Maybe a loose lower sphincter muscle that allows acid up? Endoscopy prob would have shown it.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have you had an endoscopy?

Yes, all is fine other than esophagitis

Manuka honey and Throat Coat tea w/slippery elm. Elevate head on pillow. And the meds

Anonymous wrote:Op
Nothing much to add except, I am dealing with this too.
With the meds, I have cut off tomato based anything, caffeine, citrus, garlic, cocoa, spices and fried anything.

I am looking at the responses on your thread.

ACV?

Op
Nothing much to add except, I am dealing with this too.
With the meds, I have cut off tomato based anything, caffeine, citrus, garlic, cocoa, spices and fried anything.

I am looking at the responses on your thread.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Going very low carb, less than 20 total per day, helped me a great deal. I followed the approach in the book End Your Carb Confusion by Dr. Eric Westman.

Helped with GERD?

New poster. This is not idle silliness. Carbohydrates affect gerd. A low carb diet is known to improve it tremendously.

Op I already low carb. I’m also thin

Anonymous wrote:Lose weight!

Op here. I’ve posted this a few times. I’m thin. I also already fairly low carb.

Anonymous wrote:Lose weight!

I will say GERD isn't always linked to weight. I developed GERD in law school, I'm on the low edge of normal BMI and dipped a solid fifteen pounds into being underweight as the result of the GERD. What helped me was antibiotics and a very careful diet for the next few months. I basically lived on baked potatoes because they weren't a trigger.

Lose weight!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One tablespoon of apple cider vinegar mixed in a cup of water. Drink it in the morning and again in the evening. The apple cider vinegar pills are useless as they don't have enough ACV.

The thought of adding Apple cider vinegar on top of an enflamed esophagus is not at all appealing.

OK, well, I posted it because it works for me every time I have issues. But if OP wants to spend a bunch more on doctors and pills, instead of trying ACV, they're of course free to do that.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Going very low carb, less than 20 total per day, helped me a great deal. I followed the approach in the book End Your Carb Confusion by Dr. Eric Westman.

Helped with GERD?

New poster. This is not idle silliness. Carbohydrates affect gerd. A low carb diet is known to improve it tremendously.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One tablespoon of apple cider vinegar mixed in a cup of water. Drink it in the morning and again in the evening. The apple cider vinegar pills are useless as they don't have enough ACV.

The thought of adding Apple cider vinegar on top of an enflamed esophagus is not at all appealing.

It’s counterintuitive, but it works for my mother. No idea why. I hear some say acid reflux is caused by too little acid in the stomach, but then why do antacids help.

I had to figure out my triggers. My biggest one was wheat. I went cold turkey and it got better. Over Christmas I had very small amounts and I wasn’t feeling well within 48 hours. Went cold turkey again and I’m better. I can manage small amounts of coffee when I’m off all wheat.

Anonymous wrote:I did Weight Watchers and my Gerd went away.

I also cut out red wine, tomatoes, tomato sauce, vinegar, chocolate and green peppers.

I would try an elimination diet

Were you overweight? I know there is a connection with weight but I am already thin. I’ve cut down foods already. The only thing I haven’t completely given up is caffeine but I did switch from coffee to one black tea a day.

Anonymous wrote:One tablespoon of apple cider vinegar mixed in a cup of water. Drink it in the morning and again in the evening. The apple cider vinegar pills are useless as they don't have enough ACV.

The thought of adding Apple cider vinegar on top of an enflamed esophagus is not at all appealing.

I did Weight Watchers and my Gerd went away.

I also cut out red wine, tomatoes, tomato sauce, vinegar, chocolate and green peppers.

I would try an elimination diet