{"id":149003,"date":"2026-02-26T12:30:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T16:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drjoe.com\/the-acid-reflux-myth-most-people-believe\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T12:30:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T16:30:30","slug":"the-acid-reflux-myth-most-people-believe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drjoe.com\/es\/the-acid-reflux-myth-most-people-believe\/","title":{"rendered":"The Acid Reflux Myth Most People Believe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"The Acid Reflux Myth Most People Believe\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tgXkDYj_x9I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve been taught:<br \/>\n\u201cAcid reflux = too much stomach acid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But what if that\u2019s not always true?<\/p>\n<p>In many cases:<br \/>\n\u2022 The stomach position matters<br \/>\n\u2022 The esophageal valve isn\u2019t closing properly<br \/>\n\u2022 Digestion isn\u2019t functioning optimally<\/p>\n<p>And here\u2019s the twist:<br \/>\nStomach acid actually plays a role in keeping that valve closed.<\/p>\n<p>So constantly reducing acid with medication may not always address the root issue.<\/p>\n<p>Long-term reliance on antacids can come with downsides \u2014 especially when the underlying cause isn\u2019t addressed.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, improving digestion is a better place to start.<\/p>\n<p>#GutHealthMatters #DigestiveSupport #HealthAwareness #WellnessTips<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve been taught:<br \/>\n\u201cAcid reflux = too much stomach acid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But what if that\u2019s not always true?<\/p>\n<p>In many cases:<br \/>\n\u2022 The stomach position matters<br \/>\n\u2022 The esophageal valve isn\u2019t closing properly<br \/>\n\u2022 Digestion isn\u2019t functioning optimally<\/p>\n<p>And here\u2019s the twist:<br \/>\nStomach acid actually plays a role in keeping that valve closed.<\/p>\n<p>So constantly reducing acid with medication may not always address the root issue.<\/p>\n<p>Long-term reliance on antacids can come with downsides \u2014 especially when the underlying cause isn\u2019t addressed.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, improving digestion is a better place to start.<\/p>\n<p>#GutHealthMatters #DigestiveSupport #HealthAwareness #WellnessTips<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4643,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-149003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-watch-dr-joe"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drjoe.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drjoe.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drjoe.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drjoe.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4643"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drjoe.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/drjoe.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149003\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drjoe.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drjoe.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drjoe.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}