Gastroesophageal Reflux (GERD)
Chronic acid reflux
Acid meant to stay in the stomach washes up and burns the food-pipe — day after day the lining is forced to change.
Atherosclerosis
Plaque hardening of the arteries
Injury to the smooth artery lining invites fat, foam cells, and plaque — narrowing the vessel until blood can no longer pass.
Hypertension
High blood pressure — the "silent killer"
Pressure through the arteries stays higher than it should — quietly straining the heart, arteries, kidneys, and brain.
Type 2 Diabetes
Adult-onset diabetes mellitus
Years of sugar, refined food, and overeating overwhelm the body's handling of glucose until sugar floods the blood.
Arthritis
Joint inflammation & rheumatic disease
Acids and wastes from a poor diet collect in the joints until the lining inflames, the cartilage wears, and movement hurts.
Hiatal Hernia
Hiatus hernia
The stomach slips up through a weakened opening in the diaphragm, and acid escapes upward into the throat.
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