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The best thing for acid reflux is magnesium carbonate. ( Milk of Magnesia).

Remembder all carbonates react with acids to produce a salt, water and carbon dioxide.

The humn stomch naturally produces hydrochloric acid, to aid digestion'.

However, either over eating or eating the wromng food can produce acid reflux. So taking Milk of Magnesia reacts with the excess acid to neutralise it, to produce the (chemicsal) salt, water and carbon dioxide.

Here is the equation.

2HCl(aq) + MgCO3(aq) = MgCl2(aq) + H2O(l) + CO2(g) [the burp!!!!] .

Calcium carbonate ( chalk) will do the same thing. However, both substances have an horrible chalky taste, but they do the job.

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lenpollock

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1y ago

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