I had acid reflux since my late 20's. In my 30's I had an endoscopy and they suspected Barrett's Esophagus, but the biopsy came back negative. They put me on that purple pill. I did not take it, I am not into treating symptoms. I changed my diet to vegan and the acid reflux went away 100% within 2 weeks. After a year, I slowly added back grass-fed organic meats, dairy(raw) and organic pastured eggs (only on the weekends) - I only use meat and dairy that comes from our CSA farm. I cut out most processed food, and what I do use is very minimally processed (like organic flour, sugar, pasta, grains)
What I learned from trial and error: Sugar causes my acid reflux, worse if it is combined with grain. example: I can eat steel cut oatmeal with milk and am fine, if I add brown sugar, honey or even artificial sweetener, I get symptoms. I can eat dark chocolate or homemade ice cream made with sugar just fine. If I eat a cookie(sugar and grain), I will get symptoms. I can have coffee with sugar and am fine.
Greasy food can(not always) cause symptoms, so I stay away.
Eating out: anything other than a dry salad will cause symptoms 90% of the time.
When I stick to eating organic fruits and veggies(though fresh squeezed orange and grapefruit juice will cause my symptoms, I can eat the fruit with no problem), making meals at home and stay away from grain and sugar combinations, my symptoms are gone. I love spicy food and eat it, as long as it is not greasy, I am fine. The last 2 endoscopies I had were clear.
Good luck, I hope you can find a solution without taking drugs that have side effects as bad or worse than the symptom.
Janna
ps: after reading the posts here, I am going to add some unfiltered apple cider vinegar daily. I use it on my hair as a rinse, with great results, so why not give it a try
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