The Link Between Stress and Heartburn

By Keira Adams


Getting your stress under control is essential for your health if you intend to reduce your ongoing heartburn symptoms. Although there isn't a scientific connection between heartburn and stress, there's lots of evidence for an indirect link.

With stress, we eat more, make worse food choices, sleep less, and sometimes indulge in other bad habits like smoking and drinking. These actions will compound the problem if they end up worsening your heartburn.

If chronic heartburn is a problem for you, you need to take a close look at the stressors in your life so you can get rid of them. Is it your relationships? Your job? Too many entries in your daily calendar, or not enough money in the bank? Any of these can add to the stress in your life and result in heartburn if the pressure causes you to make bad lifestyle decisions.

After you know what sets you off, try to prevent chronic heartburn by finding solutions to your stresses. Could you go into counseling, or even just steal some time away to unwind and appreciate life?

Sometimes you can alleviate stress, and ultimately heartburn, by improving your life in different areas. Add exercise to your daily routine if you don't already do it. You might also lose some weight, which is another major contributor to heartburn.

If relaxation is the solution, meditation and massage are both good choices to help you unwind. Even though they might not directly ease your heartburn, they can slow the pace of your life and let you unwind and enjoy a lifestyle that will reduce the frequency of heartburn attacks.

Perhaps setting aside time each day to listen to your favorite music will help to relax you and still your mind. This kind of relaxation is helpful in stopping your cravings for food, alcohol or cigarettes. These habits can all lead to a bad case of heartburn.

If you prefer to replace your habits with something positive, try learning how to laugh more. Give your mood a boost, drop stress, and lose your troubles by searching out humor in the world around you.

Seek out methods of reducing stress and preventing heartburn symptoms that won't put you in financial jeopardy. You don't want to add financial woes to the mix, and there are plenty of free methods you can use to control your heartburn and get the most out of life.

About the Author:
Got heartburn? You can read more articles by Keira Adams at Heartburn Relief, loaded with information on the symptoms, prevention and treatment of heartburn.

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