Tom Bohager
See book keywords and concepts |  The most common symptom of gerd is chronic, frequent heartburn, but some with gerd instead experience a dry cough, asthmalike symptoms, or trouble swallowing. gerd can lead to more serious health issues over time, such as scarring and ulcers in the lining of the esophagus.
The traditional medical treatment for gerd is to prescribe antacids. Antacids not only mask the problem, rhey also can cause long-term digestive difficulties. Antacids are merely Band-Aids and do nothing to correct the problem. |
Jack Challem
See book keywords and concepts |  If you usually develop heartburn or gerd after eating particular foods, stop eating those foods!
Untreated, chronic heartburn and gerd can develop into Barrett's esophagus, a precancerous condition, and nighttime heartburn is particularly damaging to the esophagus. But conventional acid-suppressing drugs carry their own risks. Regularly using any type of acid-suppressing drug almost doubles your risk of contracting pneumonia. The reason may be related to a suppression of gut bacteria, which help to protect against infection. |
Hyla Cass, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  A dry cough finally sent her to her doc, who told her that all of her symptoms, including her cough, sounded a lot like gerd. Repeated exposure of her esophagus to acid from her stomach was causing inflammation and irritation. He warned her that untreated gerd could lead to permanent damage, and maybe even to a precancerous condition called Barrett's esophagus. She left with a prescription for another acid-lowering drug called Prevacid that, according to her doctor, she would probably have to take for the rest of her life.
Corinne wasn't too thrilled about this. |
Jack Challem
See book keywords and concepts | | Episodes of heartburn and gerd are usually caused by people eating too much food, resulting in a backflow (or reflux) of stomach acid into the esophagus. In more blunt terms, the conditions result from pigging out. A large study at the University of Arizona medical school found that the consumption of soft drinks was strongly associated with nighttime heartburn. Food allergies or sensitivities likely play a role, along with inadequate levels of digestive enzymes. If you usually develop heartburn or gerd after eating particular foods, stop eating those foods! | | Supplements That Might Help to Reduce Your Risk of Heartburn and GERD
Heartburn and gerd are actually signs of an abused digestive tract. The first step in correcting the problem is to follow our dietary recommendations and emphasize fresh, wholesome foods. At the same time, avoid processed foods containing sugar, refined carbohydrates, and trans fats.
Several types of supplements, available at health food stores, can help to heal the gut. These supplements include the following.
• Probiotics, which are supplements that contain beneficial bacteria. Follow the label directions for use. |
Tom Bohager
See book keywords and concepts | | The traditional medical treatment for gerd is to prescribe antacids. Antacids not only mask the problem, rhey also can cause long-term digestive difficulties. Antacids are merely Band-Aids and do nothing to correct the problem.
For people with gerd, it is important to make lifestyle changes, such as reducing stress; stopping smoking; losing weight and getting regular exercise; eating smaller, more frequent meals; chewing food thoroughly; and avoiding lying down for three hours after eating. |
Frederic Vagnini, M.D. and Barry Fox, Ph.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  Heartburn is perhaps the most noticeable symptom of gerd, or gastroesophageal reflux disease. gerd arises because of the weakening of the sphincter, or the "gate" that normally keeps the food and digestive juices in the stomach. This allows the powerful stomach acids to splash back into the esophagus, causing pain, esophageal inflammation, and other symptoms. In more severe cases, gerd can cause pre-cancerous changes in the lining of the esophagus.
For some people, heartburn is a brief problem that resolves itself in a few days or weeks and doesn't return for a long time. |
Donna Jackson Nakazawa
See book keywords and concepts |  She'd also been plagued by bouts of indigestion, which her doctor had chalked up to gastritis, a chronic inflammation of the stomach and intestinal tract, due to a fairly common condition known as gastroesophageal reflux disease, or gerd. In gerd, the stomach overproduces gastric acid and the esophagus spasms, causing excess acid to rise into the fragile lining of the throat. It can be quite painful.
Jan and David concurred that Jan must be experiencing spasms in her esophagus due to her GI problems. |
Jack Challem
See book keywords and concepts | | By some estimates, 20 percent of people in North America have gerd. Whether that number is accurate or inflated, one thing is certain: each year, people get billions of dollars' worth of prescriptions for Prilosec, Nexium, and related drugs.
Has there been a genuine increase in heartburn and gerd? We believe there has been, mainly because of a deterioration in healthy eating habits and an increase in the number of overweight people. |
Hyla Cass
See book keywords and concepts | | A dry cough finally sent her to her doc, who told her that all of her symptoms, including her cough, sounded a lot like gerd. Repeated exposure of her esophagus to acid from her stomach was causing inflammation and irritation. He warned her that untreated gerd could lead to permanent damage, and maybe even to a precancerous condition called Barrett's esophagus. She left with a prescription for another acid-lowering drug called Prevacid that, according to her doctor, she would probably have to take for the rest of her life.
Corinne wasn't too thrilled about this. |
Jack Challem
See book keywords and concepts | | Modest increases in weight, even when within normal ranges, can make people more likely to develop gerd.
Episodes of heartburn and gerd are usually caused by people eating too much food, resulting in a backflow (or reflux) of stomach acid into the esophagus. In more blunt terms, the conditions result from pigging out. A large study at the University of Arizona medical school found that the consumption of soft drinks was strongly associated with nighttime heartburn. Food allergies or sensitivities likely play a role, along with inadequate levels of digestive enzymes. |
Bottom Line Health
See book keywords and concepts | | There also is an association between chronic gerd and esophagus cancer.
Patients usually require acid-blocking medications, such as omeprazole (Prilosec) or ranitidine (Zantac).
Helpful: If you need antacids more than once or twice a week, see your doctor.
Deadly! Flu Shots Contain Mercury
Mark A. Stengler, ND, naturopathic physician, La Jolla Whole Health Clinic, La Jolla, CA, and associate clinical professor, the National College of Naturopathic Medicine, Portland, OR. He is author of numerous books on natural healing, including The Natural Physician's Healing Therapies. Bottom Line, www. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
See book keywords and concepts |  Tomatoes are usually avoided by people with gerd (gastroesophageal reflux disease) as well.
Turnips
Whenever I think of turnips, I can't help recalling that line in Tennessee Williams's famous play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, where Big Daddy calls the little kids "no-neck monsters"! Sure enough, turnips have no necks, and the fact that they grow just about anywhere, in the poorest soil, has made them kind of like the "catfish" of vegetables, endearing them to the poor and giving them pretty low status among snobbier folk who haven't tasted them. |
Donna Jackson Nakazawa
See book keywords and concepts | | In gerd, the stomach overproduces gastric acid and the esophagus spasms, causing excess acid to rise into the fragile lining of the throat. It can be quite painful.
Jan and David concurred that Jan must be experiencing spasms in her esophagus due to her GI problems. David felt that Jan's asthma must be acting up, too; recent forest fires had plagued Montana's wooded areas and some neighborhoods, and the noxious smoke clouds had grown closer and more visible as the couple had neared the Idaho-Montana border. Still, severe chest pain was not usually indicative of asthma. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
See book keywords and concepts |  Even the more severe condition of gerd can often [but not always] be brought under control by this approach to treatment," Wright says.
And here's the kicker: Heartburn can also occur—in fact, it frequently does occur—when hydrochloric acid levels in the stomach are too low! According to Wright, the overwhelming majority of people with indigestion have stomach acid deficiency. Keep in mind that a healthy gut and optimal digestion depend on adequate acid in the stomach. | | If you're still not convinced that the problem isn't too much acid, consider this: The incidence of heartburn and gerd increases as you get older. But as we age, we produce less hydrochloric acid, not more. (The elderly have the least HC1 of all.)
"If too much acid were causing these problems, teenagers should have frequent heartburn while grandma and grandpa should have much less," notes Wright. Of course we know that just the opposite is true.
So while it may bring temporary symptom relief, acid suppression isn't the answer. |
Hyla Cass, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | He warned her that untreated gerd could lead to permanent damage, and maybe even to a precancerous condition called Barrett's esophagus. She left with a prescription for another acid-lowering drug called Prevacid that, according to her doctor, she would probably have to take for the rest of her life.
Corinne wasn't too thrilled about this. Her family was on a fixed income and didn't have health insurance. This really set her stomach acid churning—but, as it turned out, she didn't have much of it to churn. | | Now let's take a look at the medicines used to treat a common gastrointestinal condition referred to as heartburn, acid reflux, or gerd (gastroesophageal reflux) and the nutrients it can deplete. Throughout the chapter, I will outline the possible causes of these conditions, and how diet and natural remedies can be used instead of OTC and prescription drugs.
HEARTBURN AND ACID REFLUX: ACID GONE WILD?
Corinne was one of the 15 million Americans—that's one in eighteen— who had an episode or more of heartburn every day. (Over 60 million
Americans are believed to have it at least once a month. | | The most common treatments for heartburn and gerd are drugs that either 1) neutralize acids, as with OTC antacid drugs like Turns; or 2) reduce the action of the stomach's acid-producing machinery. An excellent book on this topic is Dr. Sherry Rogers' Afc> More Heartburn (Kensington, 2000).
Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori)
A common cause of heartburn, indigestion, ulcers, and stomach cancer is a bacteria called Helicobacter pylori. H. pylori is the only bacterial organism in the stomach that cannot be killed by hydrochloric acid. |
Jack Challem
See book keywords and concepts | | Untreated, chronic heartburn and gerd can develop into Barrett's esophagus, a precancerous condition, and nighttime heartburn is particularly damaging to the esophagus. But conventional acid-suppressing drugs carry their own risks. Regularly using any type of acid-suppressing drug almost doubles your risk of contracting pneumonia. The reason may be related to a suppression of gut bacteria, which help to protect against infection. People who use Prilosec, Nexium, and other types of acid-reducing drugs are more likely to experience hip fractures. |
Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan
See book keywords and concepts |  A VCD attack can be triggered by nasal problems or either gerd or LPR. (See A Hoarse,
SIGNIFICANT FACT
^WTWf/ The vocal cords vibrate 80 to 400 times per second.
Raspy Voice, above.) VCD can also signal that you're being exposed to environmental or occupational pollutants.
FREQUENT THROAT CLEARING
Do you constantly clear your throat? This may be a bad habit you acquired after a persistent cough or a long bout of laryngitis. Frequent throat clearing may also be the sign of anxiety and nervousness or of a tic or other movement disorder. | | Conor Oberst, American rock singer ("Bright Eyes") and composer laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR). In gerd, stomach acid backs up into the esophagus, while in LPR, the acid makes it all the way to the back of the throat. Morning hoarseness—especially along with heartburn and nausea—can be a sign of both types of reflux. Other signs include a bitter taste, a burning sensation, or the feeling of having something stuck in your throat. (See A Lump in the Throat, above. | | United States among both drip, allergies, asthma, or gerd. , r 6 men and women. Indeed, more women
(See A Hoarse, Raspy Voice, be- die each year from lung cancer than from low.) More important, it can signal breast, ovarian, and uterine cancer com-chronic obstructive pulmonary Dine<± disease (COPD), a debilitating and potentially deadly lung disorder in which airflow to and from the lungs is disrupted. There are two main types of COPD: chronic bronchitis and emphysema. COPD affects approximately 28 million people in the United States alone; half of them are undiagnosed. |
by Michael Murray, N.D. and Joseph Pizzorno, N.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | Signs and Symptoms
Symptoms of NUD include symptoms of gerd (heartburn and/or upper abdominal pain), as well as difficulty swallowing, feelings of pressure or heaviness after eating, sensations of bloating after eating, stomach or abdominal pains and cramps, and all of the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). About three of ten patients with NUD also meet the criteria for IBS.
Causes
NUD and gerd are caused by factors that increase intraabdominal pressure, thereby causing the gastric contents to flow upward. Factors that increase intraabdominal pressure include obesity and overeating. |
Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan
See book keywords and concepts | | For example, it can signal gastroesophageal reflux disease (aka gerd or acid reflux), a condition in which stomach acid backs up into the esophagus (see Chapters 6 and 8). Fecal breath can also be a sign of a scary-sounding and controversial condition called intestinal permeability (aka leaky gut syndrome), which is thought to be a quite common disorder in which the intestinal lining becomes overly porous. As the theory goes, toxins and undigested food leak into the bloodstream, which can trigger food allergies and autoimmune diseases. |
Hyla Cass
See book keywords and concepts | | The most common treatments for heartburn and gerd are drugs that either 1) neutralize acids, as with OTC antacid drugs like Turns; or 2) reduce the action of the stomach's acid-producing machinery. An excellent book on this topic is Dr. Sherry Rogers' No More Heartburn (Kensington, 2000).
Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori)
A common cause of heartburn, indigestion, ulcers, and stomach cancer is a bacteria called Helicobacter pylori. H. pylori is the only bacterial organism in the stomach that cannot be killed by hydrochloric acid. |
Bottom Line Health
See book keywords and concepts | | Souza, MD
"People who get this cancer are those who have gerd and, in the US, probably 60 million people have reflux and approximately 20% of those have reflux on a weekly basis. Those are the ones who'd be most at risk to get this cancer," Souza says. "If you have chronic reflux, you need to pay attention, and if you have reflux and you have trouble swallowing, weight loss or bleeding, you should see a doctor. Those are early-warning signs."
Obesity may also play a role in the disease. "No one is really sure," Souza says. |
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