Do you often reach for antacids? Do you stash bottles of antacids in your car, office and home? Heartburn, like all other health symptoms, is a wise message from your body... and that message is not telling you to take a swig of Milk of Magnesia or pop some pills. How heartburn works Both acid blockers and antacids, the common treatments for heartburn, actually perpetuate a vicious cycle of attack on your poor esophageal lining. That's because heartburn results from too little stomach acid, not too much. Stress and poor diet reduce gastric juices instead of increasing gastric juice. That