Acid Reflux Treatment
Work With Your Body for
Acid Reflux Treatment
Before you set up a doctor’s appointment and start taking
the latest fad acid reflux treatment drug, take some time to
consider another approach to regaining optimal health. Not only
have the latest heartburn drugs not been tested thoroughly or
for a long enough period of time to be deemed completely safe,
but there are simpler ways to heal the body.
The first principle I’d like to discuss is that of trust.
The body is fully capable of healing itself if given half a
chance. When we fill it up with chemicals, dyes and sugar we’re
only making it more difficult for it to do its job.
When we trust our bodies to do what is in their nature to do
for us, we can let go and focus our energies on other things.
The human body is a masterpiece that has been fine tuned for
survival over millions and millions of years. All we have to do
to keep it in tip top shape is provide it with a few basic
things.
Our bodies needs sleep as well as clean air, water and food.
In times of personal health crises, this is no different, with
the exception that taking in less food during times of illness
can redirect energy to the body’s maintenance work. Digestion
uses a lot of energy after all.
If you’re having consistent or frequent bouts of heartburn
or acid reflux symptoms, it’s very possible that you have
structural abnormalities that encourage the painful or
uncomfortable symptoms. However, whether it’s structural,
hereditary or due to personal eating habits, there are steps we
can take to isolate and alleviate the problem.
Start by cutting the main known triggers of acid reflux from
your diet. Chocolate, tomatoes, high-fat, spicy and dairy
foods, as well as calcium supplements and Vitamin C are known
stimulants of acid reflux.
As you begin to cut these foods out, you may notice
lessening of your symptoms. Keep that up until you’re able to
isolate the main causes. You may be able to eat these foods
earlier in the day and not suffer from the same acid reflux
symptoms.
If you don’t have success, try cutting out more processed
elements from your diet. Sometimes the body responds to toxin
overload with odd symptoms, like heartburn or other random
effects. You may find that upping your water intake and cutting
out diet sodas does the trick for you. It’s all about
experimentation. Good luck.
A personal response form one of our readers.
My Experience With Acid Reflux Treatment
Acid Reflux Disease is not as ominous as it sounds, unless
you are indeed a chronic sufferer that’s only recently found it
necessary to try every over the counter heartburn product
available. For many people what started as little bouts of
heartburn every now and then, grows into more frequent trips to
the drug store and before you know it you’re making an
appointment with a doctor because you just don’t know what t do
next.
Sound familiar? I’ve dealt with heartburn or ‘acid reflux
disease’ for most of my adult life. I had made it to the end of
the line, as far as my peace of mind and pain tolerance were
concerned. Something had to change. And I needed some guidance
about how and what to change.
So I went to a doctor appointment and was given a
prescription. It kind of worked, but not for long and I soon
found myself making another appointment with a different
doctor. I was given a prescription for a different medicine. It
sort of worked for a while and then didn’t. Are you seeing the
pattern?
Yeah, so I decided there must be a better way to deal with
acid reflux disease. I started looking toward natural and
ancient medicine to see what morsels of wisdom I may find to
alleviate my heartburn suffering.
But as I read I began to understand some of the big
differences between modern medicine and ancient medicine of
various peoples. Ancient or natural/holistic medicine always
works to correct imbalances that are the root causes of the
given disease or painful condition.
Modern Western medicine is more concerned with quick results
and appearances. Modern medicine treats the symptoms and not
the causes, the underlying imbalances that take place from time
to time.
Only by simplifying our lives can our body effectively alert
us to these imbalances and guide us toward the foods that will
help return us to full health. I’ve found that as I quit
medicating my heartburn I was able to ‘hear’ my body better. I
was able to determine which foods set off acid reflux and which
did not.
Over time I’ve continued to make subtle changes I my eating
habits and it’s been more than three years since a serious bout
of heartburn. I encourage you to look into the underlying
causes of your acid reflux as well. Of course everyone’s
situation is different, but there are simple things we can do
to increase our comfort and wellbeing even if it does not
completely alleviate all symptoms.
CC
Nashville,TN
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