Are you jolted out of sleep at night because you can’t breathe? Because you have a sudden, severe burning in the back of your throat? Because you feel like your windpipe is on fire and hot liquid is gurgling deep in your esophagus?
With your eyes watering, do you try to sip water in a vain attempt to extinguish the burn? Do you then chew up some antacid tablets and go and sit on the sofa in your living room until your breathing gets back to normal? Doesn’t it seems like hours before the pain finally dissipates?
As you are no doubt well aware, you just had an unwelcome attack from a common condition known as GERD or Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disorder – better known as acid reflux or heartburn.
The question many people ask is what is GERD?
GERD is caused by your stomach acid flowing from your stomach up into your esophagus.
It’s this stomach acid that creates that awful burning feeling. When you are lying down your stomach and esophagus are pretty much at the same level, which makes it easier for the acid to flow back and forth. That’s why acid reflux attacks happen frequently when you are asleep.
You probably have read about the horrible side effects of prescription medications for GERD, so instead you take antacid tablets or drink a thick pink medicine. I know. I used both to give me relief when I was suffering. And they will usually stop your pain, but only temporarily.
The problem with antacids is they don’t give you long term relief and they don’t cure your condition. In fact all they do is mask the symptoms. Informed doctors, like Dr. Oz, advise us that antacids can actually increase your stomach acid! How?
When you take an antacid, your brain will register that an unnatural substance has entered your body and it is causing a reduction of your stomach acid. What does the brain then do? It alerts your stomach to make more acid! You end up with a bigger problem!
This can cause a deadly serious condition. When the antacid wears off, your increased stomach acid continues doing damage to your esophagus, actually burning the lining, much like a sunburn. Over time, this can lead to cancer.
There are cures for GERD found in nature. Using simple foods they purchased in their grocery store, thousands of people have already been totally cured of acid reflux! If you started this natural cure today, your symptoms (the burning throat) could be gone in two to three days. And in no time at all you can be totally cured!
Just imagine sleeping all night and never waking up with the horrible burning in your throat again. No more sleeping in chairs because you are afraid to lie down. No more 4:00 am TV infomercials when you are dead tired but too afraid to go back to bed.
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