Is your GERD a symptom of a MUCH bigger problem?
Acid reflux (GERD - gastroesophageal reflux disease) is a miserable, painful problem. Mainstream medicine tends to treat it apart from any other symptoms or illnesses you might have. In fact, acid reflux may be a warning sign from your body that something worse is happening. Acid in your stomach could mean that your entire body is acidic and wreaking havoc on your muscles and organs and disarming your immune system.
Acid is dissolving your muscles
If you've ever used a meat tenderizer (the stuff you sprinkle on), you might have wondered how it could tenderize meat. It works by breaking down the muscle tissue. It's an acidic process. The same process that is working in your body right now. Your acid reflux may be an indication that your body is floating in too much acid, breaking down your muscles bit by bit.
Only by reducing the acid levels of your entire body can you spare your muscles further destruction. By eating an alkaline diet, you'll not only get rid of acid reflux and GERD, but you'll notice that other aches, pains and symptoms start to disappear. Sometimes, one symptom (acid reflux, in this case) is so painful and so powerful, that other symptoms aren't noticed. Your body may have been telling you something was wrong, but you were too preoccupied with curing acid reflux to notice other serious health issues.
An acidic body encourages bacteria growth
Bacteria like acid, and they thrive in it! By changing to an alkaline diet, you're eliminating the growth medium and "home" for harmful bacteria.
Your large intestines are loaded with good and bad bacteria. The beneficial bacteria are supposed to keep the harmful bacteria in line. When you create an acidic environment, the bad bacteria grow rapidly and are totally out of control. They take over, and that could be the beginning of other health issues such as allergies, autoimmune disorders and symptoms that your doctor can't treat because he has no idea what's wrong.
Instead of looking at the fundamental problem (an acidic body), your doctor orders thousands of dollars of tests and prescribes costly drugs to treat each of your symptoms. If the symptoms line up to look like a disease that has a name, you'll be treated for that. Wouldn't it be easier (and cheaper) to just eat an alkaline diet and eliminate the environment for illness?
The road to health & permanent well-being
To create the perfect environment for health, start eating the right food. That's why it's there!
Eat leafy green vegetables in their raw state (e.g., dandelion greens, spinach, red or green leaf lettuce, romaine and iceberg lettuce).
Eat raw sprouts (e.g., mung, radish, alfalfa, onion, lentil, garbanzo, sesame, soybean and sunflower).
Eat grapefruit and enjoy the freshly squeezed juices of lemons and limes.
Use extra virgin olive oil (packaged in glass bottles, not plastic!), unrefined coconut oil, sesame oil, almond oil and Bragg Liquid Aminos on foods and salads instead of acidic dressings that are loaded with chemicals and sweeteners. Good oils combined with the Liquid Aminos taste great on fresh vegetables.
Eat fresh non-leafy vegetables (e.g., cauliflower, broccoli, bell peppers of every color, green onions, chives, parsley, cilantro, avocado, zucchini, leeks, garlic, celery, artichokes, peas and asparagus).
The above suggestions are just a few of the foods that will help you take back your body from bacteria, illness, GERD and deterioration. Try to buy organic whenever possible.
Read more about acid reflux in my previous blogs:
Burp! How to prevent & stop GERD
More food tips to halt acid reflux
Acidic foods can stop acid reflux and GERD
Avoid doctors to stay healthy & alive!
Do you drink a gallon of water every day?
Buying resources:
Bragg Liquid Aminos: Click on the link below to buy this wonderful, tasty condiment that will help alkalize your body. I would recommend getting a small spray bottle and refilling it with the quart size of the Liquid Aminos.
Sprouts: Buy fresh ORGANIC sprouts locally or grow your own. In fact, Amazon sells some popular models of sprouters for home use. The one on the left is the smallest available, but it can be enlarged if you decide you like sprouting and want to expand. If you've grown sprouts before and would like to jump in with both feet, try the larger, more elaborate sprouter on the right.
Oils: Buy organic oils in glass bottles. The exception is coconut oil, which doesn't deteriorate quickly and is not affected much by storage in a plastic container. I keep my oils in a pantry and out of direct sunlight. Don't store your oil bottles on a windowsill that gets direct sunlight all day. Also, don't store your oils in a cabinet above your cookstove. Too much heat (cooking heat, too) degrades fragile oils and makes them rancid. Rancid oils form free radicals and do more harm than good.
Books: I've recommended these books in my other blogs, but they bear repeating. They are the foundation for creating a healthy body. All are available at highly discounted prices through Amazon. If you can afford only one book, buy the original pH Miracle book on the left. If you can afford to buy both volumes of Back to the House of Health cookbooks, then you'll be that much further toward reaching your goal of no acid reflux! If you're interested ONLY in losing weight and would like to do it inexpensively and healthfully (and never gain it back again!), then get the pH Miracle for Weight Loss.
Another good reference book is The Acid-Alkaline Diet for Optimum Health: Restore Your Health by Creating Balance in Your Diet by Christopher Vasey (linked below). I say this is merely a reference because his list of alkalizing foods differs in significant ways from those mentioned by the writers of the pH Miracle books. Depending on the extent and frequency of your acid reflux, you may be able to eat a diet with more semi-acid foods. You could always try Dr. Vasey's diet first and see if it relieves your GERD. However, if your esophagus is regularly on fire and you are on medication for GERD, go straight to the ph Miracle books and never look back!
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I am not a doctor and have no medical training.
The information in this blog is not intended
to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
Statements made on this blog
have not been evaluated by the FDA.
Consult a healthcare professional before using any products,
treatments or exercises mentioned on this blog.
"Let food be thy medicine and
medicine be thy food" - Hippocrates
Acid is dissolving your muscles
If you've ever used a meat tenderizer (the stuff you sprinkle on), you might have wondered how it could tenderize meat. It works by breaking down the muscle tissue. It's an acidic process. The same process that is working in your body right now. Your acid reflux may be an indication that your body is floating in too much acid, breaking down your muscles bit by bit.
Only by reducing the acid levels of your entire body can you spare your muscles further destruction. By eating an alkaline diet, you'll not only get rid of acid reflux and GERD, but you'll notice that other aches, pains and symptoms start to disappear. Sometimes, one symptom (acid reflux, in this case) is so painful and so powerful, that other symptoms aren't noticed. Your body may have been telling you something was wrong, but you were too preoccupied with curing acid reflux to notice other serious health issues.
An acidic body encourages bacteria growth
Bacteria like acid, and they thrive in it! By changing to an alkaline diet, you're eliminating the growth medium and "home" for harmful bacteria.
Your large intestines are loaded with good and bad bacteria. The beneficial bacteria are supposed to keep the harmful bacteria in line. When you create an acidic environment, the bad bacteria grow rapidly and are totally out of control. They take over, and that could be the beginning of other health issues such as allergies, autoimmune disorders and symptoms that your doctor can't treat because he has no idea what's wrong.
Instead of looking at the fundamental problem (an acidic body), your doctor orders thousands of dollars of tests and prescribes costly drugs to treat each of your symptoms. If the symptoms line up to look like a disease that has a name, you'll be treated for that. Wouldn't it be easier (and cheaper) to just eat an alkaline diet and eliminate the environment for illness?
The road to health & permanent well-being
To create the perfect environment for health, start eating the right food. That's why it's there!
Eat leafy green vegetables in their raw state (e.g., dandelion greens, spinach, red or green leaf lettuce, romaine and iceberg lettuce).
Eat raw sprouts (e.g., mung, radish, alfalfa, onion, lentil, garbanzo, sesame, soybean and sunflower).
Eat grapefruit and enjoy the freshly squeezed juices of lemons and limes.
Use extra virgin olive oil (packaged in glass bottles, not plastic!), unrefined coconut oil, sesame oil, almond oil and Bragg Liquid Aminos on foods and salads instead of acidic dressings that are loaded with chemicals and sweeteners. Good oils combined with the Liquid Aminos taste great on fresh vegetables.
Eat fresh non-leafy vegetables (e.g., cauliflower, broccoli, bell peppers of every color, green onions, chives, parsley, cilantro, avocado, zucchini, leeks, garlic, celery, artichokes, peas and asparagus).
The above suggestions are just a few of the foods that will help you take back your body from bacteria, illness, GERD and deterioration. Try to buy organic whenever possible.
Read more about acid reflux in my previous blogs:
Burp! How to prevent & stop GERD
More food tips to halt acid reflux
Acidic foods can stop acid reflux and GERD
Avoid doctors to stay healthy & alive!
Do you drink a gallon of water every day?
Buying resources:
Bragg Liquid Aminos: Click on the link below to buy this wonderful, tasty condiment that will help alkalize your body. I would recommend getting a small spray bottle and refilling it with the quart size of the Liquid Aminos.
Sprouts: Buy fresh ORGANIC sprouts locally or grow your own. In fact, Amazon sells some popular models of sprouters for home use. The one on the left is the smallest available, but it can be enlarged if you decide you like sprouting and want to expand. If you've grown sprouts before and would like to jump in with both feet, try the larger, more elaborate sprouter on the right.
Oils: Buy organic oils in glass bottles. The exception is coconut oil, which doesn't deteriorate quickly and is not affected much by storage in a plastic container. I keep my oils in a pantry and out of direct sunlight. Don't store your oil bottles on a windowsill that gets direct sunlight all day. Also, don't store your oils in a cabinet above your cookstove. Too much heat (cooking heat, too) degrades fragile oils and makes them rancid. Rancid oils form free radicals and do more harm than good.
Books: I've recommended these books in my other blogs, but they bear repeating. They are the foundation for creating a healthy body. All are available at highly discounted prices through Amazon. If you can afford only one book, buy the original pH Miracle book on the left. If you can afford to buy both volumes of Back to the House of Health cookbooks, then you'll be that much further toward reaching your goal of no acid reflux! If you're interested ONLY in losing weight and would like to do it inexpensively and healthfully (and never gain it back again!), then get the pH Miracle for Weight Loss.
Another good reference book is The Acid-Alkaline Diet for Optimum Health: Restore Your Health by Creating Balance in Your Diet by Christopher Vasey (linked below). I say this is merely a reference because his list of alkalizing foods differs in significant ways from those mentioned by the writers of the pH Miracle books. Depending on the extent and frequency of your acid reflux, you may be able to eat a diet with more semi-acid foods. You could always try Dr. Vasey's diet first and see if it relieves your GERD. However, if your esophagus is regularly on fire and you are on medication for GERD, go straight to the ph Miracle books and never look back!
I am not a doctor and have no medical training.
The information in this blog is not intended
to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
Statements made on this blog
have not been evaluated by the FDA.
Consult a healthcare professional before using any products,
treatments or exercises mentioned on this blog.
medicine be thy food" - Hippocrates
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