The summer is winding down and you’ve gotten all the road trips , bar food, and late night diner meals that you can possibly handle. At the end of the day, you find yourself suffering from that wonderful midlife friend, HEARTBURN. With all the medications that are out to beat heartburn, the solution is simple just grab a pill, maybe Zantac, and keep on trucking
Recently, the drug Zantac, and its generic forms, have been identified as containing an ingredient suspected of causing cancer. The New York Times reported that both the FDA and European Medicine Agency are looking into it. The ingredient in question is NDMA.
This may cause you to abandon all heartburn medicine and just let it ride. The one problem with that is that constant acid reflux causes tissue damage to your digestive track. If you let it go, you will be at an even higher risk of ulcers and some cancers (Esophageal and Laryngeal).
Since you are a smart midlifemoto enthusiast, your health is in your own hands. You are already cutting back on those bad pain pills. Well, here are 5 ways to beat heartburn that you may be interested in.
Beat Heartburn
- Grab some gum. It may sound goofy, but chewing on gum increases the body’s saliva response. That’s a natural way to cut down on acid.
- Watch your food intake . Specifically, don’t eat late at night, before bed.
- Track your food. You may have developed a sensitivity to 1 or more foods. If so, every time you eat that food, your GI track will go into overdrive.
- Belt Beat Down. Loosen your belt. Too much pressure around your midsection limits how things move . (If your a little more stretched out these days.. maybe a good time to loose weight)
- Stop Smoking! Smoking has been identified as causing the digestive muscles to relax. This includes the muscles that keep the acid where it needs to be.
If you still are not finding relief from the burn with these methods, there are many other safe options to cut it down. Calcium based products (antacids) have been used for generations and continue to have strong support.
Keep riding and save the heat for the road, not your chest.