The Right Way to Stop Hearburn
When talking about stopping heartburn, two main avenues are usually discussed. Many think that the best heartburn remedy is to stop it before it starts. The other side just waits until heartburn happens and then looks for a remedy.
If we want to avoid heartburn, then go to the more preventative side of medicine, replacing our bad eating habits with good ones and using common sense to avoid overeating.
Medical professionals insist that prevention is the only safe heartburn remedy available. Prevention eliminates not only the pain of heartburn, but the danger of other gastric problems that the heartburn may cause.
Don’t over eat! Eating too much will equal heartburn every time.
Eating a banana before your main meal can also help. Something in bananas coats your stomach lining and helps stop heartburn.
If, for whatever reason, your prevention methods fail you, you may need to use one of the popular home remedies for heartburn. As for “remedies after the fact”, I know of only two that are both safe and effective.
The first remedy is 1 teaspoon of baking soda stirred into about four ounces of water. When you drink the solution, a couple of burps are inevitable, but, relief is not far away.
Believe it or not, vinegar is another good heartburn remedy. Drinking a shot and following it with a drink of water will immediately neutralize excess acid. If the thought of drinking vinegar makes you gag substitute a 50/50 mix of apple cider vinegar and water instead.
Please Note: This posting is based entirely on information readily available in the national press and medical journals on the subject of heartburn relief. Nothing herein is to be or construed to be any type of medical advice. For medical advice people have to talk with his or her personal physician or other medical specialist.