Whether you're trying to lose weight or just maintain your current weight, your best bet is to refrain from eating two to three hours before bedtime or, even better, pick a stop time for eating each night (say 8:00 pm) to make it easy to stick to a nightly schedule.

Over time, ongoing acid reflux can damage the lining of the esophagus, causing serious long-term health problems. Your doctor may prescribe stronger medications to reduce acid secretion and may also schedule diagnostic tests such as an upper GI series.

Finding the right combination of food and flavorings that work for you will not only help reduce your heartburn episodes, but will put you on the path to an overall healthier diet. Read on for more helpful tips on heart health.

Heartburn relief comes in many forms. Whether you're committed to a low-fat diet, to staying upright after a meal, or to popping a few TUMS to combat a burning chest, there are multiple ways to halt the pain. And if those don't work, head into cyberspace, where you'll find dozens of blogs and message boards proclaiming to have found the magical heartburn relief.

Millions of people suffer from occasional episodes of acid reflux. This occurs when the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) located at the end of the esophagus, opens spontaneously or does not close properly for some reason and digestive juices-called acids-rise up with partially digested food into the esophagus.