Functional Heartburn can be cured by fasting of Ramadan, so says the doctor in internal medicine from RSCM-School of Medicine Division of Gastroenterology, Dr. H. Ari-KGEH Fahrial SpPD, MMB.
"By fasting is not eating and drinking for about 14 hours, will make changes in the level of stomach acid to be changed," said Ari at a symposium at the School of Medicine, RSCM ..
He reveals fasting gastrin levels will increase and decrease gastric acid levels, because during the fasting metabolic changes due to restriction of food and beverages.
"More than 60% of patients with functional heartburn can be cured by fasting, and metabolism returned to normal after fasting," Ari said, adding ulcer drug must still be taken to suppress stomach acid levels.
Ari suggested, functional heartburn can be cured after undergoing fasting for 30 days due to diet when fasting became more regular.
"Automatic cigarette consumption, fatty snacks and coffee which contain lots of gas is also reduced," said Ari who says that smoking, fatty snacks and coffee are the three things that lead to functional heartburn.
Functional heartburn caused by irregular eating, eating habits of fatty snacks, too much coffee or soda, smoking, and stress, said Ari.
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