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Maybe it’s because the pain can sometimes feel like a heart attack.  The tightness in the chest.  The horrible pain of the heartburn right below the ribcage.
 But actually, the pain is caused by the acid coming back up into the esophagus.  Popular medications want to mess with the acid in our stomach.  Why?  We need [...]

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Acid reflux or heartburn means your stomach acid has gone up into your esophagus. There, this acid will burn and destroy the lining. When I lifted something too heavy, I caused damage to the valve connecting the esophagus to the stomach. This one way down valve started letting stomach acid come back up. Man, it [...]

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