Is GERD & LPR a scam?

As I was in my kitchen thinking of what to eat, something just came into my head. I thought to myself..."what if this disease has to do with the quality of the food? What if the food industry cares more about its profits than the health of the people?"

I mean, a lot of people start eating "healthy" but they still experience GERD or LPR. So...I did some reaseach and found this article, its a MUST READ:

www.naturalcures.com/Members/newsletters/pdfs/NC_Newsletter_05-08.pdf

I was half shocked. I mean, I know the monetary system is kind of evil...but is it that much?

We should start asking our grandparents if they had acid reflux when they were young.

But then again...is a weak LES related to the food quality or not?

Post Edited (Jeronimo) : 6/23/2011 11:26:33 AM (GMT-6)

My mother has told me that my grandmother did have heartburn and used baking soda daily. In a book I am reading now The Fire Inside, Extinguishing Heartburn and Related Symptoms the history of heartburn is discussed and dates back to ancient Sumeria where coral calcium was used to treat it. Also, according to this book in the 2nd century a Greek physician Galen gave heartburn it's medical name and definition. It was actually rather interesting reading, but I have not researched any of it further to validate.

All this being said, I do think more could be done with food to prevent and eliminate heartburn for most. I unfortunately have esophagitis so bad that I will have to take the pills until it is healed. I am already making my plan for how I hope to get off the pills in the future by changing completely my diet. I have been looking at the Specific Carbohydrate Diet for this purpose. I can not take apple cider vinegar because right now it burns too much.

Thanks for sharing the article, it was interesting.

My Grandmother had heartburn too and the old Baking Soda solution was brought out.

Could it be that medicine has come a long way since my grandmother's day?

JMHO

Kindly,

Kitt