One of the biggest causes of heartburn after meals is poor digestion. Low stomach acid, stress, a back-up of bile, constipation, large meals, and a lack of digestive enzyme power can cause a slowed emptying of the stomach’s contents, thus pushing the content of food upward on the muscle that usually holds the stomach contents down.

Acid reflux occurs partly because motility is not moving at an optimal pace, the contents of the stomach are irritating, and there is a back-up of bile in the stomach. If you overeat, your liver makes extra bile and stuffs cholesterol in it as a last ditch effort to avoid being overwhelmed by too ...