Natural Ingredients for Occasional Heartburn
If you want to deal with occasional heartburn using natural ingredients, what are your options?* Consider seeking out products that use these ingredients:
- Acid-stable protease: Pepsin is an enzyme naturally present in the stomach. It helps break down proteins in foods. We use a vegan acid-stable protease to naturally activate the body’s own pepsin.
- Alginate: Derived from brown algae, alginate holds 200-300x its weight in water. It forms a “raft” that floats on the stomach’s acid pocket, keeping it from entering the esophagus and soothing the sensation of occasional heartburn.* It also gives esophageal tissue an opportunity to rebuild itself.*
- DGL (deglycyrrhizinated licorice): The safest licorice extraction for long-term use that’s also preferred for efficacy. It promotes digestive comfort and repairs while strengthening and protecting the stomach lining.*
- Gotu kola: Gotu kola is rich in B vitamins and potassium and is used to promote healthy fluid balance.*
- Marshmallow root: This botanical is known to relieve irritation of the GI tract’s mucus membranes and helps normalize mucus secretions.*
- Papaya leaf: Naturally contains papain, a proteolytic (protein-digesting) enzyme that has been studied for its soothing, cleansing benefits within the GI tract.*
- Prickly pear and olive leaf extracts: This botanical duo has been shown to exert positive effects on the stomach lining, providing a necessary buffer for the acidity of digestion.*
- Zinc carnosine: Helps optimize the mucosal lining of the stomach, acting as a buffer to gastric acid.* It supports both the stomach’s mucosal defenses and healthy growth and turnover of gastric tissue.*
