Tips for reflux?

mk2fit

Acid reflux is the 3rd most common cause of a chronic cough.

CharlieBeansmomTracey

mor72 wrote: »

All i can say, everyone's body are different, what works for one or more might not work for others. Regards to milk, it always work for me and everyone else i spoken to, but as i said we all work different.
This might be a interesting reading for some of you.
https://www.aarp.org/health/conditions-treatments/info-2017/foods-help-acid-reflux-fd.html

this is just an article and the food say they CAN help. many of those foods can cause reflux/or trigger it in some people. this article has no links to scientific studies backing it up so its just opinion. as the article states". Some foods may help alleviate symptoms in one person but aggravate them in another"

amyjsparkles

CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »

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amyjsparkles wrote: »

I had terrible acid reflux. So bad that it got to the point where I couldn't eat any food at all, without it feeling like it was stuck in my throat. I took Prilosec, and then decided I had to lose weight and changed the way I ate. I stopped eating all fried foods, chocolate, spicy foods, no caffeine, no soft drinks, nothing acidic, no oranges, lemons, tomatoes, also I only ate things that were low in fat, and ate no dairy. I ate spinach often, as I was told this calms down acid. I also drank ginger tea almost every night after a meal with a teaspoon of honey. I didn't eat 4 hours before I went to bed and I raised the head of my head 6 inches. I also ate 5 tiny meals a day.

It took over 8 months of eating this way, and taking medication, and also losing 112 pounds, and when I had a recent test done, where they stick a camera down your throat, my reflux was gone and it's no longer inflamed and is pink and healthy in there and now I am able to eat most foods again. Though I stay away from fried foods, dairy, and caffeine, just because I feel better without them.

My GI doctor told me the ONLY things actually proven to really help you are:
-don't eat 3 hours before bedtime
-lose weight

I hope this helps. Acid reflux is a terrible thing. People don't realize how bad it can get. I literally could eat nothing but Ensure for about 2 months and I lost 40 pounds in those 2 months.

I was on Zantac for a few years prior to all this happening, but it just wasn't good enough. I would cough alot and Drs thought I had asthma, or all these other issues and it was all acid! For years.

So please take care of it asap! Don't let it get as bad as I did. Good luck!

weight loss may help in some people but I know for me I had it when I was at a healthy weight.so weight loss wasnt going to be a deciding factor. as for spinach calming down acid no. your stomach acid has to break that down too. if these foods calmed down the acid these foods would not be properly broken down. your stomach produces acid for a reason. some people produce too much,some too little.

Yes, but your body has to produce a lot less acid to break down spinach for instance, versus a steak.

Several people have acid reflux that are at a healthy weight, but the OP stated that they needed to control it even though they are overweight, so for them, weight loss may be the answer they need to get rid of it completely. Unfortunately that doesn't work for all people. But that extra pressure of weight on the LES is what causes issues for people who are heavy, not ALL the time, but often.

I was just sharing my own experience with it and what worked for me. We are all different, but it was absolute hell to deal with.

Hope you get better!

I'm out! x