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Acid Reflux? Eat An Apple!
Oh the things we shall discover from the old adage, An apple a day…
An easy and nutritious cure for acid reflux might be found in an appetizing apple. Other apple products may help as well. Organic apples remedy this problem more than their non-organic counterparts.
~Health Freedoms
I like many people have acid reflux. Being overweight and eating too much food at one time are major triggers for the disease to occur. However, I think that like many other ailments that affect us, genetics probably also plays a role, as well as the modern “factory” foods that we consume. I read some tips on stopping the pain of acid reflux and want to share them. Try them, and let me know how you make out.
An Apple a day?
We have all heard that an apple a day keeps the doctor away. That may be true, as apples seems to be one of God’s most nutritious foods one can consume. However, after meals or even after the first signs of acid reflex- eat an apple!There are a lot of over-the-counter and prescription options available for treatment of acid reflux, but apples are easy to find, incredibly inexpensive, and for some individuals—an easy fix. Acid reflux generally produces a burning sensation in the individual’s upper abdomen, chest and/or throat areas. At one time, this condition was called acid indigestion. Apples work because they help neutralize the stomach acids, which in turn, help strengthen the LES valve. (Read more: Acid-Reflux Cure Using Apples | eHow.comhttp://www.ehow.com/way_5329848_acidreflux-cure-using-apples.html#ixzz1PjcLbE6Q)
Curing acid reflux with apples is simple. Just eat one-to-two apples a day. Try eating apple slices before going to bed and in-between meals. That being said, the old-time saying, “an apple a day keeps the doctor away,” is starting to sound more valid for many individuals experiencing acid reflux. You can also try adding apple slices or pieces to unflavored yogurt. Yogurt also naturally fights acid reflux. Eating this mixture once or twice a day should produce results in just a few days. Many individuals find that eating the mixture with dinner is particularly beneficial.
According to Dr. Brian Fennerty, who is a gastroenterologist, stick with organic apples, as they tend to be more easily digested.
Apple Cider too?
Apple cider vinegar can also be extremely helpful when it comes to fighting acid reflux. It’s sort of like fighting a hangover with “hair of the dog.” In other words, using acid to fight acid. Some individuals find that drinking two teaspoons of organic apple cider vinegar three times a day is very helpful with acid reflux. Other tips to remember include watching and maintaining a healthy weight and eating smaller meals. Make sure your final meal is at least three or more hours before bed. Avoid lying down after a meal or eating. Raising the head of your bed may also be beneficial if you experience acid reflux during sleep. This can be accomplished by placing wooden or cement blocks under the feet of the head of your bed. You can also raise the head of your bed by inserting a foam wedge between the mattress and the box spring in order to elevate your body during sleep from the waist up.
Other remedies:
Ginger also helps with acid reflux, and stewing ginger to make a tea works great just before bedtime. Chewing gun (with Xylitol) during the day works wonder in aiding digestion. Most do not understand that digestion is a process where enzymes and bacteria in your body, along with your own “stomach juices” breaks down food into a form of energy that your body can use to fuel itself. These juices, enzymes and bacteria are not only found in the stomach, but much are produced in your mouth! Chewing food slowly, or chewing gum, produces enzyme rich saliva that aides you stomach and makes it work a lot less refining your food into energy!
Why Organic?
Have you ever cut an apple and watched it turn brown? We all have! That natural process is a foe to the food industry! People don’t want to eat what looks to be rotten apples! People cut apples, serve them and within minutes they are brown, un-appealing and thrown away. Food companies have spent a fortune to stop this from happening. From genetically modified apples, to radiation and other ways to stop the process. The reason why the browning occurs is that the apple supplies it’s own unique enzyme to help your body turn it into fuel! Without this enzyme (which you do not produce) the apple can’t be digested! Eating such apples are no better for you than eating a Big Mac! Organic apples (or for that matter any apple that turns brown within minutes) are what you must consume to fix acid reflux. So eat apples and foods in general as close to the state God made them for the best results.
By Bob Barney
Source:
http://plaintruthonyourhealthtoday.blogspot.com/2011/06/acid-reflux-eat-apple.html
Eating an apple may ease the symptoms, however, wouldn’t it be better to find the cause and eliminate it all together? MSG is a major cause of reflux, my husband had it for over 30 years and is now free of it unless he eats foods w/ MSG, gluten or dairy. In changing our diet, we started by eliminating as many foods as possible w/ MSG, we then eliminated 90% of gluten and dairy from our diets.
It was my Internal Medicine turned Alternative Medicine physician who started me on the path of avoidance of these evil foods and animals fed these foods. In addition, he sought to encourage me to go gluten and dairy free. Our family of 5 is now 80-90% gluten and dairy free. This has resulted in the elimination or reduction in symptoms of 19 health issues: Nausea, Gastric Reflux, Diarhea, Pain below sternum, Abdominal Bloating, Right Side Pain, Flatulence, Joint Pain in the Knees, Ankles & thumbs, Low Back Pain, Right Shoulder Pain, Feet Pain, Sleeplessness or frequent waking, Migraines, Inability to concentrate, Tired all the time and Asthma. Some symptoms left after just a few days of change, others have diminished over time. Think of the meds used and the dollars spent on these symptoms when they might easily (obviously not always) could be eliminated through dietary change.
No MSG (60 Minutes – 1992)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=599381265368100582&ei=F7n3SPyNApnWqAPo9a0E&q=msg+%2260+minutes%22
Pseudonyms for MSG: http://www.truthinlabeling.org/hiddensources_printable.pdf
GMO fed pigs video]: Genetically modified Animal Cloning (MONSANTO PIGS) part 2
http://www.livevideo.com/video/sil2222/DDBC516318304C1F96FE06F08A6A6B2E/genetically-modified-animal-cl.aspx This video ends w/ a FOX News reporter discussing how her report was suppressed to the public.
Genetically Modified Foods position paper by the American Academy of Environmental Medicine http://www.aaemonline.org/gmopost.html ‘
A sweet problem: Princeton researchers find that high-fructose corn syrup prompts considerably more weight gain
Posted March 22, 2010; 10:00 a.m. by Hilary Parker http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S26/91/22K07/
Impacts of Genetic Engineering http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_agriculture/science_and_impacts/impacts_genetic_engineering/impacts-of-genetic.html
Failure to Yield-Evaluating the Performance of Genetically Engineered Crops http://ucsusa.org/food_and_agriculture/science_and_impacts/science/failure-to-yield.html and http://www.ucsusa.org/assets/documents/food_and_agriculture/failure-to-yield.pdf
Change to gene theory raises new challenges for biotech http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/03/business/worldbusiness/03iht-biotech.4.6471136.html?_r=1
Horizontal Gene Transfer from GMOs Does Happen
http://www.i-sis.org.uk/horizontalGeneTransfer.php Recent evidence confirms that transgenic DNA does jump species to bacteria and even plant and animals, as some of us had predicted Dr. Mae-Wan Ho and Prof. Joe Cummins
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Hi Bob-
Thanks for the reminder that natural food based remedies such as apples, apple cider vinegar and ginger work for acid reflux as well as a prescription or over-the-counter medication.
I have been reading more and more information about acid reflex being caused be too little stomach acid not too much. Readers may want to look at these articles:
http://www.womentowomen.com/digestionandgihealth/acidreflux.aspx
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/04/25/news-flash-acid-reflux-caused-by-too-little-acid-not-too-much.aspx
In good health!
Carole
Crablegs – that’s another website. This is just an article – there’s no heartburn remedy sold here. It’s just about apples.
here we go again a ONE SIZE FITS ALL FIX…….
apples, apple cider, vinegar etc etc etc etc give me reflux.
I have a salicylate intolerance…… look it up it is more common than you would think – yet medical doctors are ignorant of it.
They not only give me reflux, they cause me a multitude of other symptoms…..
PLEASE there is NO one size fits all cure for anything or anyone…….
for some people apples are a bonus for others they are detrimental.
Use your barins and find out if or if not they are good for you. Do not simply take the word of a paper you discover on the internet.
SALICYLATES can be extremely toxic to some people.
Bob,
I used to have a fire flare-up in my stomach every time I got food close to my face. I found a good natural product that has pretty much ended it.
Bing Glutagenics from Metagenics. A little spendy at $38.00 a jar (mos supply) but it works!
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JustMEinT, I can’t agree more. As a naturopathic doctor, I seek to find the root cause of the problem. Often it’s more complicated than we want to think.
Another great GERD remedy that I’ve seen help significantly in 90+% of my patients is D-limonene. Check it out. I’m no rep, and there are a few companies that make it, from ITI to Jarrow.