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What Is Acid Reflux?
Acid reflux, also called gastroesophageal reflux (GER), occurs when stomach acid or food flows back into the esophagus. This happens when...
Lindsay Curtis


5 Healthy Foods That Can Upset Your Stomach
Feeling lousy after eating a bunch of junk food isn’t surprising. But serious discomfort after downing a perfectly healthy, plant-based...
Christa Sgobba
What to Know About Supplements and Your Kidneys
Getting the right amount of nutrients is an essential part of your diet and is vital for your health. Nutrients supply your body what it...
Amber Felton


The Importance of Gut Health
Recently, an infection left me with no choice but to take a powerful antibiotic for several days. I am a person who avoids antibiotics...
Health-Digest


Healthy gut, healthier aging
Support beneficial microbes in the gastrointestinal tract with these healthy lifestyle habits. Trillions of microbes — bacteria, viruses,...
Heidi Godman


What Is Acid Reflux Disease?
At the entrance to your stomach is a valve, a ring of muscle called the lower esophageal sphincter (LES). Normally, the LES closes as...
Annie Stuart


The Importance of Digestive Health
The digestive system is made of the gastrointestinal tract, liver, pancreas, and gallbladder. It is responsible for breaking down foods...
Alex Hirsch


How Your Gut Health Affects Your Whole Body
Helpful Germs You have many bacteria in your body. In fact, you have more of them than you have cells. Most are good for you. The ones...
Neha Pathak, MD, FACP, DipABLM
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