One of the reason you may be having difficulties with heartburn is because of your love for chocolate. Apparently chocolate is one of the strongest, most common producers of heartburn. We've heard nothing but praise for chocolate. How it acts as a remedy for stress, can change a person's mood from bad to good, and generally help lift us out of our depression and disappointments. But, unfortunately, chocolate has a large amount of Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that is responsible for regulating our emotions, moods, appetites, and even sleep. It's also guilty of causing the muscle between the esophagus and the stomach to relax. That muscle is called the lower esophageal sphincter or LES for short. It's job is to prevents acid from the stomach from going into the esophagus and causing it pain. The esophagus is not designed to have stomach acid touching it.
The reason why there is a relationship between heartburn and chocolate is because chocolate has theobromine and serotonin in it. Theobromine is an alkalnoid found in the cacao plant and is a major component of chocolate. But unfortunately it also affects the lower esophageal sphincter by relaxing it which allows stomach acid to touch the esophagus and burn it.
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