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Heartburn is a medical condition with biological reasons. Some people are more prone to develop heartburn than others, because they have a weak lower esophagus sphincter (LES). However, bad diet habits, overweight and smoking among other causes, can, over time, provoke heartburn that otherwise would have never occurred. In most cases occurrence of heartburn is food related.
