What makes Mr. Trudeau such an expert? Or is it just another
questionable venture?

Thanks Marlys,

Currently, I take the ACV when I wake and start moving around, then again before bedtime; so for now it hasn’t been a problem (yet) for me going to a restuarant.

My desire is to find something that will prevent the discomfort from occuring to begin with, and at least for now the ACV seems to be doing the trick. I will however keep your information handy and consider purchasing some of the papaya enzymes to have on hand…just in case…lol. I wonder if taking them before a meal…might help prevent the discomfort? Just a thought.

Thanks for sharing.

Fed Up Gal

I think I may have an answer for you!

I have tried a ton of things for GERD for the past ten years, like D. Reed. Most helped a little, but many were a pain to use — like grinding raw ginger and making tea. Many more were inconvenient, especially when out and about — like taking vinegar before a restaurant meal. I do use good probiotics — without much GERD effect, though I still use them for overall health.

THEN, I discovered a very cheap, very effective, HEALTHY alternative to TUMS, Rolaids, and other “antacids,” which pleased me because I know the reflux is due to too little acid, rather than too much. These go with me in my purse and a pocket of about everything I wear — healthy little oval tablets of chewable papaya enzymes, as tasty as after dinner mints and very effective at stopping the burn! Since food MUST be digested in the stomach with enzymes before the HCL can finish the job and send the digest food onward, I provide it with these right after I eat, or certainly at the first sign of “burn.” They are made by American Health and are available at VitaCost.com for the ridiculous price of $9.88 for 600 tablets! That lasts me a couple of months! Sometimes one is enough, sometimes as many as half a dozen.

Oddly, visits to my amazing new chiropractor for another problem has also lessened my GERD problems recently, too. But until he fixes the reflux problem completely (I hope!) American Health papaya enzymes will go with me wherever I go!

Hope some of you may find this helpful!

My sister researched reflux remedies and told me to take a tablespoonful of…apple cider vinegar! I thought that this was the most ridiculous suggestion I had ever heard, but the more I learned about the mainstream medications I was taking the less I liked them so I tried it. Wow. For about ten seconds I thought my oesophagus was going to explode. And then the reflux was gone. Later, I reduced the dose to a teaspoonful, and that still worked, but with less of an explosive initial effect.
No, I can’t offer a convincing explanation of how consuming an acid substance can cure acid reflux, but I have my own repeated experience to verify that it does. My best guess – as an engineer, not a biologist or MD – is that this has something to do with the body’s feedback loops (blast of acidity triggers acidity-reducing response in the body) or that the slug of acidity stimulates the sphincter between the oesophagus and the stomach to close. (It’s slack in that sphincter, after all, that causes the problem, not acidity per se – the stomach can’t work without acid.)

I have found fresh ginger tea after a meal to be very helpful. You grate the ginger into a cup and pour boiling water over it, leave for 5 minutes and sip slowly. If you need sweetner add a spoonful of honey

I have tried about everything, alone and all at once – probiotics, enzymes, Slippery Elm, orange peel, apples, apple pectin, glutamine, swedish bitters, going off grains and sugar, avoiding tomatoes, parasite flush, liver flush, taurine, cysteine, licorice, deglycorrhized licorice, magnesium, vitamin b12, grapeseed extract (in case it is H Pylori), goldenseal (“), grapefruit seed extract (“), high dose vitamin C, and some more things I can’t remember right now. I developed an ulcer a year ago aggravated by short term Advil use,(of course I won’t use Advil or Tylenol anymore, I control pain with vitamin C) and since then I have had increased gastric pain , and in a few months had a 9 day bout with vomiting and nausea. I could only drink water and eat about 240 ml of yogurt daily. I took a Pepcid and it resolved temporarily. Now, I continue to use most of the above techniques, but have to have 1-2 pepcid daily. I am very frustrated with this. I really think I can heal this. I know all a doc will do is give me Pepcid or some other acid control, and I really think this goes deeper than that.

Philip Biggins,

Your comments are quite interesting. Personally, I think this site is a good resource for info….but realistically, we need to make sure we’re checking several reputable resources. Where are you suggesting our homework lead us to do our research? Thank you.

Fed Up Gal

The solutions to most problems are so simple that we tend to overlook them. Acid reflux is directly proportionate to the acid levels of that person’s stomach. Most N.American diets are acidic. NEUTRALIZE the acidity and voila!!!!! heartburn gone! How can there be acid reflux in a non acidic environment? Our bodies should be optimally about 6.3 on the PH scale. Yes, we have acid in our stomachs but most of us are out of balance as far as stomach bacteria is concerned. Possible causes of in-balance? Have you ever heard a doctor prescribe antibiotics (which kill ALL bacteria both good and bad in our stomach) and then also tell you that your health can be challenged If you don’t get the proper balance of good bacteria, after you finish the prescription, let alone prescribing good bacteria for their patients. Another one is women’s bladder infections! So simple to remedy yet millions of wonem suffer to date. BORIC ACID IN A GEL CAP ,INSERT AND YEAST is GONE!!!!! Costs a few pennies so pharma co’s don’t want you to know about it!!!! Do your own homework and find out . I challenge you!

Why waste time and money by turning to someone who was trained to believe that only prescription drugs can help a problem? Not only is this a LIE, it is anti-common sense.
I am not about to say there are no problems that require the help of an MD. However, as long as MDs demand that we see them as medical gods WITHOUT having to PROVE that they have a DOCUMENTED TRACK RECORD (and their patients get BETTER), then they can take a hike.
Current acid reflux treatment is bogus. It is a waste of money, and it gives big pharma money by the ton.
And, if you take those damned drugs long enough, you’ll wind up with something worse than mere acid reflux – and that’s only if they DIAGNOSED it right the first time (don’t hold your breath on that one, folks).
See a typical MD as a wannabe politician who will do anything for easy money and control over your life. Puts it in an entirely different light, doesn’t it?

I found that eating an apple, occassionally 2, fights, after years of anti-acids and pills, acid reflux. I find I have to eat an apple or another fresh fruit(grapes or pears, not as effective) probably 75-85 % of the time after every meal (equal to if not less then the anti-acids I was taking.

Thanks for the Article on Acid Reflux Relief, it has come at good time, what with the Thanksgiving,Christmass Holidays now upon us and “ALL THAT FOOD” Thanks again.