How Do You Cope With Acid Reflux?

Sorry to hear you are experiencing this. Have you been to the doctors? 

The Doctors referred me to a specialsit at the hospital. I was then put on PPIs which made me feel sick so I came off them. I have just been on ranatindine for 6 weeks, but not sure they have been any help. I am now on Gaviscon Advance 4 times a day, but still experiencing sore, dry throat which makes it difficult to socialise.

I am also takng probiotics and garlic supplements and I take digestive enzymes before each meal. I have also got some drops to alkalize my drinking water and have ordered the "dropping acid" book.

Just to let you know you are not alone.

 

Hi,

Do you keep a strict diet, acid free food?

Drink pleanty of alkaline water, gorgle with it and swallow. Rest, take it easy, gentle exercise, eat slowly.

Learn how to breathe using your diaphgram.

Elevate your bed. Drink only chamomile tea. Buy yourself strips for testing acidity in fruit and vegetables, pH 5 is fine in fruit and vegetables, but you can not eat fresh fruit except: melon, watermelon, guava, banana, paw paw.

Everything else needs to be boiled, stemed, baked or grilled. When you get better, you can begin to introduce one new fruit a week in your diet, vegetable as well and see how your body reacts.

Manukka honey is very good if you can tolerate it, strength 16. Take it with food only, not by itself and three times a day 1tsp. Some people take it once a day on eampty stomach, one tbs, with food, on a piece of toast or on a banana.

Try pepzin GI, twice daily, but I see you already taking some, these ones seem to be very good.

 

Thanks daniela,

I am trying to follow a strict diet, but there seem to be so many inconsistencies about what you can or can't eat. I have the book "the acid/alkaline food guide" - this states that fruits like apple have an alkalizing effect on the body as do kiwi fruits, so these should be OK to eat. I am drinking herbal tea - ginger tea is highly alkalising so I'm drinking this.

 

Hi Skinnygirl,

I would not eat fresh apples, just yet! You can bake them!Try apples and pears later, when you will feel better and give the stomach a chance to get stronger.

Herbal tea is fine, but not too many! Stick with alkaline water, it washes the pepsin in your throat and oesophagus. Do not stress yorself too much, you will get better, it is a slow process. You can eat vegetables only cooked. Do not eat, tomatoes, garlic, onions, peppers.

Green beans, mange tout, broccoli, peas, cabbage, carrots, turnips, potatoes, kale, kelp are fine steamed.

Chicken or fish, only baked or grilled, no spices. Try to follow a low fat, low salt diet. Stews are good, no dairy.

When you will get the book by Dr. Jamie Koufman you will be able to follow her advice easily. 

Stress and anxiety are not good, so try to relax, meditate take your mind from things, if only temporary. 

 

Thanks for this.

I got some alkaline water from the 99p store today. Do you boil it when making hot drinks or do you just swish it around your mouth? 

Yes, you make tea with it! And gorgle, swish it around and swallow it, drink lots of alkaline water during the day, even when you are not thirsty .

Do you just put the alkaline water in the kettle or just heat the water in the microwave? 

Make sure you gargle as it really gets to the back of your throat!  I gargle first thing in the morning and 30 mins after every meal.  I have a good old swish around the mouth as well !

I only drink one 500ml bottle a day and the rest is filtered water.  As I keep my diet fairly alkaline, I didn't want to overdo it on the water!

either way!

I bought 4 packs of it so that's 24 bottles. Have drank two so far. 

Thanks. Are there any safe hard boiled sweets you can recommend? 

Sorry Rob, I do not use them! Maybe someone else can help you with that!

Hi, I recently read about another lady on this website. She had burning mouth. I recommended coconut oil pulling. She said it gave relief within 24hours. Research coconut oil it is amazing. My son had a tooth abscess that responded to coconut oil pulling. He felt well enough to cancel his dental appointment. Still ok one week on.

Hi skinnygirl, 

The confusion comes from the fact that there are two theories regarding acidity.

In the first one they are looking at the effect that food has on your body (making it more acid or alkaline). I don't really understand this theory but the fact that a food has an acidic or alkaline effect on your body is not related to the fact that the food is acidic or alkaline (if you put it in the blender and test it). It looks like your book follows this definition.

The other theory says that if your stomach is irritated, food that have a Ph level of 5 or less are going to hurt and make it worse. Here it is not the effect of the food on the body but the actual ph level of the food if you measure it with a strip. The book Dropping Acid follows this approach. This is the same as the alkaline diet many people follow on this website. It is based on the ph level of foods and I am pretty sure that kiwi and apples have ph level 4 or less. I don't know if cooking them changes the ph level, I would be curious to know. You can find a list with the ph level of foods on Internet if you look for canning or in the preview of the book Dropping Acid.

Ginger might be irritating. On the other hand in Chinese medecine it is recommended for digestive problem so I don't know.

Hi ines6375 - thanks for this - I think the first theory is more about general overall health rather than specific relation to reflux - if you eat a 60% alkaline diet and 40% acid diet it is much better for your health.