Natural Remedies To Acid Reflux?

Please don't say milk, do not drink it. It is also only temporary and in the long term, makes the acid reflux worse, despite being a base.

Wondering what others use when they have acid reflux. I eat a lot of spicy food and I think all this fruit I eat also makes the problem worse. Maybe eating more veggies. I eat carrots, maybe consuming more?

Any other suggestions?

 

staying away from spicy foods sounds like a good idea. I think that caffeine and smoking might make it worse too, but I'm not sure.

 

Stay away from spicy foods and caffeine.

Apple cider vinegar helps.

 

Believe it or not, in most people acid reflux is caused by a lack rather an abundance of stomach acid. Doctors almost never test a person's stomach acid, though, and instead immediately prescribe a prescription for an acid reducer, which might provide temporary relief but makes the person's condition worse over time so that they're dependent on these medications for life (much like cholesterol drugs), which make the drug companies tons of money.

People have actually found that taking a hydrochloric acid supplement works wonders in treating acid reflux, but I think it's also important to be mindful of what causes acid reflux in the first place, which is often poor gut flora from a less-than-optimal diet. I am not saying that is the case with you, Carl, but it is for a lot of people. Many people's digestive problems clear right up when they modify their diets and stop eating refined carbohydrates.

Apple cider vinegar, as r0llin mentioned, as well as fermented foods like sauerkraut and kefir can also help immensely.

 

I've heard apple cider vinegar pills in particular.

I think it can either help or make things worse. It depends on the root cause.

 

I think my diet is decent enough, could always be better. Generally it is always the same. A lot of fruit, such as bananas and granadilla (a Colombian fruit) and bread in the morning, whatever the school serves in the afternoon (I work as a 5th grade teacher), pasta or some kind of home made mexican food and carrots at night. Diet was better in Washington DC because I had access to more food. I drink a lot of almond milk and eat salads once or twice I day. I can look into apple cider vinegar pills and acid supplements but my Spanish is still kind of basic and not sure how common those are in Colombia.. It might be the diet here too, so trying to find stores with more foreign foods.

 

i can't say as i usually consume anything to make it go away. i just wait for it to.

(and avoid consuming anything more likely to trigger it until it does)

a little water generally helps, but not too much of it.

pretty much there are other things (my body does to me) that bother me worse when it does.

 

fennel tea

or anise tea...

especially if already love that that yummy flavour

 

http://www.myfrienddebbie.com/article_master.php?id=1120

Passage from the article:


Other factors that contribute to episodes of heartburn and acid indigestion include:

Excess abdominal fat (puts pressure on the stomach and weakens the sphincter over time)
Overeating (stomach contents are forced through the sphincter by an excess volume of food)
Gas from fermentation of food from poor digestion (pressure from gas presses against the sphincter)
Hiatal hernia
Pregnancy (growing fetus compresses the entire upper GI tract)
Alcohol and/or nicotine decrease function of the LES
Dehydration
Foods such as fats, chocolate, coffee, mints (especially spearmint and peppermint), sugar, and onions
Acidic citrus fruits and tomato-based foods, spicy foods, carbonated beverages, and coffee can further irritate an already inflamed esophageal lining
Eating food allergens (especially cow’s milk and dairy)
Medications that weaken the LES by relaxing muscles (either ones surrounding airways and blood vessels and/or those that comprise much of the GI tract). Examples include bronchodilators used to treat asthma, aspirin/NSAIDS, channel and/or beta-blockers that lower blood pressure, Valium, Demerol, Tetracycline, Quinidine, and Nitroglycerine
Activities such as coughing, wheezing, bending from the waist, heavy lifting, straining during bowel elimination, and certain types of exercise that increase pressure within the abdomen and force stomach contents through the LES when it is full and/or the LES is already weakened
Reclining – causes stomach contents to remain in the upper portion of the stomach longer - standing helps draw the stomach contents away from the LES.


Ways to Naturally Relieve Heartburn and Acid Reflux

If heartburn or acid reflux is a problem for you, you may first want to see if you find any of the following practical suggestions helpful:

Eat smaller meals
Limit food intake during the hours just before bedtime
Avoid the types of foods and drugs that tend to cause acid reflux
Get possible food allergens out of your diet
Drink more water
Eliminate refined sugar, which is a direct stomach irritant
Minimize activity that might increase intra-abdominal pressure – bending or heavy lifting
Elevate the head of your bed using four-to eight-inch blocks.

 

The title of this thread should have been "Dropping Acid".