What is the reason for having constant stomach acid after meals?

I believe many people know that gastric acid is a liquid that helps the stomach digest food. However, many people often feel acid reflux or heartburn after eating, which proves that the gastric acid secretion is too much. What is going on? How can we solve the adverse symptoms of excessive gastric acid secretion after meals?

Why do I always have stomach acid after meals?

1. Physiological gastric acid

When you are nervous, overly tired, or in a bad mood, the cerebral cortex becomes dysfunctional and cannot properly control the nerves that secrete gastric acid, causing increased gastric acid secretion. Improper diet, such as eating too sweet, salty, spicy, sour, cold, or hot food, will stimulate increased gastric acid secretion; some coarse grains, sweet potatoes, and potatoes contain rich starch, sugar, acid, and other ingredients, which will stimulate the stomach to produce a large amount of gastric acid. The remaining sugar in indigestible foods ferments in the gastrointestinal tract, which also induces gastric acid secretion. In addition, some drugs, such as aspirin, reserpine, and phenylbutazone, can also stimulate increased gastric acid secretion.

2. Pathological gastric acid

Chronic gastritis, gastric and duodenal ulcers, etc. can increase gastric acid and often cause gastric acid symptoms. In addition to finding the cause of pathological diseases, timely treatment is required to relieve them. In addition, excessive fat intake, especially after a full meal, chocolate consumption, and the use of morphine drugs can relax the lower esophageal sphincter and cause gastric acid symptoms.

What should I do if I always have stomach acid after meals?

1. Develop good living habits:

If you always have stomach acid after meals, you need to pay attention to eating small meals frequently, and only eat 70% of your meals. Eat well in the morning, eat enough at noon, and eat less at night. Avoid binge eating.

2. Change your eating habits:

Eat on time, sit down to eat, don't stand or squat. Avoid spicy, fried, smoked food such as barbecue, etc., don't eat too sour, too cold and other strong stimulating foods, don't drink alcohol, drink less strong tea, coffee, etc. Eat more vegetarian dishes and crude fiber foods such as celery, mushrooms, etc.

3. Active diet therapy and massage health care:

Warm foods such as mutton and dog meat have a nourishing effect on the stomach and are suitable for stomach cold symptoms; garlic disinfection can help eliminate inflammation, so it is recommended to eat more; in addition, wolfberry, white fungus, red dates, and walnuts can be snacks or dishes. After meals and before going to bed, you can rub your hands warm and rub them clockwise 64 times with your belly button as the center. After finishing, rub your hands warm and massage your lower abdomen.