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Acid Reflux Remedies

Sleeping On Your Left Side May Be Better for Acid Reflux

Apparently because the stomach is toward the left side, and so is more below the lower esophageal sphinctor when laying on the left side, where gravity then helps.

Documents:
webWilliam MayleEat This, Not That2021-06-09
webTonya Kaltenbach, MD; Seth Cro...Arch Intern Med2006-05-08
webL C Katz, R JustJ Clin Gastroenterol1994-06-01