Food Based Solutions For Acid Reflux | Dr. Jonathan Aviv 

Hmm i thought he said coffee was ok

@@borat1962 He said that coffee has some chemicals in it, which causes that the valve above stomach is left open (=relaxed). That valve if relaxed=opened, is the root cause of reflux. That valve should be correctly closed. So coffee and coffein is bad for reflux.

Black tea especially Chinese. It contains bad elements. Various medicinal teas are fine, but not lemon, or strong orange and citrus teas.

Do u know if hcl pepsin i s ok to take , havelow acid

what kind if tea is bad and what kind of tea is good?

I used to suffer from heartburn all the time and these were all trigger for me (I think I have a slight onion allergy as I bloat something fierce when I eat them). The one exception is Vinegar, which I used to stop bad heartburn (a spoon full worked wonders). I also didn't get it from fatty or fried foods per se. I just broke it down to two major factors: acidic foods and sugar. Pizza and a coke was murder. Coffee with no sugar was fine. Funny thing is, I finally quit smoking a few years ago and I haven't had it since. I had NO idea smoking was a factor. For me, the main factor. Go figure.

Exceptions: green tea / matcha (alkaline) and if the food relaxes the lower sphincter, you can take betaine hydrochloride supplements (acid but in capsule) with your meal to force it closed. It’s a bit paradoxical, but a higher stomach ph forces the lower sphincter to tighten. On the other hand, you don’t want to move high ph foods through your pepsin laced throat.

@@benjicharlie5823 Hi! Seems like you understand a lot about acid reflux. I have tight chest/chest pain, mucus in throat for years, and constant burping and water brash 3 hours after meals. I’ve just started to take ACV and betaine hcl after watching video of dr. Berg. I think what I have is GERD or LPR or both. I don’t know if I’m doing the right thing.

@@LadyAnn-of4fh I believe you are in the right track.also consider using sea salt/Himalayan Pink salt. I find chewing a few raw fennel seeds (a pinch or two) helpful too

@user-jk8ks1pp2x You have described me, I'm trying a low fodmap diet with success. The fementable foods cause burping hours after meals releasing acid into the throat.

I so agree! I have been dealing w/ nonstop reflux issues for 2 mths. Over the years I have complained to doctors and it was always oh take this pill and you will be fine. Never did anyone educate me and say if I dont change my diet things will get worse. I may not be in the position I am today had someone educated me.

@@yvettegarcia2497 1st, have to figure out if low or high acid is causing acid reflux (You can do that with baking soda (many videos on RU-vid (how to do that.)). a stress can also cause reflux. in this case, body pain will cause mental pain, and mental pain is gonna cause body pain. Due to stress, will cause reflux, and because body pain, will create mental pain. This will bounce of each other and get worst and worst. take cabbage (red), for healing your gut from acid damage and other benefits. take celery for killing bad bacteria and other benefits. This will help you with bloating if you have that symptom. Instead of taking PPI pills, take ginger root tea, it's easy to make, buy the ginger root and boil. this will help you neutralize your acid. Cut down on your sugar intake, So you can take honey, It will help you with inflammation. take around 2 garlic clover and red onion. this is good vs cancer etc. take turmeric for inflammation and other benefits. If you have low acid, taking betaine hci pepsin and gentian bitters will help you as well. make sure which vitamins are lacking. make sure you eat vegetables, switch to tofu or any meat that you can easily digest. I am not even gonna tell you like stay away from process food, coffee etc. I think you know that already and already know what i have wrote. there are so many other things. so If you want to know, just let me know. I hope you get better and stay away from PPI, it is a poison that slowly take your health away.

If your body cannot handle the side effects of ACV, eat red apples instead to treat acid reflux. It is a natural remedy for hyper acidity and acid reflux. Eat and give it a few days to w work. It works.

I have your symptoms. For me it's very difficult to swallow. I can only eat soft things or I have to cut very small bites of chicken or vegetable to be able to swallow. It's so debilitating

That sounds like anxiety to me, which has GERD as a symptom. Heart palpitations and what they call globus hystericus.

Me too! The Intereview ended without the food information !

Thanks .. you stopped me from wasting my time

I find Dr Berg to be helpful in that he goes straight to the point

@@pm7729 Sarcasm, I’m sure.

@@MassiveLibyes! And it’s cheap enough on Kindle!

Hyper acidity and acid reflux can be treated by eating red apples. Eat red apples for a few days and you will see positive results. It works.

Very true. It left me with confusion after watching this video.

He's not giving away his knowledge for free, looks like we gotta read the book.

You can buy the book used on Amazon for less than $2.00, that is what I did. It’s definitely worth more than what I paid. It’s not a gimmick book. It’s much thicker than I expected with much smaller type. It’s crammed with useful knowledge and helpfulness.

taking it for years is pretty stupid like most people, who told you to take it for years? my GI keeps filling mine as well you take it for 8 weeks at the most while changing diet then wean off. you eat foods ph5 and up.. simple or to make it east, Mediterranean diet while deleting the acidic foods in it. ie tomatoes wine etc.

Watch his RU-vid video with Chef AJ lots of gold info

same story here with me.

Dis you find out. I would like to know that too

LPR starts with that lump in the throat. Stop now or your symptoms will get much worse. Mine started with that lump and now I have server post nasal drip etc. save yourself.

i also have lump in my throat😢

No need to stop drinking coffee nor stop eating spicy foods. You can neutralize that by eating red apples. Try it. It works.

If I get a lump in my throat , I raise my mouth out with warm salt water . As far as heart burn , I don't have it .

Same here ! Hope your feeling better ❤

So ACV is bad for silent reflux?

I need to contact this dr. Do you have a number for him?

@@debbiec6216 never got to my appt, I’ve had some other health issues…

No, he says to avoid all vinegar.

@@Molly72309then why does it work for a large percentage of ppl?

right! other ents are saying the opposite: that carbs are the problem. who is right!?

I don't personally think it's that simple. Different people with different bodies have different triggers. Depending on where you are in the world, your body might have developed to process a variety of foods differently. I started on a generic low carb diet but too many meats caused my GERD to get worse. I've been on this acid watcher diet now for 3 days which I know isn't long but I'm seeing huge improvements so far. Both this diet and Keto forces you to eat less processed foods which have a lot of acid forming chemicals in them. I wouldn't be surprised if both diets work for the same reason. Both diets also removes processed sugars and most simple carbs. All in all, I wouldn't be surprised if there are multiple solutions out there.

@@thes0mething Probably, in a sense many diets will work if they have universal affects like weight loss, this WILL reduce intra abdominal pressure and so a Twinkies diet even though full of junk may do the trick as the weight falls off internal pressure subsides. Keto shouldn't work cause of the Fat ingested, as it relaxes the less just like coffee and other substances do. The idea is that carbs cause fermentation and gas pressure upwards towards the LES, the confounder is Hiatal Hernia and \I, and many have these |Hernias, have any of you guys tried Carnivore?

@@SciSciToys yeah you are probably right. Although in my case I'm edging on being underweight so there's something else going on. I was on Keto for most of my childhood and remember it making me feel pretty good then, before I suffered from GERD. My mum was on the carnivore diet for about 2 years but had to stop due to GERD issues of her own. She actually has Barretts esophagus and has been obsessed with low carb eating for the last 15+ years. I've been low carb most of my life. I think my GERD has come about due to overeating (to help combat losing so much weight), the misuse of Ibuprofen to numb my severe period pains, and stress. It only got really bad this last year where I've both suffered from severe hyperthyroidism (reeks havoc on digestion) and had a brain surgery (there's the stress). When looking at all of that it makes sense that I got it. I think the cause for the disease is going to partly determine how it's solved. In my case I was never an unhealthy eater, but for the moment I can't eat a lot of fats and sour foods. I'm not in any way trying to say that Keto or carnivore isn't the answer for some people. I just want to highlight that we are all different and the reason we have this disease is different.

​@@thes0mething So True, I tried it but didnt seem to work, the thing is Fat, oily food relaxes the LES, also by eating low carb and you avoid things like rice, starches like bread you dont get absorb the liquids in the food to which acid is bound, the more meat is eaten the more pepsin is produced and acid to digest that meat and I assume bile to digest the fat and so you have a wave of the 3 culprits when going keto/Carni, but they say its ok cause the LES will shut down, not necessarily, many people over a certain age have Hiatal Hernias and that LES wont shut down, certain meds will also relax the LES, Carminatives like Camomile will relax the LES, eating low carbs also creates a sloshy and watery solution that is easier to reflux cause there is no binding of that liquid, its like taking to bottles with no lids, in bottle A you put meat and watery veg or just meat and oil in a solution of water and acid, shake that bottle and the contents will splash out of the top, take bottle B and add to the acid and water solution bread or rice and veg and other starchy veg like carrot etc, then you have a thicker paste, shake that bottle and you wont have the same splashing out, it will be much less, they argue that carbs ferment and cause intra abdominal pressure and this blows open the LES which as you age becomes faulty and weaker, but being constipated and not having enough fibre also causes straining at stool which creates that upwards pressure also, being overweight also does this, maybe some temporarily have relief as they lose weight, I made a video on my channle about my low carb vs low fat dilema if you want to watch, the channel is Gero Fiore, come and see. Sorry about your brain surgery, hope you are ok now, Barretts is very dangerous, 10% go on to Cancer of the esophagus, if she is not getting well with carni then maybe get your mum to take Omeprazoloe and switch to low fat that doesnt trigger those corrosive substances refluxing, the way I see it is that if my body is going to reflux anyway and my esophagus IS going to have to take these hits and down the road is Cancer, then 1. Reduce acid, bile, pepsin by going vegan, up the starch to bind liquids, lose weight, dont be constipated i.e. increase fibre, do coffee enemas anything to get things going southwards DAILY, plant compounds have anti carcinogenic activity, meat has NONE, Ive failed on Carni and Keto but I feel no shame, and I respect those for whom its working for but you have to listen to your own body and be guided by that, be well my friend :)

@@BelCantoLari Thanks

Does Acid reflux ever heal???? if so what exactly heals it ??? thank you

weed,meth,and alcohol .

Carbonated soda Coffee/tea Citrus fruits Tomato Vinegar Wine Caffeine Chocolate Alcohol Mint Raw onion Raw garlic

If it helps you, I've been following the Acid Watcher Diet (Healing Phase) for 2 months and have experienced a noticeable difference in my LPR symptoms and have also since stopped my daily PPIs. Which, just so that you know, coming off of PPIs was the single most miserable experience of my life. I will never take another omeprazole again.

A natural remedy for acid reflux are red apples. Eat red apple for a few days and you will see positive results. It works.

What’s your treatment?

How you cured your lpr?

if you have Erosion Esophagus , you better not , or it will burn your stomach and throat .

He said that the peptic acid “floats” up from our stomach

normally all healthy peson reflux as many as 40 times and it is okay but when the reflux goes up the oesophagus because of the Lower esophageal sphincter becoming loose or you eating too much of food that remains undigested lying in stomach or rebound acid secrtion fomation all leads to reflux a mechanical event against the gravity . The pepsin and other enzymes creates a burning and iritating sensation in tnroat along with a feeling of lump of frogy sensation or globus.

@@mslaurateague I heard pepsin able to go up your throat , nasal ,etcccc .

If you can access it it is on Amazon. I'm reading it now. Good info!

Am confused too

I can't use ACV because of Erosion Esophagus . It would BURN !

I kept hearing that over and over on RU-vid, so I gave it a good, solid try! I’ve been paying the price for two weeks! The problem got exponentially worse. I have a LARGE hiatal hernia, and I suspect that my LES physically CAN’T close. It like all the vinegar I was taking was bathing my esophagus in strong acid! I have Barrett’s Esophagus, so it isn’t just painful, it’s dangerous! DON’T ASSUME THAT ACV IS RIGHT FOR EVERYONE!

@@candacerushing6882 *Anyone who has issues with their Esophagus or have Barrett's , don't be using ACV . I will NOT try it . *Did you have Acid Reflux before you had Barrett's Esophagus* ??? I am so sorry and I pray you get better with your Barrett's , my thoughts are with you . Do you know if Erosion Esophagus can heal ? And if so , what is there to take to heal it ??? Thank you .

I hope you are doing better . What has happened to you ?