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What is the importance of the pH of food if someone is complaining of heartburn?
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∙ 13y ago
Heartburn/indigestion is caused by acidic foods (low pH) so take alkaline tablets (high pH) to neutralise the acids and stop the pain.
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∙ 13y ago
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What is the importance of chewing food?
Chewing your food helps to increase the area that is subjected to the digestive juices. It also helps to prevent the discomfort of indigestion or heartburn.
How can you use heartburn in a sentence?
If you eat too much of that spicy food you will get heartburn.
Should you avoid foods that cause heartburn?
Chicken,beef,and pork are one of the most recommended food for heartburn. When you suffer from heartburn, you to try to stay away from food with acid.
How does a heartburn remedy work?
Heartburn remedies work by lowering the amount of acid which is in your stomach, so that you can digest your food.
What type of food is more likely to give someone heartburn?
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Does mustard help with heartburn?
mustard is an alkaline food with weak acid (vinegar) high in minerals so it helps heartburn in 2 minutes
What happens if frogs eat fish food?
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What are some of the foods that can cause heartburn?
Any food with a high acidic nature such as oranges and grapefruit with trigger heartburn. Tomatoes,garlic and onion are other culprits. For a full list check out http://www.webmd.com/heartburn-gerd/features/top-10-heartburn-foods
Can strong coffee cause heartburn?
Heartburn is experienced when acid from the stomach passes back into the food pipe causing irritation and pain. Coffee and many other foods increase acid secretion in the stomach, but this does not necessarily cause heartburn; although for some people it might. What is recommended is to be aware of the foods that cause this and avoid it.
Is eating green chillies during pregnancy safe or not?
You can eat spicy food during pregnancy but in moderation. If you already have heartburn it will get much worse though.
Can eating spicy foods while you have heartburn kill you?
Chances are, eating spicy food while you have heartburn would not kill you. However, heartburn may be a sign of an ulcer, and a sufficiently severe ulcer can actually kill you, because you can bleed to death.
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