LES remains tightly closed except when you\nswallow food, where the food will move from your mouth through the oesophagus\nto stomach. When the LES relaxes and fails to close completely the stomach acid\nwill move into the oesophagus which will cause the burning sensation known as\nheartburn.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow these lifestyle factors to reduce acid\nreflux:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Eat small regular meals by eating\n6 small meals, rather than eating 3 large meals.<\/li><li>Aim\nfor a healthy body weight (BMI between 18.5-25). <\/li><li>Eat\nat least 3-4 hours before going to sleep at night or taking a nap during the\nday.<\/li><li>Sleep\nwith your head on an incline by elevating the head of the bed or adding extra\ntall bed risers on the bed side supporting your head.<\/li><li>Drink\nliquids between meals and not with your meals.<\/li><li>Avoid\ntight fitting cloths<\/li><li>Avoid\nspices such as chili, cayenne, and black pepper<\/li><li>Limit citrus fruit such as\noranges, grapefruit, and pomelo<\/li><li>Limit caffeine containing\nproducts (coffee, tea, carbonated beverages etc.)<\/li><li>Avoid peppermint, chocolate,\nonions, garlic, and tomato products<\/li><li>Use low fat options. Eating fatty\nfoods in large portions may contribute to delayed gastric emptying that can\ncontribute to discomfort.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Surdea-Blaga T, Negrutiu DE, Palage\nM, Dumitrascu DL. Food and gastroesophageal reflux disease. Current medicinal\nchemistry. 2019;26(19):3497-511.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Colette Dreyer RD(SA) Reflux is when stomach acid backs up into the throat (oesophagus), which could result in symptoms such as heartburn, a sore throat, or bad taste in your mouth. There is a variety of factors that could contribute to reflux, including delayed stomach emptying and excess acid in the stomach. Being overweight, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dieticiansatwork.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Reflux.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4CNFS-wK","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dieticiansatwork.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2030"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dieticiansatwork.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dieticiansatwork.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dieticiansatwork.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dieticiansatwork.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2030"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dieticiansatwork.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2032,"href":"https:\/\/dieticiansatwork.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2030\/revisions\/2032"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dieticiansatwork.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dieticiansatwork.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dieticiansatwork.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dieticiansatwork.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}