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Oct 9Liked by Etienne de la Boetie2

I suffered from acid reflux for decades. I was eating the standard American diet. I used several prescription medications over the years. The doctors never said anything about diet except to stay away from some acidic foods like tomatoes. I went mostly vegetarian and it improved a little but still had bad heart burn. Finally, in my mid 40s, I changed my diet to meat, cheese and water only. I have been doing it for over 600 days and no reflux symptoms at all. Problems completely gone. No medications, no chest pain, all gone. Also had a positive side effect of losing some extra pounds. Who would have thought?

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They said my son had acid reflux, put him on Prevacid and he broke his femur walking across the yard. Then they wanted to put him on Zantac... we said no... took him off medication entirely and it turns out he didn't have acid reflux at all...

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I am close-I still drink mexican cokes sadly, but otherwise straight meat/cheese/fruit. No reflux, no headaches, no chest pains for the last 3 years.

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I had GERD that was brought on by overmedication(including PPIs) for other health issues. I got off the meds and changed my diet and it went away. More proteins, though I have discovered that dairy triggers problems, and fresh vegetables and fruits. Too much carb and my problems return.

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Oct 9·edited Oct 9

The MidWestern Doctor and I have both read the same sources over the years. Johnathan Wright was required reading during my postgraduate education. Gastroenterologists have tended to be ignorant of the ramifications of PPI use. Lowering gastric acid prevents or at least limits protein's disulfide bond cleavage in the stomach. This prevents the "unfolding" of the protein for presentation in the duodenum for protease enzymes to continue breaking the amino acid sequence down. If not broken down, large clumps of peptides and protein fragments can cross into the blood stream, especially in the leaky guts of modern humans who lack the protection of proper microbiota. These large "clumps" often 10,000 Daltons in size, trigger immune systems response, and can induce sensitivities at best, and true IgE mediated allergy at worst.

Further degradation can occur with this repeated onslaught, including arthritic inflammation, and degraded cancer surveillance.

In addition to the good doctor's recommendation, you can alleviate the symptoms of an incompetent LES by: 1.) sleep with the entire head of the bed elevated 4 inches. Not just the thorax raised, but the entire bed angled. 2.) Chew a tablet or two of Deglycyrrhizinated licorice 15 minutes before meals. It boosts the mucin production in the stomach, to provide more protection for the stomach and lower esophagus. (Deglycyrrhizinated licorice has been prepared to make chronic use of licorice safe. When un-deglycyrrhizinated, licorice can raise blood pressure, cause potassium to drop, and throw women into preterm labor.)

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I used deglyycyrrhizinated licorice for a period while healing my stomach. I second its use. It helped tremendously.

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I eat pre / probiotics with fermented food daily, it’s gone .

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I second this entirely!

I will add one thing to this after suffering many many years with what was called GERD! I had to go to a sleep clinic to find this one out. Sleep apnea causes acid reflux. All the sleep therapists know this but your family doctor and all the other specialists are completely clued out. Why so many people have sleep apnoea and are on CPAP machines I have no idea. Probably as a result of some kind of crap they have been putting into us. When you have sleep apnea, your stomach automatically convulses trying to clear the perceived obstruction. This pushes acid up into your esophagus. It is as simple as that. This can occur dozens or even hundreds of times at night. You may think you are suffering it in the daytime as well but really it is the damage that occurred the night before and the night before that etc. I didn't get along with CPAP machines so I figured out how to sleep on my stomach so I would not get sleep apnea. It took me quite a few nights to be able to sleep on my stomach but I did get used to it and so will you. I also used a foam wedge about 6 inches high at the head and then a couple of pillows under my head. I don't have sleep apnea anymore when I sleep and all of the damage from reflux is healed. God bless and good luck to all who are suffering this! It is such a horrible and painful and frightening condition! And one comment, welcome Jesus into your heart, make Him the ruler of your life, everything changes and you truly will be reborn! You don't need to get into all of the Bible crap except the gospel of John. If you are Christian, you follow the risen Jesus in your heart that's all!

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