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Title: Acid reflux
Post by: redcandle77 on September 20, 2016, 05:12:42 AM
I've been struggling with acid reflux and a bloated feeling.  I went to a clinic and was giving acid blockers.  Has anyone had experience with this?
Title: Acid reflux
Post by: Gail on September 20, 2016, 06:18:18 AM
I suggest eating an apple in the evening. Also, yogurt soothes, and stay away from fatty foods; as it is essential!
Title: Acid reflux
Post by: Recusant Sede on September 20, 2016, 06:55:17 AM
Quote from: redcandle77
I've been struggling with acid reflux and a bloated feeling.  I went to a clinic and was giving acid blockers.  Has anyone had experience with this?



I can't stress enough that I would not take any PPIs (proton pump inhibitors).

 Don't drink coffee, tea, or any acidic juice such as orange juice. Also don't eat chocolate, pizza or any tomato sauce and see what happens.
Title: Acid reflux
Post by: Stubborn on September 20, 2016, 07:08:44 AM
Have you tried drinking a full glass of water when the acid kicks in? Sometimes you need to drink two full glasses - the full feeling usually only lasts a little while. You might be surprised - it's at least worth a try.
Title: Acid reflux
Post by: nctradcath on September 20, 2016, 08:16:27 AM
It is better to take proton pump inhibitors than to develop esophogeal cancer from unregulated acid reflux. My grandfather is in his 80's and has been on proton pump inhibitors for over 20 years. He would have developed Barrets Esophogus and cancer without the medicine. Try the natural methods and see if they work. If they don't, take the Prilosec your doctor gives you.
Title: Acid reflux
Post by: AMDGJMJ on September 20, 2016, 08:33:26 AM
Try eating Acidophilus with your meal.  Also, eating peppermints after every meal can help.

Perhaps also consider eating less processed foods and instead more fresh food along with more fruits and veggies if possible.

Hope this helps!
Title: Acid reflux
Post by: monka966 on September 20, 2016, 08:34:20 AM
Smaller meals, but eaten more often (5 times/day) and stay away from alcohol.
Title: Acid reflux
Post by: Pax Vobis on September 20, 2016, 10:08:27 AM
Based on my research, acid reflux is from a lack of acid in the body, not a build-up.  It's counter-intuitive until you understand it.  It's usually caused by eating too many acidic foods (i.e. white sugar, coffee, processed carbs, etc).  which require stomache acids to break them down (the old saying that 'like dissolves like' applies here).

You need to add specific fruits/veggies to your diet that will help to add healthy acids to your body, which (and this is the counter-intuitive part) will turn your body back to a more alkaline (i.e. basic) state.  Certain fruits/veggies are acidic, but when processed by the body, chemically turn alkaline.

Fruits/veggies:
*(make sure you drink water/brush teeth after eating these foods so you don't hurt your teeth enamel.  They are highly acidic).*

- Lemons/lemon water  
- Apple cider vinegar
- Apples
- spinach/kale smoothies

There's probably other remedies.  Check out www.earthclinic.com

Good luck!
Title: Acid reflux
Post by: OHCA on September 20, 2016, 12:18:30 PM
I took Prilosec OTC for a few years.  Now regular visits to the chiropractor keeps acid reflux knocked out.  Where I used to live, the chiropractor used a little gadget on my sternum/solar plexus area.  I occasionally do the same rapid pecking with a stiff finger and get a little relief.

I have moved and my current chiropractor seems to be more effective in dealing with my acid reflux.  He adjusts my anteriors in my back and that seems to provide much longer lasting relief.

I was very hesitant in initially going to a chiropractor and likewise in finding a new one.  I don't know what to say if you're reluctant to go to a chiropractor other than I am sympathetic to you but taking the plunge worked for me.  I have also seen 2 others in this new office.  None of them hurt me.  But I have had the best adjustments with the 3 men and they have been in the 34 - 54 year old age range.  Just my experience.
Title: Acid reflux
Post by: OHCA on September 20, 2016, 12:19:37 PM
BTW--if you are going to take Prilosec or something similar, have your magnesium checked regularly and consider taking supplements.
Title: Acid reflux
Post by: songbird on September 20, 2016, 02:55:47 PM
Go to sprouts or a store that has pepsins, and digestal, what you need, a natural enzyemes that you have lack of.  You need acid. Sounds strange but these natural food stores with suppliments  and vitamins and such, will get you just what you need.

My son-in-law went through the same thing and went to his store known as the "Mustard See".  No more problems.
Title: Acid reflux
Post by: Joe C on December 15, 2016, 07:56:08 PM
I used to get heart burn all the time, then someone told me to take a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar everyday. I have never had heart burn again.
Title: Acid reflux
Post by: Neil Obstat on December 15, 2016, 09:01:56 PM
Quote from: Joe C
I used to get heart burn all the time, then someone told me to take a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar everyday. I have never had heart burn again.

The best remedial apple cider vinegar is Bragg's.  

About 100 years ago, Bragg Apple Cider Vinegar ("With the Mother" - Mother of Vinegar, that is) was standard equipment in the Doctor's Bag they used for house calls.  That's when doctors actually made house calls.  But since Big Pharma's monopolization of doctors' thinking processes, and since they can't put a prescription price tag on Bragg's, it has been set aside by physicians.

But it's health benefits continue, nonetheless.

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(CLICKABLE IMAGE ^ )

So now, if you ask your doctor (who's prescribing "acid reflux medication" to you) about Bragg Apple Cider Vinegar, he might well laugh in your face.  He's most likely committed to his Big Pharma paradigm of poisoning your body with their controlled substances (called prescriptions) so that he keeps his pension and insurance and board certification and all that stuff.

Title: Acid reflux
Post by: Cera on February 26, 2017, 03:29:58 PM
Quote from: songbird
Go to sprouts or a store that has pepsins, and digestal, what you need, a natural enzyemes that you have lack of.  You need acid. Sounds strange but these natural food stores with suppliments  and vitamins and such, will get you just what you need.

My son-in-law went through the same thing and went to his store known as the "Mustard See".  No more problems.

Many of us who were told we had low acid (and the HMO refused to test) and were put on PPI, found out we actually were low in acid. Others and myself now take HCL and enzymes with meals (HCL with protein meals only) and have no more reflux.
Title: Acid reflux
Post by: songbird on February 26, 2017, 05:38:13 PM
Yeah!  I use it too.
Title: Acid reflux
Post by: Centroamerica on February 26, 2017, 08:18:46 PM


I have this problem, too. There are foods you can eat that will control it a little bit. When I'm in the U.S. it is pretty intense because of the foods there. Try to avoid alcohol, especially beer.
Title: Acid reflux
Post by: Maria Auxiliadora on February 27, 2017, 03:24:00 AM
Try organic Fennel Tea between dinner and bedtime. You can lookup the benefits on the internet and best places to buy. In Germany it  is commonly given to babies.
Title: Re: Acid reflux
Post by: Last Tradhican on April 29, 2017, 05:51:30 AM
My Dad and I had perpetual heartburn till I was like in my late 20's (1980's), it was then that I heard this health program on the radio. The guest was a very old nurse, she said that the heartburn remedy industry was a millions of dollars industry, but in her day it was no big deal, you had heartburn, you drank the juice of half a lemon, and it was gone in 10 minutes. I thought, can't hurt to try it, it is not like amputation, so I tried it. The heartburn went away in less than a 1/2 hour and didn't come back. Before the discovery, when I would get heartburn at night, I would take like 5 Tums and it would take like it seemed hours for it to allow me to go back to sleep and I'd wake up in the morning with a paste mouth. With the lemon juice (real lemon juice squeezed by your hand), in 15 minutes I'd be asleep and the would wake up in the morning with the freshest breath and wet clean saliva. It was a life changer. I do use a whole lemon rather than the half she recommended.

Even more important, she recommended that people who are susceptible to heartburn, should eat sugars (fruits, breads, tomato) first and meat last. She said that we digest in the order that we swallow, what goes in first gets digested first. The problem comes in that if you eat the meat first, the sugars you eat after will be sitting in your stomach waiting for 4 hours. Save the meat for last. In my experience, everytime I get heartburn, it is because I had a desert after having meat. It is not so bad with chicken or fish, but still, it is best to not have deserts after the meal. If someone makes a really special desert, I'll ask them to give it to me before the meal. If I break the rule and I get heartburn, I will first drink a lot of water, and if that does not work or the heartburn is really bad, I have the lemon and that is the end of that.

For me, any fermented drink, beer and wine, are killers. I love beer (really good beer from Germany!) but beer does not like me. Beer and wine equal heartburn and hangover, even if I have just one beer.

Getting back to the nurse on the radio program, curiously, she mentioned the foods that should be avoided and three were bananas, yogurt, orange juice, the three things I was having for breakfast every day! I now have only the orange juice and only have it if I drink it first. If I forget to drink it first, I just skip it that day or maybe have it later in the day by itself.

My mother never had heartburn in her life, then started to have it. I figured out that it was caused by all the medications she had to take for cancer. I remembered that the nurse on the radio program had said that there are two types of people, those that do not even know what heartburn is, and those that get heartburn. That is how I figured out that my mother's heartburn was medicine induced.  

Title: Re: Acid reflux
Post by: Pax Vobis on April 29, 2017, 09:50:51 PM
Avoiding Yogurt surprises me but I suppose there's something to it.  Orange Juice is very, very acidic and that's not good for people with acid reflux issues because acid reflux is caused a LACK of stomach acid.  Drinking sugary or citrusy drinks means your body has to have the stomach acid available to break down what you just drank.  Like dissolves like.  Acid drinks/food need stomach acid to break them down.  Too much acid foods means your body eventually runs out of acid trying to keep a balance. 

Lemons, however, while part of the citrus family, have a different chemistry and are acid/sour to start out with but turn into positive acids in your stomach.  Sugars/oranges/bananas are sugary to start with and never change.  

Many vegetables are similar to lemons in that they add good acids to the body, which turns your body chemistry to a more healthy alkaline state.  Most, if not all, diseases start growing in a body where the PH is not in balance.  I've heard a doctor say that no cancer or disease can grow in an alkaline environment.  You obtain this environment by eating foods such as vegetables, certain fruits, fish, clean water, and herbs.  Limit carbs, sugar, dairy (assuming its pasteurized), and red meat.  Basically, the Adkins or Paleo diet is the way to health. 
Title: Re: Acid reflux
Post by: Geremia on May 28, 2017, 10:52:04 PM
I've been struggling with acid reflux and a bloated feeling.  I went to a clinic and was giving acid blockers.
That's counterproductive. Acid reflux is due overeating or there not being enough acid in the stomach. If the stomach lacks acid it needs to digest food, the body's natural reaction is to vomit it up. Try drinking some apple cider vinegar (followed by water).
Title: Re: Acid reflux
Post by: Geremia on May 28, 2017, 10:53:07 PM
you drank the juice of half a lemon, and it was gone in 10 minutes.
Exactly, because those suffering from heartburn lack the acid they need to digest the food in their stomachs. Lemon juice is acidic.
Title: Re: Acid reflux
Post by: Geremia on May 28, 2017, 10:54:28 PM
Basically, the Adkins or Paleo diet is the way to health.
Vegetarian is best. See Greger's How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease (https://isidore.co/calibre/browse/book/6212), spec. ch. 4, "How Not to Die from Digestive Cancers."
Title: Re: Acid reflux
Post by: congaudeant on May 29, 2017, 09:00:14 AM
Acid reflux is due to not enough stomach acid. Antacids may give relief, but they only add to the problem. The poster who put up the apple cider vinegar as a remedy has the right solution. Ideally, you'll want to look into getting some HCL pills.
Title: Re: Acid reflux
Post by: happenby on May 29, 2017, 03:07:06 PM
My brother suffered from EXTREME acid reflux.  I had told him dozens of times what to do but he never tried it.  Until 3 days ago.  He is no longer suffering and wrote a most enthusiastic thank you for telling him about it.  Take 2tbsp apple cider vinegar recommended in this thread with 1/3 of teaspoon of baking soda.  If you need more baking soda you can take up to a teaspoon but you'll find some people do not recommend higher doses for extended periods.  Not sure I believe them, but if you're concerned, you can take up to 1/2 tsp daily with no side effects or danger.  This ACV and baking soda combination works!