If you have reflux consider getting tested for celiac. Reflux was my only symptom for years, and I had it every day without fail. It was only when I developed anemia that I was diagnosed celiac; a month gluten-free and my reflux was gone.
How to Cure Acid Reflux with Simple Exercise: An Anecdotal Study
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#62Earlier quoted context omitted.
I am not an anything, but allergies can cause inflammation in your nasal passages, which results in post-nasal drip. Post-nasal drip is where you get a lot of mucus being produced that drips down the back of your throat, which can make you cough or get a sore throat. It's pretty bad when you're lying down and asleep. For me, when I have to deal with seasonal allergies, if I am feeling particularly bad that night, I w…
Very interesting, nobody mentioned this to me before. I'll try and see if there's a correlation in my case. Thanks!
Also some BP medication that are ACE inhibitors cause cough.
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#63For those who drink caffeine and have reflux, try shift to decaf. I still drink the same amount of coffee as I did before, only now it is decaf rather than regular. Acid reflux disappeared to the point I didn't need a daily PPI anymore. I still have a caffeine every once in a while, but multiple daily caffeinated beverages was the cause of my reflux.
I did this, though not because of GERD, interestingly. A coffee roaster here in Houston won a coffee competition on a decaf, and it tasted so good, I quit caffeine the day I tried it (last year). I still get flare-ups that can be managed with H2 supplements (like Gaviscon), which are much safer than the PPIs I take every other day. The biggest advantage of switching to decaf is that caffeine works as intended the few…
> light energy drink like Celsius
I wouldn’t call 200 mg of caffeine light, personally.
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#64I've had a sortof gaseous reflux for years I can't seem to eliminate. Ive seen these exercises and they sounded like BS or not applicable to my symptoms of LPR. Maybe I'll give it a go after all... I've had most success with digestive enzymes and eating more veggies, less packaged food. Anyone have similar experience and solved it I would be interested. PPIs only worsened the problem.
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#65Earlier quoted context omitted.
I did this, though not because of GERD, interestingly. A coffee roaster here in Houston won a coffee competition on a decaf, and it tasted so good, I quit caffeine the day I tried it (last year). I still get flare-ups that can be managed with H2 supplements (like Gaviscon), which are much safer than the PPIs I take every other day. The biggest advantage of switching to decaf is that caffeine works as intended the few…
> light energy drink like Celsius I wouldn’t call 200 mg of caffeine light, personally.
Good point. I meant light in calories, not the caffeine. Note that I only drink these during long flights (since 200mg of caffeine is a lot) and one is enough.
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#66Right, so this paper is from a Ph.D of Botany [1] that worked at a research firm that's, from what I can surface, best known for a hydroponic algae cultivation system [2]. How did this get published on PubMed. I have GERD. The best known way of dealing with this piece-of-shit disease is to either restrict your diet to things that won't produce as much acid (so pretty much everything good) or take PPIs for the rest of…
I personally don’t want PPIs because they scare me. Instead when I have bad heartburn, I mix a teaspoon of baking soda (the pure kind, not the kind with yeast or whatever) with water in a glass and drink it. Sometimes a second time if it’s still there after 10–20 min. The soda reacts with the acid in the stomach, it makes you burp a little bit makes the heartburn go away. And I believe it’s a lot less harmful than PP…
Interesting!
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How do you know it's not GERD? I had what you described. Took 2 months of careful eating and Omeprazole to get rid of... Doctor did a throat/nose endoscopy but couldn't see anything, so he diagnosed based on symptoms alone.
I mean it's hard to rule out GERD 100%. But I did try careful eating and Omeprazole (and other PPI) for a few months, too, and it did not get better. Did you notice gradual improvement or did it just go away one day?
It remained unchanged for a while. Or it would get a bit better, worse, better, worse but never worse than when it started. After a while, there was a "miracle week" where it felt better and didn't come back. I don't remember doing anything special on that week, but I was making tweaks on my eating habits pretty frequently in the hope that something worked. I'm fairly convinced I stumbled upon the winning combination for food, but it's impossible to be sure. One significant change in my eating habits was introducing green/black tea after lunch and reducing coffee.
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#69Earlier quoted context omitted.
I mean it's hard to rule out GERD 100%. But I did try careful eating and Omeprazole (and other PPI) for a few months, too, and it did not get better. Did you notice gradual improvement or did it just go away one day?
It remained unchanged for a while. Or it would get a bit better, worse, better, worse but never worse than when it started. After a while, there was a "miracle week" where it felt better and didn't come back. I don't remember doing anything special on that week, but I was making tweaks on my eating habits pretty frequently in the hope that something worked. I'm fairly convinced I stumbled upon the winning combination…
Intersting, thanks for sharing! For me it's also better a few days, than worse a few days, and I can't figure out why. Does not seem directly correlated to food or alcohol (sometimes I drink a few beer and feel great the next few days, and then I don't drink alcohol for a week and it gets worse). I also cut out coffee for 2 months and did not see any effect. I eat plant-based and mostly cook at home, not much fatty foods.
For how long did you have the sore throat in total, do you remember?
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#70Earlier quoted context omitted.
It remained unchanged for a while. Or it would get a bit better, worse, better, worse but never worse than when it started. After a while, there was a "miracle week" where it felt better and didn't come back. I don't remember doing anything special on that week, but I was making tweaks on my eating habits pretty frequently in the hope that something worked. I'm fairly convinced I stumbled upon the winning combination…
Intersting, thanks for sharing! For me it's also better a few days, than worse a few days, and I can't figure out why. Does not seem directly correlated to food or alcohol (sometimes I drink a few beer and feel great the next few days, and then I don't drink alcohol for a week and it gets worse). I also cut out coffee for 2 months and did not see any effect. I eat plant-based and mostly cook at home, not much fatty f…
Around 6 months. I didn't experience a very direct correlation with food either. To be honest, I'm not entirely sure why it went away, I just know that I kept tweaking things until it did. One thing I also tried was changing my sleep position, which affects silent reflux. As with the food, not sure if this had a role in the remission.
Some people suggest an allergy component. The seasons changed and other allergies improved. The throat got better roughly at the same time as the allergies, but could be a coincidence. We know so little about our bodies...