Does Coffee Cause Acid Reflux

Q: I am a heavy coffee drinker. However , I am very afraid of having acid reflux. As if I have this kind of diseae, I will have to survive a lot of problems. So can you suggest me something that I can do to prevent acid reflux. Does coffee have a link with acid reflux here" Does Coffee Cause Acid Reflux? So can anyone in the group help me please?

A:A new study suggests that drinking alcohol, coffee and tea may not cause acid reflux disease as once thought. That is surprising enough, but even more unexpected was the findings that table salt may increase a person's risk of developing acid reflux by 70%. . In a recent study, researchers in Sweden had set out to identify the lifestyle factors that can cause acid reflux, and they came to some surprising conclusions. While smoking, as expected, strongly increases the risk for developing acid reflux disease, drinking alcohol had little impact. The same was found true with coffee and tea. . Does this mean that if you suffer from gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD--commonly referred to as acid reflux disease) you can drink alcohol, coffee, and tea with no reflux problems? No. While this study shows alcohol, coffee, and tea don't appear to cause acid reflux disease, they can still make reflux symptoms worse in those diagnosed with the disease. . As stated by Magnus Nilsson, MD, of Stockholm's Karolinska Hospital: "We know that drinking alcohol causes symptoms to occur in people who already have acid reflux disease, so we were quite surprised to find that long-term use did not increase the risk of developing it." . For those individuals who don't have GERD, alcohol consumption doesn't increase your risk of developing GERD.

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