If you have acid reflux, you may look to antacids or acid lowering drugs for relief.
However, these medications pose certain health risks and may not address the underlying causes of your acid reflux. Functional medicine digs deeper, finding the factors that affect you as an individual to address health concerns at the source.
There are many lifestyle factors associated with acid reflux symptoms, especially the consumption of certain foods like
- gluten
- coffee
- chocolate
- alcohol
Even unlikely suspects like peppermint have been linked to acid reflux symptoms, as Dr. Mark Hyman also recognizes. Practitioners of functional medicine will help you look at your lifestyle and food choices to uncover what may be leading to your symptoms.
Functional Nutrition recognizes that the real causes of acid reflux are not what many people think they are. Contrary to popular belief, it’s not an overproduction of stomach acid, but the presence of stomach acid in the wrong part of the body (like the esophagus or on the surface of a damaged stomach lining) that causes acid reflux. Functional medicine addresses the root cause.
Dr. Marina Rose uses Chiropractic and Functional Nutrition to help people with acid reflux and other challenging, chronic health conditions in and around the city of Sunnyvale, CA.
When you need natural solutions for acid reflux symptoms, click here to find out how Functional Nutrition can help you. Take our Nutritional Profile Quiz today and get your results immediately.
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