Every now and then I always tried to figure out what cause acid reflux to occur. Is it the food I ate or the things that I do that would stress me a lot? Which of these 2 cause acid reflux, the food or the stressful life? If acid reflux cause by food then why so many of my friends who ate a lot of spicy, oily, acidic food and worst drinks a lot of beer but does not experience acid reflux? It is really weird to understand the cause of acid reflux but for my opinion it may matters on what you do everyday accompanied by food excessively staff into my stomach.
What really cause acid reflux?
For what I discovered is that acid reflux, heartburn, burping and upper stomach abdominal pain are all cause by stress. Why? because if you are stress all the organs such as stomach will not properly digest the foods we ate, probably will turn sour like a vinegar that will irritate the sphincter that connects the esophagus and stomach. Am I making sense?
Stress is what makes my body and organs to weak and because of that chronic acid reflux does not go away until I manage my stress.
I have taken so many kind of proton pump prohibitor drugs but all of them doesn't work, and I am not the only who agrees with me. I read so many acid reflux sufferer that says that even the medicine they take does not work on them.
Now I realized that medicine would not work if I will not cope with my stress in my everyday life. So I have determine 4 IF's that cause my acid reflux.
1. If I can't learn to say NO
learning to say NO from invites or activity will lessen my stress. I don't bother myself of going out or doing something that others requested me to do.
2. If I can't stop my late night internet activity
I have been doing late night internet activity all night before I was diagnosed with acid reflux. Staying up all night will only worsen
3. If I can't relax myself and my mind
Taking deep breaths will help relax body and mind. Taking 3 long deep breaths will somehow feel myself relax.
4. If I can't sleep well at night
It is important that before I sleep, I empty my mind with any thoughts that may bother my sleep. So to that, I take 3 deep breath and exhale upto 7 secs, push all the air out.
so if I could manage all 4 then I could cure acid reflux easily.
So the best cure for acid reflux is not medicine or staying away from foods but managing stress and making myself relax. Because stress for me is the most common cause of acid reflux. I bet many acid reflux sufferer works at night shift, don't have enough sleep, don't exercise, can't say NO, can't relax their minds and worst always think of so many things.
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