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Q&A: Sugar's effect on acid reflux

(The Houston Chronicle) UPDATED 2009-01-05

A patient with acid reflux writes to The People's Pharmacy about a simple treatment that he says has cured his chronic heartburn. The reader says that cutting out spicy foods, alcohol, and caffeine never fully cleared his gastroesophageal reflux disease, even with daily medication, but he no longer experienced heartburn after giving up refined sugar and carbohydrates. Pharmacologists Joe and Teresa Graedon respond by pointing out a study that suggests that avoiding refined carbs does appear to reduce acid reflux. Read full story >

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