Heartburn is a huge pain (literally). I’ve dealt with it most of my life. I had stomach ulcers as a child, which lead to a lifetime of GI vulnerability and working on improving my gut flora (love that term…). If you’re having any heartburn symptoms this all-natural heartburn relief is a real life saver. I’ve suggested it to many of my patients as well, all will successful results!

Over the years I’ve learned to control my symptoms as long as I stay true to a whole foods diet, avoid gluten, take a probiotic and manage my stress. It’s important to understand that usually heartburn is your body’s way of signaling trouble. To really heal and prevent heartburn it’s important to identify the root cause.

Common causes of heartburn:

• food allergies or sensitivities (this helpful resource goes over the most common food sensitivities)
• laying down less than two hours after eating
• stress
• consuming acidic foods (coffee, alcohol, tomatoes, etc.)
• taking NSAIDs (ibuprofen, naproxen)
• being overweight
• smoking
• pregnancy

All-Natural Heartburn Relief:

Although I’m a PA, I will go to almost any length to avoid taking medication (ironic, I know). I am all about some holistic, natural, alternative options to medications.

Last year I had a resurgence of heartburn symptoms, always at night after going to bed. The only thing I can figure is that we don’t get home from work until late evening, so don’t eat dinner until 7-8:00pm many nights. But I love sleep almost more than anything so typically go to bed around 9:30 or so, and laying down within a couple of hours after a big meal is just flat out asking for heartburn. I began searching for an all-natural alternative way to combat this, since we know that traditional antacids many healthcare providers recommend have some negative side effects.

One day I noticed my dad taking this Garden of Life Alkalizing Greens mix. Anything “alkalizing” is basic on the pH scale, while heartburn is usually caused by overproduction of stomach acid. So my thought was that if I take the alkalizing mix before bed maybe it would prevent that uprising of acid throughout the night… and it worked!

I used it every night before bed for an entire month, then began to use it a couple of times per week, and now only as needed. This all-natural heartburn relief works better than oral antacids and provides a host of additional health benefits including detoxifying vitamins, minerals and superfoods. All-natural medicine for the win.

I’ve tried both Amazing Grass and Garden of Life brands and both are beautifully effective at calming heartburn symptoms.

Your liver does most of it’s detoxifying work at night anyway, so taking this heartburn relief powder before bed is great for general detoxification and organ health.

WARNING: this alkalizing greens powder does not taste yummy, but plug and chug because the 5 seconds of yucky is well worth the lasting, all-natural relief you will get.

TIP: don’t take this alkalizing greens powder within 2 hours of eating a meal, because you don’t want to interfere with your naturally acidic digestive enzymes while they are at work.

Cheers to being heartburn free!

P.S. Try this other healthy, immune boosting elixir.