Digestive Enzymes For Heartburn And Acid Reflux

So I have acid reflux and have dealt with heartburn basically my entire adult and teenage life. Until recently I just carried tums everywhere I went, but then a nutritionist friend of mine suggested I try a digestive enzyme instead. I have been using them and they are AMAZING!

All you need to do is remember to take one before any big meals that you think may cause heartburn. This will help you get the right enzymes in your stomach required to properly break down the food, so you never get it. Tums only masks the pain afterwards. My friend pointed out that just using tums and having heartburn very day can actually lead to a very damaged esophagus in the long run. Sadly I forget sometimes and still need a tums.

The brand I got is now plant enzymes, after doing some research online. They aren't the best ones out there, but they seemed to be the best in my price range. They are also a vegetarian formula in a veggie cap, which i like. I'm not a vegetarian, but I know a lot of people who are and I like being able to share if necessary.

They certainly do the trick for me. Has anyone else tried digestive enzymes? What were your experiences?

 

No. When I had reflux, I used apple cider vinegar to relieve it. The ACV also helped settle my gall bladder down. You'd think the vinegar would add to the acidic problem but it does the reverse. ACV will also help clean out your liver... so win/win.

If you try this... take the ACV long after your enzymes have been absorbed so you can tell if both help.

 

I'm not a doctor, but you might want to add a probiotic. That also helps your digestive system.

 

ACV here also....

 

Interesting...was just reading about them. You wouldn't need to take probiotics if you take these enzymes.

 

I tried acv for a while and found it somewhat effective, but not as good as these.

 

I used to experience Acid Reflux all the time; to the point it would drop me to the floor with pain and a burnt Pharynx.

I started meditation and naturally just changed my diet ( surprisingly, I was unaware I did for a few months) haven't looked back since.

Albeit it does flare up minutely when disregarding diet on the odd occasions.

 

You should try these for those times that you stray from your diet.

I am unwilling to give up the spicy foods that give me hearturn!

 

Digestive enzymes can work to a degree, but they do cost money and ultimately you shouldn't need them.

Probiotics are the answer, and you can grow your own! It's fun and delicious. A regiment of kimchi or other fermented veggies will absolutely cure your intestinal problems, naturally.
All you need is right here, join the club!
http://www.hipforums.com/forum/topic/470300-kimchi-and-fermented-vegetables-how-to-and-why/

 

I have been fermenting my own veggies as well. I eat them regularly along with he kimchi I make. I still get heartburn. What works for one person isn't necessarily the answer for everyone.

 

It's not an instant treatment. You have to build up a colony of bacteria. It can take months, or even years, if your guts are way out of sorts.

 

And maybe on some magical day in the future that will happen, but until then, I will continue to use the enzymes as well.

 

Heh, yeah, magic. Sorry I mentioned it

 

Maybe you would prefer a thorough de-bunking?

http://health.usnews.com/health-news/blogs/eat-run/2013/04/23/digestive-enzymes-help-or-hype

"Most gastroenterologists dismiss over-the-counter digestive enzymes as a placebo, at best. "You'll digest them well before they'll be able to help you digest anything," says my colleague, New York-based gastroenterologist Eric Goldstein, regarding plant-based enzyme products that lack enteric coating, which enables intestinal absorption. He notes that these products are substantially different from FDA-regulated, prescription enzymes. His advice? Once all medical reasons for your symptoms have been ruled out, try chewing your food better, get breath-tested for suspected food intolerances..... avoid foods that bother you."

 

I use 2 teaspoons of apple cider vinegar with mother in a cup of water twice a day. It has beat anything the doctor has gave me.

 

Well thank you for the info. I will take it into account, but for someone who has tried everything else (at least everything I could find), including taking acv for years and probiotics, this is finally working. Placebo effect might be a possibility, but either way it's currently working for me. I kind of feel like the placebo effect would have happened in one of the multitude of other supposed miracle cures I've tried in the past though, which were talked up about as much as this was before I tried it.

 

The problem with Placebos is when someone tells you or links an article alleviating it of its psychological importance as a placebo. In other words, you now know and it won't work.

 

Which is why I doubt it's a placebo. I just took one and ate a giant sub.

 

cannabis helps much with the heartburn, but one cant always smoke the buds..

 

Cannabis helps much with the everything!