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Make these dietary and lifestyle changes to ward off heartburn

Make these dietary and lifestyle changes to ward off heartburn (Photo: iStock)

If you have to avoid bending over too soon after meals to prevent the miserable sensation of acid reflux, you're not alone.

Although substantive figures haven't been established in Kenya, Aga Khan University Hospital's online records indicate that over 20 per cent of adults decry the unpleasant disease whose most significant symptom is "heartburn".

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