058 - Does Lemon Juice Help with Acid Reflux?

Dr. Brian's Health Show

Click here to download the full transcription as a formatted PDF. Episode Summary Welcome to The No Cap Health Show, a weekly podcast where Dr. Brian Boxer Wachler useshis decades of experience in medicine and ability as an expert researcher to provide a light-hearted approach and share health trends popular on TikTok. In this episode, Dr. Brian provideshis Cap/No Cap analysis on today’s topic: Does Lemon Juice Help with Acid Reflux? What causes acid reflux? What are some common treatments of acid reflux? What foods canyou enjoy and which ones should you avoid? Find out in today’s episode! If you’re enjoying the show, we’d love it if you leave the show a Rating & Review at RateThisPodcast.com/NoCap. Key Takeaways 01:11 – Dr. Brian introduces today’s topic: Does Lemon Juice Help with Acid Reflux? 03:39 – Benefits of drinking water with a little bit of lemon 04:56 – Other treatments for acid reflux 05:58 – Foods to avoid 06:38 – How does sleep impact acid reflux? 07:24 – Dr. Brian provides the Cap/No Cap Recap of today’s episode, teases next week’s topic, and reminds listeners to Rate and Review this podcast on RateThisPodcast.com/NoCap. Tweetable Quotes “We’ve seen lots of those videos on TikTok and Instagram where people are brushing withlemon juice or eating lemons to try to get whiter teeth. The risk of that is that, when you putsomething so acidic in your mouth - which lemons are - it can actually break down the enamelon your teeth.”(02:48) (Dr. Brian) “The key is not to just drink a big glass of lemon juice. That’s like acid overload. So, never dothat. But a little bit - a teaspoon - in a glass of water and that is the way this can help.”(04:09)(Dr. Brian) “Sometimes I will take Prilosec, which is a very common over-the-counter blocker that blocksthe acid-producing system in the stomach. And that can help with acid reflux as well.”(05:33)(Dr. Brian) Resources Mentioned NCHS Links Mentioned NCHS Footer Powered by FullCast