New food approaches to reduce and/or eliminate increased gastric acidity related to gastroesophageal pathologies

Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) or Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux Disease (GORD), is a disease of interest in gastroenterology that is caused by pathological complications of gastroesophageal reflux (GER). It may have several clinical presentations: disphagia, cough, rhinitis, burning in the jugular region, chest pain that mimics a heart attack, otitis. He definition of GERD is: “a condition that develops when the reflux of stomach contents causes troublesome symptoms and/or complications” [1-3].

Source: Nutrition - March 22, 2018 Category: Nutrition Authors: Ciro Langella, Daniele Naviglio, Marina Marino, Armando Calogero, Monica Gallo Source Type: research