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Im going to have to stop drinking coffee :(

Elias824

Elias824

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So yeah I get really bad heart burn most nights, I got some prilosec OTC and it helped for a few weeks, but your only supposed to take it 14 days every 3 months or something weird like that. So yeah caffeine is supposed to cause heartburn so now my morning cup of coffee has to go, I dont know how im going to live.
 
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blackdogdeek said:
are you sure it's the caffeine that causes the heartburn? i thought it was the acidic content of the coffee.
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Actually it's the effect on the lower esophageal sphincter. Coffee relaxes the muscle that keeps the valve closed to your stomach and acidic contents.
 
Decaf? I considered giving up coffee recently, but I decided against it because I love the taste.

KT
 
Elias824 said:
Any recommendations on what kind of tea?
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I like Bigelow English Breakfast tea. Usually steep for 5 mins (even though they suggest 1-2 mins) and add a bit of honey.

I'm sure there are better ones out there, but it's cheap, available everywhere, tastes good and is relatively strong tea.
 
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I went to the doctor for chronic heartburn and he said I could take Prilosec OTC every day. If you can, go to the doctor to see if you can do the same.

Otherwise, just do it anyways. I think you'll be fine.
 
Before I totally gave up coffee, I'd try one of the "low-acid" coffees on the market.

Here's a way to make your own:

http://www.ehow.com/how_4904365_low-acid-coffee.html

Instructions
Things You'll Need:

* Coffee grounds, any type
* Stainless steel bowl
* Medium sieve
* Fine mesh sieve
* Milk
* Sugar (optional)


Step 1

Place one cup of grounds into a stainless steel bowl. Add ¼ cup water and stir gently until all the grounds are moist.

Step 2

Add an additional 1 ¾ cups water to the bowl, and do not stir. Try to disturb the grounds as little as possible.

Step 3

Cover the bowl with a lid, plastic wrap, or aluminum foil, and allow it to sit at room temperature for at least 12 hours without being disturbed

Step 4

Strain the low acid coffee concentrate through a medium sieve, and then strain a second time through a fine mesh sieve. Your low acid coffee is now ready to be prepared - either hot or iced.

Step 5

For iced low acid coffee, fill a glass with ice cubes and add ¼ cup of the low acid coffee concentrate. Add ¾ cup milk and stir gently. Sweeten with sugar, if desired.

Step 6

For hot low acid coffee, warm ¾ cup milk in the microwave, or over the stove top, being careful not to scald it. Pour into a coffee mug and add ¼ cup of the low acid coffee concentrate. Stir gently, and sweeten with sugar, if desired.

Tips & Warnings

* Start the cold brewing process at night before you go to bed, and you'll have a batch of low acid coffee waiting on you in the morning.
*Use any type of grounds you like to make your own low acid coffee.
*Do not replace the milk in the low acid coffee. It is necessary to add back some fat, which is lost by cold brewing. Failure to use milk as outlined above will result in a shallow bodied cup of low acid coffee.


Read more: How to Make Low Acid Coffee | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_4904365_low-acid-coffee.html#ixzz0vZFkuebh
 
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om3gawave said:
I went to the doctor for chronic heartburn and he said I could take Prilosec OTC every day. If you can, go to the doctor to see if you can do the same.

Otherwise, just do it anyways. I think you'll be fine.
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There's a lot of literature stating some very harmful effect's of proton pump inhibitors. They are very powerful in that they stop all acid secretion. The acid in your stomach actually is prevents many harmful bacteria from growing there. I read a study that stated many pathogens isolated in patients (on ppi's) with sepsis originated from the stomach. They hypothesise these bacteria once they establish a foothold will translocate from your stomach into the bloodstream.

PPIs can also interfere with calcium homeostasis and aggravate cardiac conduction defects. These agents have also been responsible for hip fracture in postmenopausal women
 
Doctors are so quick to blame coffee. It could be a number of things or you're just getting older and sometimes your stomach just does not want to hold anything down when you are stressed.
 
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