Acidity - a condition that plagues one in every three people in the world - is unfortunately one of the most overlooked aspects of health. If not handled properly and at the right time, acidity can cause innumerable ailments. Fortunately one doesn't have to live with acidity. Nor do they have to rely on antacids, which only act as a band-aid for the problem and don't really address its root cause. GAP BETWEEN MEALS: ================== Leaving large gaps > 3-4 hours or too small gaps < 1-2 hours between two meals, can both cause acidity. An average meal takes about 3.5 - 4 hours to digest, after which the stomach automatically starts producing digestive acids as a natural mechanism as it expects food. If you have left a long gap, the acids as a natural mechanism as it expects food. If you have left a long gap, the acid produced starts to eat up the inner mucosal linings. Similarly, when we eat too often, every bite of food signals the stomach to produce acids in orde...