Fatty foods, such as ice cream, lower the muscle tone of the LES. Reduced muscle tone makes it difficult for the LES to stay closed when it should, resulting in stomach acid backing up through the LES.here are, however, anatomical and environmental factors that can exacerbate acid reflux. The primary advice is this: If eating a certain food aggravates your acid reflux, then you should avoid that food.
2. Conflict minerals, as defined by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), is a broad term that means tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold, regardless of whether these minerals finance conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) or adjoining countries.onflict minerals, as defined by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), is a broad term that means tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold, regardless of whether these minerals finance conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) or adjoining countries.
Melvin Ayogu and Zenia Lewis examine the provision in the Dodd-Frank Act that addresses the trade of conflict minerals originating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, arguing that while the act has increased awareness of the ongoing humanitarian crisis, any lasting solution must incorporate a global strategy on conflict minerals.