Heartburn and Acid Reflux Relief Blog

Sabrosa means tasty in spanish and it would be especially tasty for heartburn sufferers since it is produced in a way to be easy on heartburn.
So how Duane Thompson, the inventor of this product, did it? Even though his salsa contains some tomatoes they are thoroughly cooked and pureed to keep acidity low. Another ingredient [...]

Milk is a very popular home remedy for heartburn. Well it may work fine during the day to soothe the stomach after heavy meal. But don’t use it before sleep to prevent nighttime heartburn. The problem is that milk is only effective for 30 or 40 minutes. Since it is a high calorie food which [...]

To celebrate 1 year anniversary of Manage Your Heartburn I created an overview of “How I cured my Heartburn” in a form of a short article so every visitor of this site could read it in 5 minutes and get a good overview on how I did it. Check it out here

I was playing with different smoothies recently to figure out what works and what doesn’t work for me. So here is my list:
Milk, banana, protein – no heartburn but taste is so-so…
Milk, banana – no heartburn – but it is just a banana… Boring!
Milk, banana, strawberry – no heartburn and tastes very nice
Milk, banana, strawberry, [...]

This is a usual problem for all heartburn sufferers. No acid, no acid, no acid… But what if I want that strawberry, raspberry or orange in my diet?!?!
And how can you imagine living the rest of your life without eating fruits? Well there is a trick which can help you to get your vitamins without pills.

I recently found quite an interesting paper on chocolate and esophagus. It looks like chocolate does decrease LES (lower esophagus sphincter) pressure … The way they propose to deal with it is to either take some antacids together with chocolate or bethanechol
I don’t like this solution. I just want to eat chocolate, just a [...]

Having heartburn sucks, but what sucks even more is not being able to relax with friends having a pint of beer or shot of vodka.
All web sites recommend completely avoiding alcohol when having heartburn. But at the same time they claim that heartburn is a life long condition. Well does it mean you will have [...]

Very useful URL when you want to check how acid is the food you want to try. Check it out here

Well if you have heartburn you know that most of juices are not for you. Orange and apple juices were my favorite ones – but now I have to pass them since they cause heartburn even in mild quantities.
Here is a list of replacements I like:
Pear juice – the best one – no heartburn at [...]

Lots of books and websites recommend stop alcohol completely. Well it may work for some people who didn’t drink before – but what to do if you like some alcohol drinks.
In my case after some experiments I figured out that I can drink pretty much any unfiltered wheat based beer without hurting my stomach. Well [...]