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Posted 4/17/2013 1:30 AM (GMT 0)
Oh wow, has anyone gained any weight from this diet? I am really interested in another diet because I have LPR but I am suppose to be on low fat and low acid diet, but that to me means loosing more weight, has anyone had any success having LPR with this diet?

sorry to but in. :)
Posted 4/17/2013 2:24 AM (GMT 0)
This diet has helped my LPR symptoms and my PPI induced GERD symptoms tremendously! Actually, my diet over the past few months has been low carb and in-line with the Fast Tract diet, and that was based on keeping a detailed food journal. I recently read the book and it reaffirmed that what I was eating was helping my symptoms, and I was able to add more options to my diet. I have also eliminated all gluten and dairy products, which I believe has helped. If I stay on low fermentation potential foods, I feel great! If I cheat and have too many gluten free cookies I start coughing (LPR).
Posted 4/17/2013 3:11 AM (GMT 0)
Haha snow, yeah I started cheating the other day and like had too many gluten free cookies but they were from a packaged box, maybe I should make them at home and thank you for responding this really reassures me I might start following this, do you consume any probioitc yogurt? I am doing the dr. koufman diet but she said yogurt is below ph 5 which is bad for LPRers. xD

yeah I feel like the PPI made my GERD went from GERD TO LPR so sad, but I wont know how bad my LPR after some more testing because my doc wants to see if I have faulty LES or UES etc. wish me luck!
Posted 4/17/2013 4:01 AM (GMT 0)
Pink, I don't eat any dairy products, so no yogurt for me. Yogurt is allowed on the Fast Tract diet, preferably the plain, unsweetened kind.
Posted 4/17/2013 4:36 AM (GMT 0)
Thank you love. :) I shall pick one up soon, are you off the ppis? and I hope you are doing better its good to hear from you :)
Posted 4/17/2013 11:45 AM (GMT 0)
On Fast Tract he recommends using Splenda sweetener, so you can sweeten that yogurt if you like.
Posted 4/17/2013 8:36 PM (GMT 0)
yeah I saw that, but since I have LPR it's yogurt is considered below ph of 5 and it can activate pepsin, ugh.... if only I just had one of these illnesses not hand in hand haha, but I will try and follow the diet as much as possible so we will see //crosses fingers :)
Posted 4/27/2013 12:57 AM (GMT 0)
rockhopper,
i am curious how you fared with the Fast Tract diet and weaning off PPIs? I am in a similar boat I think with LPR and problems with rebound when I try to cut Prilosec. I am currently on 20mg AM + 10mg PM. Hoping to follow sunbeam's success with it.
Posted 4/27/2013 11:28 AM (GMT 0)
Last time I saw a post from Rockhopper, I believe he was having trouble with rebound and decided to stay on the meds. Rebound off my PPI lasted a couple of weeks, and was as bad as when I started this GERD journey. But then it gradually subsided and my journey to more complete healing began.
Posted 4/27/2013 12:35 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Fast Track Dieters, Does anyone know how this diet compares to the Dropping the Acid diet? Do you have to be off the Zantac as well as the PPI for it to work? Thanks!

Post Edited (sewfun) : 4/27/2013 12:45:40 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 4/27/2013 5:59 PM (GMT 0)
Thx Sunbeam. 1 more Question. Did you confirm SIBO before going on the Fast Tract? Or did you just assume that was the problem since the diet worked?
Posted 4/27/2013 7:03 PM (GMT 0)
Oh you can tell if its SIBO by doing this test it sounds really gross but I did it and I found out I suffer from this, I didn't want to spend money on another doctor visit but I got it from online site so I might be wrong, but yeah the test is gross so basically you wake up in morning before you brush teeth or have anything find a cup you do not use make sure its glass spit a big spit in there and if your saliva float its considered normal but if you come back after 15 minutes and find white stuff falling down and white stuff on bottom of the cup from the floating saliva you have some sibo in there so yeah check it out online called candida spit test, I wasn't shocked when i found out I had mine because I been on ppi for while and had high carb diet at the time so yeah.... but the again I am not medical professional just an idea.
Posted 4/28/2013 3:36 PM (GMT 0)
Khat, I just tried the diet, I wasn't tested for SIBO, didn't do the home test described here.  I was ready to get off meds, I had nothing to lose.  I am assuming it was the diet that made my gas less, and my symptoms nearly go away.

Sewfun, I was on the Koufman diet for a year before Fast Tract.  It helped my throat symptoms, but I still had underlying stomach issues.  Now my stomach has healed nicely.  On meds my stomach always felt tender.  You have to go off all acid-reducing meds for Fast Tract to work.  Your stomach needs all available acid to properly digest food.  Be sure to read my first post on this thread for more information.

I can't believe I ate two slices of a large pizza last night.  No heartburn at all!

Posted 4/28/2013 3:55 PM (GMT 0)
Thx Sunbeam. How long did it take on Fast Tract for burping/belching to go away.. That is my primary symptom of SIBO...which I believe to be causing my HB. I have started Fast Tract and will wait a few days before starting to taper PPI.s I know I will have rebound (based on past experience) and so am hopeful that the "excess" acid production while I taper will be enough for proper digestion. AM on day 4 and starting to have less belching and feeling a bit better. But I am also losing weight (not surprisingly given the reduction in carbs)...did that happen to you on the diet?

thx so much
Posted 4/28/2013 8:09 PM (GMT 0)
No, I did not lose weight on Fast Tract. You do that by eating more fats, more meat and cheese. I didn't improve at all of Fast Tract until I had been off my meds for a couple of weeks. The improvement was gradual, not within a week a described in the book. But my belching was definitely way less after I staying on this diet for a couple of months. I eat pretty normally now, always small meals so I avoid pressure on my LES.
Posted 4/28/2013 11:32 PM (GMT 0)
On last question, Sunbeam. what was your prilosec tapering strategy? How gradual did you cut back? or cold turkey?
Posted 4/29/2013 11:03 AM (GMT 0)
I didn't go cold turkey. Over a month I went from Nexium 40 mg to Prilosec 40, then Prilosec 20, then Prilosec 10 (I cut the 20's in half myself) to Zantec. I then stayed on Zantec for about 8 months. Rebound off Prilosec lasted 2 weeks and was significant, rebound off Zantec lasted about a week, wasn't too bad.
Posted 4/29/2013 3:19 PM (GMT 0)
when you got rebound from PPIs and Zantac, did you get heartburn in addition to your original LPR/sore throat? I never had HB before going on PPIs...just a little sore throat/globus. Now, whenever I try to taper off meds, I get HB...nervous about how painful dropping them entirely will be.
Posted 4/29/2013 3:24 PM (GMT 0)

sunbeam48 said...
Sewfun, I was on the Koufman diet for a year before Fast Tract. It helped my throat symptoms, but I still had underlying stomach issues. Now my stomach has healed nicely. On meds my stomach always felt tender. You have to go off all acid-reducing meds for Fast Tract to work. Your stomach needs all available acid to properly digest food. Be sure to read my first post on this thread for more information.

I can't believe I ate two slices of a large pizza last night. No heartburn at all!

Thanks sunbeam, I am waiting for Dropping the Acid to arrive. I am not anywhere near being off meds. I did just stop the ppi's this month, and now I am taking almost 300 mg of Zantac twice daily. I was on 30 mg of Prevacid 2 x's a day for 2 years. I hope to be off the Zantac in 6-8 weeks, tapering slowly while I improve my diet. I got rather spoiled with the Prevacid making it possible for me to eat so many foods. I would rather be medication free though.

Congrats on being able to eat pizza! That's a goal for me, and with pepperoni too. turn
Posted 4/29/2013 3:24 PM (GMT 0)
khatadin,

I stopped ppi's cold turkey and I'm in week 4 of rebound. It seems to be getting less from day to day but still rebounding I believe. I use zantac, tums, carafate, manuka honey, aloe, and diet to deal with reflux now. Hope to cut out the other meds once I get through the rebound.

Posted 4/29/2013 3:37 PM (GMT 0)
how do you tell rebound vs. the original GERD/LPR problem? thx
Posted 4/29/2013 4:22 PM (GMT 0)
Thats a good question but I'm not sure I have the answer. I figured after 90 days (12 weeks), if I was still having "rebound" it must now be original gerd/lpr. Hopefully my symptoms are a lot less at that point.
Posted 4/29/2013 4:25 PM (GMT 0)
good luck! keep us posted
Posted 4/29/2013 11:48 PM (GMT 0)
Sunbeam, did you take a probiotic when you were on the Fast Tract Diet? I'm wondering if that will help rebalance the intestinal flora.

For those of you trying to wean off PPI's , I was on pantoprazole for 9 weeks, then switched to ranitidine (zantac) 150 mg once a day. I had moderate heartburn for the first time ever. After two weeks I discontinued the ranitidine and ran into major rebound! Burning was my primary symptom. At about the two week mark I had intense burning and had to resort to ranitidine for 2 days. It eased up after that time. It's been about 6 weeks now and I have no heartburn whatsoever. I do occasionally have the feeling of reflux creeping up my throat, and if i stray too far from the Fast Tract diet I start to cough and my voice gets gravelly/ weak. I plan to stick with the Fast Tract as it seems to work for me. And I'll continue my gluten free and cow's milk free diet. Goat cheese seems to be ok.

I'm so happy to be able to have a glass of wine with some goats milk cheese now and then!!
Posted 4/30/2013 11:39 AM (GMT 0)

khatadin said...
how do you tell rebound vs. the original GERD/LPR problem? thx

I believe it is rebound because when I would reduce the medication I would have problems and need Tums or Gaviscon. Eventually I would become stable without the additional anti-acids so I would reduce the PPI again. The cycle would start over until I was completely using Zantac. Now I am going through the same thing with Zantac. I get stable with just the prescripiton then reduce, add anti-acids, for awhile and reduce again. I am going very slowly. Does this make sense?
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