Abstract

Patients with symptomatic gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) are usually advised to make lifestyle modifications, such as avoiding certain substances (chocolate, mints, citrus fruits, fatty foods, carbonated beverages, tobacco, coffee, and other caffeinated products), losing weight, avoiding late-evening meals and postprandial recumbency, and sleeping on one’s left side. How much evidence is there, though, to support these recommendations? Researchers systematically reviewed 100 studies …

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