Found something that increases my GERD, but unsure why.

Hello everyone,

I was told numerous times to stay away from carbonated beverages, especially soda (pop), so I tried an experiment.

I recently took a 1 liter bottle of Dr. Brown's Cream Soda (USA) - no caffine and shook the heck out of it until no carbonation remained. I figured I would get the taste without the bubbles and not have any reflux. I was wrong.

To my surprise, there wasn't a difference - something else must be precipitating the reflux. I then went with a glass of seltzer (plain carbonated water) with even less of an issue.

Any thoughts?

GM :)

 

Soda is really acidic. I would say that its not caffeine or carbonation which causes reflux, but acid instead. Coca-cola is something like 2.52 PH with root beer being around 4.24

The PH of normal gastric acid is anywhere from 1.5-3.5, so Soda is really acidic!

That is probably why plain seltzer water caused less of an issue.

A lot of alkaline water I think is a gimmick, Most spring waters are naturally alkaline, so it tap water, if it wasnt, the acid in it would corrode the pipes that bring it to you.

I would occasionally put the tiniest pinch of baking soda in my water when my heart burn was bad and sip on that. I noticed no difference between that and the expensive marketed Alkaline water at the gourmet grocer.

Ericapeace2000,

What store are you getting your Iceland Spring Water? I am paying $2.69 for Iceland a liter. It is costing me a small fortune.

FlaCracker