Timing
Eating late, reflux and the night
Why the evening meal moved from harmless to noticeable, and the change that costs nothing.
3 minSource: Narrated
What women describe
Reflux or heartburn that was not there five years ago, usually worst lying down.
Waking in the night with it, which then gets recorded as a sleep problem rather than a gut one.
What tends to help
A gap of two or three hours between the last meal and lying down.
Smaller evening meals, and less of the things that commonly aggravate it: alcohol, very fatty meals, and for some people coffee and tomatoes.
Raising the head of the bed slightly, which is more effective than extra pillows.
Frequent heartburn, or heartburn that needs treating most weeks, is worth taking to a doctor rather than managing indefinitely with what is on the shelf.
The gut is one of the few places in this stage where small, ordinary changes to what you eat reliably show up within weeks.
General information, not medical advice. Narrated never diagnoses.
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