Heartburn and Peppermints Do Not Mix

December 132009

Peppermints-No Good For Gerd

Peppermints-No Excellent For Gerd

<big>Do you suck on the free peppermints after eating a meal? You may want to say thanks but no thanks. It is just in this area the worst thing to do when you have heartburn.

<big>The reason that peppermint may increase you having heartburn is that it relaxes the sphincter muscle which lays between your stomach and esophagus. This will allow stomach acids to flow back into your esophagus.

If You Have Acid Reflux Disease-Do Not Eat These Foods Or You Will Get Heartburn

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One Response

  1. james Says:

    I had no thought that sucking on that peppermint would worsen my acid reflux and heartburn, thanks I will stay away from it. I need to do things to relieve my acid reflux.

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