TED'S FOOD GUIDELINE FOR GERD?

Dear Peter:

I have acid reflux(GERD), could I eat Sweet potato, asparagus, Millet, Miso, Broccoli, Black Mushroom ?

Asparagus seems to be high in excitotoxins. Millet, MIso and Broccoli is ok. Most mushrooms is a problem, as they are from a fungus. Sweet potatoes is a potential problem, but the worse offenders are peanuts. Taken with cornmeal, as in one tablespoon may reduce some harmful fungus and possibly yeast. I take corn meal gluten free one tablespoon a day. Bananas seem to be a problem in general.

A guideline for GERD, at least for me is simple:

I would measure the saliva and urine pH with a pH paper. If the urine pH is below 6.5 or a saliva pH is below 7, then it's needed to raise to at least a normal figure to discourage their growth. Most tiny organisms that caused acid reflux don't seem to like an alkaline blood, they seem to do very well causing the acid reflux whenever a pH falls below 6.0.

To raise the saliva pH I would generally take 1/4 teaspoon of potassium citrate twice a day and to raise the urine pH, 1/4 teaspoon of sodium citrate twice a day. However it is my practice to take both of them. Such as 1/4 teaspoon of each in one cup of warm water or 1/2 cup of warm water. And usually the acid reflux will tend to reduce itself by about a week or two. The old remedy is 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda twice a day and this may require a bit more time.

There is however another acid reflux I have found that seems to start with an intestinal gas before it pushes up to the stomach and become and acid reflux. Most acid reflux are in the esophagus area, but these sort of gas like intestinal gas to acid reflux seems to be either of the two issues, one is a fungus or yeast like organism causing a gas, in which case I take one tablespoon of cornmeal twice a day. The cornmeal I used is a gluten free cornmeal. This reduces the intestinal gas and thus reducing the gas that pushes up to the stomach causing the acid reflux. Another form is an unusual one, as it is anorexic like where the person feels the urge to vomit because of the acid reflux. This condtion I found that the best ways may be just to reduce all the aspartame products, plus take some vitamin B complex in form of B50 for a couple of days, such as 5 days. It is also important that oily high fats diet has to be reduced, especially cheeses and white flour. Milk is possibly another probme too and is avoided.

I am trying to eat fruit and vegetable that are Alkaline. I notice in your older emails you are not crazy about eating certain food like potato, fermented products, mushrooms, asparagus (high in excitotoxins) wheat, egg white). What is your food guideline for Gerd ? Are fruits ok e.g.: banana ?

Most fruits are o.k. I don't seem to like bananas as some few cases of people with acid reflux and autoimmunity were not helped with bananas. Fruits is eaten whole. If a fruit drinks must be taken then I try to add twice more water or three times. It will taste less sweet, more like the taste of Gatorade, and it feels less heavy and warming. It's more cooling and refreshing to generally drink fruit juices when you add this with water.

The food guildeline is simple: I avoid the common excitotoxin found in foods, excessively sweet food including fruit juices by diluting them in water, and avoid moldy foods common in peanuts and potatoes. Other ones includes dairy products and oily and fatty foods., especially heated vegetable oils food. Alkalization is still central to GERD remedy in a few cases B complex and cornmeal helps.

Ted

How do you eat the tablespoon of cornmeal? What is the difference between sodium citrate and sodium carbonate? What is the difference between potassium citrate and potassium bicarbonate? What do you use if the sodium runs up your blood pressure because it does mine since I have high blood pressure? Thanks, Carolyn

I'V HAD GERD FOR AWHILE , AND NOTHING HELPS AS MUCH AS WATCHING WHAT YOU EAT.... I'V STOPED EATING ALL SPICY FOODS LATE AND IF I DO IT'S A LITE MEAL , OR DRINKING ANY ARTIFICIAL DRINKS... SODA, COOLAIDE, LIMIT MY ALL NATURAL FRUIT JUICES, I DO DRINK WATER, LACTOSE FREE MILK AND I'V STARTED ON GLUTEN FREE DIET, AND I'V CUT BACK (ALMOST) NOT EATING RED MEAT.... I EAT FISH , CHICKEN, A LOT OF FRESH VEGGIES, AND FRUIT.. I WOULD NOT HAVE BELIEVED IT... IF I MYSELF WOULD NOT HAVE TRIED IT.... BUT IT REALLY WORKS. I STILL TAKE MEDICINE CALLED PROTONIX, I HAVE SOME PROBLEMS BUT NOT LIKE I USE TO..... I DO BELIEVE WITH ALL THE CHEMICALS THEY PUT IN THE FOOD NOW DAYS TO PROCESS IT , THAT IT HAS THAT AFFECT ON OUR BODIES..... SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.... HOPE THIS HELPS