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Many people have often said that dissolving a teaspoon of baking soda in a warm glass of water will go a long way to helping relieve that crushing burn of heartburn. Experts in numerous fields have voiced the opinion as well, and today it is an incredibly common at home practice to sip at that baking soda brew to help relieve the discomfort. Not only is it an easy to find, store bought product, baking soda is cheap and you can use it for other things as well.

How Safe Is Baking Soda For Heartburn?

Anything in excess is a bad idea. Doctors will tell you that baking soda taken for heartburn is no different than anything they might give you a prescription for in this regard. Don’t take too much. The resultant damage of over consuming baking soda can be excessive and problematic if not maintained. Basically, baking soda acts as an antacid, neutralizing the acids in your stomach that digest food. When producing too much, you will feel the discomfort of heartburn and related symptoms. If you neutralize too much acid, your body will overreact and you’ll find yourself with even more acid, and in even more pain.

Beyond, making your heartburn worse, baking soda is loaded with sodium, something our bodies can only handle in small doses. Not only can over consumption of sodium lead to higher blood pressure, it can cause health risks in anyone with a heart problem. Take caution in the amount of baking soda consumed with combating heartburn, especially if you currently experience higher blood pressure or the like.

Preventing Heartburn

Your best bet of course, is always to simply avoid heartburn altogether. Baking soda is everywhere, but you need not worry about side effects if your body is in the proper harmony to avoid the discomfort of heartburn in the first place.
Foods that cause heartburn include those high in fat like fast food, any tomato products, vinegar, chocolate, and any other rich, overly strong foods. Many of these foods will directly upset the digestive tract, it’s a natural occurrence. To avoid the discomfort that this causes, eat in moderation and slowly, giving your body plenty of time to digest.

How you treat your body on a slightly more casual basis could also trigger heartburn. Posture as well as stress are commonly related to the onset of heartburn and related discomfort. Not only are these causes harder to catch, they can turn into chronic discomfort, a problem that mere baking soda will not assist with.

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