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Gyógyító Jó Tanácsok
Reflux Betegségben
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Máj- és bélméregtelenítés:
Anthony William szerint a gyomorégést nem a savtúltengés okozza,
hanem a máj gyenge működése,
az epefelhalmozódás és a bélflóra egyensúlyának felborulása.
Kórokozók eltávolítása:
A gyulladás kiváltó okaként a bélben található Streptococcus baktériumokat és a mérgező nehézfémeket tartja szem előtt.
Főbb étrendi ajánlások
Reggeli rutin: Igyon 470–950 ml friss citromos vizet, majd röviddel utána 470 ml friss,
tiszta zellerlevet éhgyomorra.
A „problémás ételek” eltávolítása:
Szüntesse meg a glutén,
a tejtermékek, a tojás, a kukorica, a szója, a sertéshús
és a tenyésztett hal fogyasztását, amelyeket ő a kórokozók táplálékaként azonosít.
Gyógyító ételek: Fogyasszon bőven friss gyümölcsöt, leveles zöldségeket,
vadon termő áfonyát, aloe vera-levet és párolt zöldségeket.
Zsírcsökkentés:
Fogyasszon alacsony zsírtartalmú étrendet,
különösen kerülje a nehéz zsírokat a nap későbbi óráiban,
hogy a máj pihenhessen és megtisztulhasson.
Fontos életmódbeli szokások ...
Folyadékpótlás:
Hangsúlyozza a kiváló minőségű víz fogyasztását a nap folyamán.
Étkezések időzítése:
Kerülje a nehéz ételek fogyasztását közvetlenül lefekvés előtt,
hogy a szervezet megfelelően emésszhesse és gyógyulhasson.
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Gyógyító Jó Tanácsok
Reflux Betegségben
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Máj- és bélméregtelenítés:
Anthony William szerint a gyomorégést nem a savtúltengés okozza,
hanem a máj gyenge működése,
az epefelhalmozódás és a bélflóra egyensúlyának felborulása.
Kórokozók eltávolítása:
A gyulladás kiváltó okaként a bélben található Streptococcus baktériumokat és a mérgező nehézfémeket tartja szem előtt.
Főbb étrendi ajánlások
Reggeli rutin: Igyon 470–950 ml friss citromos vizet, majd röviddel utána 470 ml friss,
tiszta zellerlevet éhgyomorra.
A „problémás ételek” eltávolítása:
Szüntesse meg a glutén,
a tejtermékek, a tojás, a kukorica, a szója, a sertéshús
és a tenyésztett hal fogyasztását, amelyeket ő a kórokozók táplálékaként azonosít.
Gyógyító ételek: Fogyasszon bőven friss gyümölcsöt, leveles zöldségeket,
vadon termő áfonyát, aloe vera-levet és párolt zöldségeket.
Zsírcsökkentés:
Fogyasszon alacsony zsírtartalmú étrendet,
különösen kerülje a nehéz zsírokat a nap későbbi óráiban,
hogy a máj pihenhessen és megtisztulhasson.
Fontos életmódbeli szokások ...
Folyadékpótlás:
Hangsúlyozza a kiváló minőségű víz fogyasztását a nap folyamán.
Étkezések időzítése:
Kerülje a nehéz ételek fogyasztását közvetlenül lefekvés előtt,
hogy a szervezet megfelelően emésszhesse és gyógyulhasson.
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A savas reflux
elleni küzdelemben
a legcsodálatosabb étel a zellerlé.
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Ha minden reggel éhgyomorra megiszik egy 470 ml-es pohár tiszta zellerlét
(a legjobb eredmény érdekében ne adjon hozzá semmit),
az helyreállítja a gyomorban a hétféle keverékből álló sósavat termelő mirigyeket.
A zellerlében vannak még felfedezetlen ásványi sócsoportok, amelyek hozzájárulnak ehhez a folyamathoz, és biztosítják a sósav termelődését.
Már napi 120–240 ml zellerlé fogyasztása
is csodákat tehet a savas reflux és a gyomorégés gyógyításában.
Ha súlyos savas refluxban szenved,
akár napi két 470 ml-es pohár tiszta zellerlét is fogyaszthat,
egyet reggel, egyet délután vagy vacsora előtt.
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A savas reflux
elleni küzdelemben
a legcsodálatosabb étel a zellerlé.
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Ha minden reggel éhgyomorra megiszik egy 470 ml-es pohár tiszta zellerlét
(a legjobb eredmény érdekében ne adjon hozzá semmit),
az helyreállítja a gyomorban a hétféle keverékből álló sósavat termelő mirigyeket.
A zellerlében vannak még felfedezetlen ásványi sócsoportok, amelyek hozzájárulnak ehhez a folyamathoz, és biztosítják a sósav termelődését.
Már napi 120–240 ml zellerlé fogyasztása
is csodákat tehet a savas reflux és a gyomorégés gyógyításában.
Ha súlyos savas refluxban szenved,
akár napi két 470 ml-es pohár tiszta zellerlét is fogyaszthat,
egyet reggel, egyet délután vagy vacsora előtt.
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Mit Együnk?
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Mit Együnk?
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A gyomorégés gyógyításakor összpontosítson a gyümölcsökből, burgonyából, édesburgonyából és téli tökfélékből származó egészséges szénhidrátok bőséges fogyasztására.
Lehet, hogy szakemberek, családtagok vagy barátok azt tanácsolták Önnek, hogy kerülje ezeket az ételeket,
de a gyümölcsök és a burgonya valójában rendkívül hatékonyan segítik a betegségek leküzdését.
A gyümölcs különösen hatékony a baktériumok leküzdésében.
Ha attól tart, hogy a gyümölcs túl sok cukrot tartalmaz, vagy fél fogyasztani, mert azt mondták Önnek, hogy nem jó az egészségének, nem tudom eléggé hangsúlyozni, mennyire téves ez a mítosz.
A gyümölcscukor nem azonos a feldolgozott cukrokkal.
Az Ön és szerettei egészsége szempontjából elengedhetetlen, hogy ezt megértse. Tudom, hogy nehéz lehet elengedni azt, amit korábban mondtak neked, de a gyümölcs többet kínál neked és az egészségednek, mint azt el tudnád képzelni.
Az is segít, ha sok uborkás és paradicsomos salátát fogyasztasz.
A paradicsomnak valójában van egy saját, különleges C-vitaminja, amely megmentheti az ember immunrendszerét, és extra támogatást nyújthat a kórokozók elleni küzdelemben.
Adjunk hozzá spenótot, macsét, vajsalátát vagy más, kedvünk szerinti leveles zöldséget.
A hajtások és a mikrolevelek különösen remek kiegészítők.
Tegyünk a salátába egy kis nyers hagymát és nyers fokhagymát, amelyek hatékony baktériumölők, és adjunk hozzá annyi friss kakukkfüvet, oregánót, rozmaringot és zsályát, amennyit csak tudunk, mivel ezek hihetetlenül segítenek a bakteriális problémák gyógyításában.
Ha szereti az avokádót, abból is tehet bele néhány szeletet.
Lehet, hogy szakemberek, családtagok vagy barátok azt tanácsolták Önnek, hogy kerülje ezeket az ételeket,
de a gyümölcsök és a burgonya valójában rendkívül hatékonyan segítik a betegségek leküzdését.
A gyümölcs különösen hatékony a baktériumok leküzdésében.
Ha attól tart, hogy a gyümölcs túl sok cukrot tartalmaz, vagy fél fogyasztani, mert azt mondták Önnek, hogy nem jó az egészségének, nem tudom eléggé hangsúlyozni, mennyire téves ez a mítosz.
A gyümölcscukor nem azonos a feldolgozott cukrokkal.
Az Ön és szerettei egészsége szempontjából elengedhetetlen, hogy ezt megértse. Tudom, hogy nehéz lehet elengedni azt, amit korábban mondtak neked, de a gyümölcs többet kínál neked és az egészségednek, mint azt el tudnád képzelni.
Az is segít, ha sok uborkás és paradicsomos salátát fogyasztasz.
A paradicsomnak valójában van egy saját, különleges C-vitaminja, amely megmentheti az ember immunrendszerét, és extra támogatást nyújthat a kórokozók elleni küzdelemben.
Adjunk hozzá spenótot, macsét, vajsalátát vagy más, kedvünk szerinti leveles zöldséget.
A hajtások és a mikrolevelek különösen remek kiegészítők.
Tegyünk a salátába egy kis nyers hagymát és nyers fokhagymát, amelyek hatékony baktériumölők, és adjunk hozzá annyi friss kakukkfüvet, oregánót, rozmaringot és zsályát, amennyit csak tudunk, mivel ezek hihetetlenül segítenek a bakteriális problémák gyógyításában.
Ha szereti az avokádót, abból is tehet bele néhány szeletet.
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Savvisszacsapódás
Amikor valakinek gyomorégése van, a probléma fele a gyomorban, a másik fele pedig a májban keresendő. Ennek oka, hogy a savvisszacsapódás valójában a gyomorban található alacsony sósavszintből (ez egy hasznos sav) ered – ami általában akkor fordul elő, amikor a máj az EBV-vírus miatt nem működik megfelelően, és emiatt kevesebb epét termel az emésztés elősegítésére.
Ennek eredményeként a gyomorban a káros savak szintje emelkedik. Amikor ezek feljutnak a nyelőcsőbe, gyomorégés érzést keltenek. Az orvosi kutatások és a tudomány számára nem ismert, hogy az EBV nemcsak a savas reflux kialakulásához járulhat hozzá, hanem a pajzsmirigy gyógyulását is akadályozza.
Amikor az embereknek alacsony sósavszint (jó sav) miatt emelkedett a gyomorban a káros savak szintje, ezek a káros savak alvás közben feljutnak a nyelőcsőbe, egészen a torokig, ahol ammóniát bocsátanak ki, amely közvetlenül beszivárog a pajzsmirigybe, és gátolja a mirigy gyógyulását.
Amikor valakinek gyomorégése van, a probléma fele a gyomorban, a másik fele pedig a májban keresendő. Ennek oka, hogy a savvisszacsapódás valójában a gyomorban található alacsony sósavszintből (ez egy hasznos sav) ered – ami általában akkor fordul elő, amikor a máj az EBV-vírus miatt nem működik megfelelően, és emiatt kevesebb epét termel az emésztés elősegítésére.
Ennek eredményeként a gyomorban a káros savak szintje emelkedik. Amikor ezek feljutnak a nyelőcsőbe, gyomorégés érzést keltenek. Az orvosi kutatások és a tudomány számára nem ismert, hogy az EBV nemcsak a savas reflux kialakulásához járulhat hozzá, hanem a pajzsmirigy gyógyulását is akadályozza.
Amikor az embereknek alacsony sósavszint (jó sav) miatt emelkedett a gyomorban a káros savak szintje, ezek a káros savak alvás közben feljutnak a nyelőcsőbe, egészen a torokig, ahol ammóniát bocsátanak ki, amely közvetlenül beszivárog a pajzsmirigybe, és gátolja a mirigy gyógyulását.
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A reflux az egyik leggyakoribb gasztroenterológiai panasz. Alapját egy nem jól záródó izomgyűrű képezi a nyelőcső alsó szakaszán, ami a savas gyomortartalom nyelőcsőbe áramlását okozza.
A sav irritálja a nyelőcső nyálkahártyáját, ami égő érzést, gyulladást, hosszú távon pedig rákos betegség kialakulását okozhatja.
A sav irritálja a nyelőcső nyálkahártyáját, ami égő érzést, gyulladást, hosszú távon pedig rákos betegség kialakulását okozhatja.
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Acid Reflux
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Acid Reflux
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Anthony William (the "Medical Medium") attributes acid reflux and GERD to low-grade pathogens (like Epstein-Barr or Streptococcus) in the liver and gut, stagnant bile, and a sluggish liver.
His protocol focuses on restoring liver and digestive health through targeted dietary changes and specific morning routines. [1, 2, 3]
Core Principles of the Protocol
Key Dietary Recommendations
Key Lifestyle Habits
Disclaimer: Anthony William’s protocols are alternative health suggestions. It is always recommended to consult with a licensed medical doctor or gastroenterologist for personalized diagnosis and treatment of chronic acid reflux or GERD.
For more details on his specific food guidelines and protocols, refer to his published books like the Medical Medium Revised and Expanded Edition or explore community experiences on Pinterest.
Acid Reflux
When someone experiences heartburn, half the problem is in the stomach and the other half is in the liver. That’s because acid reflux actually occurs from low hydrochloric acid (a beneficial acid) in the stomach—which commonly happens when the liver is dysfunctional from EBV and so under-produces bile to aid with digestion.
As a result, bad acids in the stomach rise. When they go up the esophagus, the sensation is heartburn. It’s unknown to medical research and science that not only can EBV contribute to acid reflux; the condition also gets in the way of thyroid healing.
When people have elevated levels of unproductive acids in their stomachs due to low hydrochloric acid (good acid), those bad acids tend to rise up the esophagus during sleep, going all the way to the throat, where they outgas ammonia, which can seep directly into the thyroid and inhibit the gland’s healing.
Excerpt from Thyroid Healing by Anthony William, p64.
Continue reading and get your copy today at http://amzn.to/2mfPiJ0
His protocol focuses on restoring liver and digestive health through targeted dietary changes and specific morning routines. [1, 2, 3]
Core Principles of the Protocol
- Liver & Gut Detoxification: William claims acid reflux is not caused by excess acid, but rather an underperforming liver, backed up bile, and gut dysbiosis.
- Pathogen Elimination: He targets Streptococcus bacteria and toxic heavy metals in the gut as the underlying culprits for inflammation. [1]
Key Dietary Recommendations
- Morning Routine: Drink 16 to 32 oz of fresh lemon water, followed shortly by 16 oz of fresh pure celery juice on an empty stomach.
- Remove "Troublemaker Foods": Eliminate gluten, dairy, eggs, corn, soy, pork, and farmed fish, which he identifies as fuels for pathogens.
- Healing Foods: Incorporate plenty of fresh fruits, leafy greens, wild blueberries, aloe vera juice, and steamed vegetables.
- Fat Reduction: Consume a lower-fat diet, especially avoiding heavy fats until later in the day, to allow the liver to rest and cleanse.
Key Lifestyle Habits
- Hydration: Emphasize drinking high-quality water throughout the day.
- Timing of Meals: Avoid eating heavy meals right before bed to allow the body to properly digest and heal. [1, 2]
Disclaimer: Anthony William’s protocols are alternative health suggestions. It is always recommended to consult with a licensed medical doctor or gastroenterologist for personalized diagnosis and treatment of chronic acid reflux or GERD.
For more details on his specific food guidelines and protocols, refer to his published books like the Medical Medium Revised and Expanded Edition or explore community experiences on Pinterest.
Acid Reflux
When someone experiences heartburn, half the problem is in the stomach and the other half is in the liver. That’s because acid reflux actually occurs from low hydrochloric acid (a beneficial acid) in the stomach—which commonly happens when the liver is dysfunctional from EBV and so under-produces bile to aid with digestion.
As a result, bad acids in the stomach rise. When they go up the esophagus, the sensation is heartburn. It’s unknown to medical research and science that not only can EBV contribute to acid reflux; the condition also gets in the way of thyroid healing.
When people have elevated levels of unproductive acids in their stomachs due to low hydrochloric acid (good acid), those bad acids tend to rise up the esophagus during sleep, going all the way to the throat, where they outgas ammonia, which can seep directly into the thyroid and inhibit the gland’s healing.
Excerpt from Thyroid Healing by Anthony William, p64.
Continue reading and get your copy today at http://amzn.to/2mfPiJ0
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Acid Reflux
Many people experience acid reflux or heartburn throughout their lives and don’t understand why they feel the burning sensation reach up through their chest and into their throat. Medical communities blame acid reflux on gastric acid and hydrochloric acid backing up into the esophagus. However, this theory of the cause is unfounded and limited in its understanding as I’ll explain in this article.
The digestive system is such a mystery that most of the time when physicians treat patients for illnesses, their practices are based solely on theory. In truth, even the understanding of how enzymes, assimilation, digestion, and absorption work is all just theoretical. While all these functions exist on some level, all research and science can do at the moment is conjecture theory as to what they do and how they cooperate with the digestive process.
Nobody actually understands enzymes. Nobody actually understands what happens when food enters the stomach.
For example, it is possible to experience pain from gas in the intestinal tract all the way near the neck and by the top of the shoulders, which can seem baffling because you may wonder how gas can travel to that area of the body (find out more about this in my book Medical Medium where I discuss ammonia permeability.) There is so much left for science and research to discover in the area of digestion, which is one reason there is so little helpful information on understanding and truly healing acid reflux once and for all.
What is Acid Reflux
Acid reflux, while it is in fact related to acids, is not due to gastric acids or hydrochloric acid from the stomach. If you or someone you know is experiencing acid reflux regularly, the acid is either coming from a bacteria or toxins in the liver and even the small intestinal tract, though the most common cause is bacterial.
Medical communities have no idea that this is what is really behind this unpleasant condition. There are cases of acid reflux where there is an actual kink in the intestines or a hernia. However, if the cause is not a visible one, it is directly related to a weakened liver and bacterial growth. This bacteria produces an acid that mimics gastric acid and fools the physician into thinking that is what it is, when in fact it is not a stomach gland-produced acid at all.
When you have bacteria and toxin-based acid coming up and causing acid reflux or heartburn, it means you actually have a lack of hydrochloric acid in your stomach. Hydrochloric acid is the good kind of acid that actually destroys bacteria, which in turn prevents acid reflux. In other words, if you have the bad acids, it means you do not have enough of the good acids.
Acid reflux is also connected to a weakened liver. Typically weak digestion is due to an overburdened liver that cannot produce strong enough bile, which then forces the stomach to overproduce hydrochloric acid to compensate. This is extremely taxing on both of the organs and can then result in acid reflux. Find out why the liver becomes overburdened and how to heal in my book,Liver Rescue.
Bacteria builds up, sometimes in the duodenum or sometimes in the bottom of the stomach pouch, and there is not enough hydrochloric acid to fight it off. The hydrochloric acid in the stomach is actually a complex blend of seven different acids, which are yet to be discovered.
Medical communities currently believe, mistakenly, that hydrochloric acid is just one acid. I shared this in my book Medical Medium. If someone has a diminished amount of three of the seven acids in hydrochloric acid, a doctor or health practitioner will not be able to spot the problem because the truth is unknown in medical science and research.
The Three Goals for Healing Acid Reflux
Healing acid reflux is not about taking a magic pill. Just as with the other conditions I have illuminated in my books, truly healing acid reflux takes a lifestyle shift in order to heal the true root issue. When healing acid reflux, there’s three goals: build up hydrochloric acid, kill off the unproductive bacteria like streptococcus, helicobacter pylori, or e. Coli, and strengthen the liver.
As I will discuss below, all three of these things can be achieved with some dietary changes. There are some really helpful supplements to take, as well, that are powerful bacteria-fighters. However, the main shift will come with diet.
Foods to Avoid
The four most important foods to avoid when healing acid reflux are gluten, dairy, and eggs, and it can also be very helpful to lower or eliminate animal protein while you are healing. Gluten, dairy (milk, butter, cheese, cream, yogurt, milk kefir), and eggs are the favorite food source for bacteria and it will be very challenging to heal acid reflux if you are still eating them.
If you hold the belief that yogurt or milk kefir heal the digestive tract because of their probiotic nature, it’s important to understand that the rest of what yogurt and milk kefir are made of still feed all unhelpful varieties of bacteria. Pathogens fuel themselves by eating, and if you remove gluten, dairy, and eggs from your own diet, you are removing the bacteria’s food and preventing it from festering.
Even if you get the highest quality organic, free-range egg from a backyard hen, that egg will still feed the bacteria you are trying to fight off. It is unfortunate that so many people and well-intentioned practitioners still consider eggs as nature’s perfect food. They are in truth fueling the pathogens that medical communities are unaware are behind so much of chronic illness today. To find out more about pathogens and how they create problems, you can refer to my books Life-Changing Foods and Thyroid Healing.
Please don’t be confused, this is not a biased attack on eating animal protein, but it’s helpful to lower the amount of animal proteins you consume while healing because of their inherently high fat content. All animal meats are high in fat, even if it has no skin and is not fried. This may be surprising because you might have been told for so long that eating chicken breast without the skin or “lean” cuts of meat will help you lose weight due to it being made mostly of protein.
However, that is simply not true. Fat is all throughout the chicken breast and other “lean” meats, even if you make it in the cleanest way possible. By lowering your fat content through reducing your animal protein, you will give your liver the break it deserves. Having to process a high-fat and high-protein diet all day is incredibly exhausting for the liver and forces the stomach to overproduce hydrochloric acid to compensate.
This applies to any diet you follow and foods you consume, not just animal protein. If you’re eating a vegetarian or plant-based diet and are experiencing acid reflux, you’ll also want to lower your fat intake by reducing the amount of nuts, oils, and other high fat foods that you consume. Lowering your fat, no matter what diet you’re on, is an essential step when wanting to heal acid reflux. I discuss the true unknown impact of our fat intake on our health and how the liver operates and responds in my book Liver Rescue.
What to Eat
When healing from acid reflux, focus on eating plenty of healthy carbohydrates from fruit, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and winter squashes. You may have been told by professionals or family members or friends to avoid these foods, but fruits and potatoes are actually amazing disease fighters. Fruit is especially powerful in knocking down bacteria. If you’re concerned that fruit has too much sugar or you’re scared to eat it because you’ve been told it’s not good for you, I can’t stress enough how incorrect this myth is.
Fruit sugar is not the same as processed sugars. It’s critical for your health and the health of your loved ones that you understand this. I know it can be hard to let go of what you may have been told before, but fruit has more to offer you and your health than you can possibly imagine. To find out more about why fruit is so critical and why fruit has been given such a bad rap, you can listen to my Fruit Fear radio show and read the Fruit Fear chapter in my book Medical Medium.
It’s also helpful to consume plenty of salads with cucumbers and tomatoes. Tomatoes actually have their own special kind of vitamin C that can save someone’s immune system and give them extra support when fighting pathogens.
Add spinach, mache, butter lettuce, or another leafy green of choice. Sprouts and microgreens are an especially amazing addition. Throw some raw onion and raw garlic into your salads for powerful bacterial-killers, and bring in as much fresh thyme, oregano, rosemary, and sage as you can for their incredible assistance in healing bacterial issues.
If you enjoy avocado, you can add some slices of that too. You can read about the undiscovered physical, spiritual, and emotional healing benefits of each of this powerhouse foods in Life-Changing Foods, which also includes 50 wonderful healing recipes.
The most miraculous food to include when fighting acid reflux is celery juice, which you can learn more about and get the recipe for in Thyroid Healing. Drinking a 16oz glass of straight celery juice (don’t add anything else to it for best results) every morning on an empty stomach restores the glands in the stomach that produce the seven-blend hydrochloric acid.
There are undiscovered subgroups of mineral salts in celery juice that contribute to this process and ensure the hydrochloric acid is produced. Even drinking four to eight ounces of celery juice every morning can do wonders in healing acid reflux and heartburn. If you are experiencing bad acid reflux, you can even do two 16oz glasses of straight celery juice a day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon or before dinner.
Antibacterials
Eating a diet full of fruits and vegetables will naturally support you in your fight against the bacteria causing acid reflux. In truth, fruit is the most amazing antibacterial and liver healing food available to us. However, there are additional things we can do to fight the pathogen, such as including the following supplements.
Goldenseal, elderberry tea, cat’s claw, and oregano oil are all incredible antibacterials that can be included on a regular or semi-regular basis. You can also consider licorice root tincture or tea and olive leaf because these herbs fight bacteria and help eliminate the gas that the bacteria produces that medical communities are unaware of.
Another wonderful antibacterial is aloe vera. You can make aloe vera water, which is the most powerful way to have aloe, or drink aloe vera juice, or you can even cut open an aloe vera leaf, scoop out the gel and eat that directly.
Additionally, considering adding herbal teas like fresh thyme tea, peppermint, elderflower, and lemon balm to your daily regimen. These herbal teas are powerful antibacterials and should not be underestimated.
As always, please consult your practitioner before beginning a supplement protocol to discuss dosages. And when finding the right supplement, please visit my supplement directory. I have spent many hours bringing these together on one page.
These are the exact supplements I personally trust. Not all supplements are created with the same integrity and there are many supplement companies out there that do not provide their consumers with the high quality products they promise.
Moving Forward
Now that you know the truth about what’s behind acid reflux and heartburn, you can take the steps needed to reduce and heal these conditions. If you are able to do one thing to improve your health today, celebrate that success and look forward to tomorrow when you can take another step toward healing.
Focus on lowering your fat intake and drink celery juice every morning as you can. Enjoy plenty of vibrant, healing fruits and delicious salads. I have helped so many people over the years heal from acid reflux and heartburn from these simple lifestyle changes, and you too can experience healing and relief from this condition.
(Note: Some visitors may search for the spelling "catsclaw" or "cats claw" when searching for "Cat's Claw". These are local or regional variations on this beneficial herb.)
Many people experience acid reflux or heartburn throughout their lives and don’t understand why they feel the burning sensation reach up through their chest and into their throat. Medical communities blame acid reflux on gastric acid and hydrochloric acid backing up into the esophagus. However, this theory of the cause is unfounded and limited in its understanding as I’ll explain in this article.
The digestive system is such a mystery that most of the time when physicians treat patients for illnesses, their practices are based solely on theory. In truth, even the understanding of how enzymes, assimilation, digestion, and absorption work is all just theoretical. While all these functions exist on some level, all research and science can do at the moment is conjecture theory as to what they do and how they cooperate with the digestive process.
Nobody actually understands enzymes. Nobody actually understands what happens when food enters the stomach.
For example, it is possible to experience pain from gas in the intestinal tract all the way near the neck and by the top of the shoulders, which can seem baffling because you may wonder how gas can travel to that area of the body (find out more about this in my book Medical Medium where I discuss ammonia permeability.) There is so much left for science and research to discover in the area of digestion, which is one reason there is so little helpful information on understanding and truly healing acid reflux once and for all.
What is Acid Reflux
Acid reflux, while it is in fact related to acids, is not due to gastric acids or hydrochloric acid from the stomach. If you or someone you know is experiencing acid reflux regularly, the acid is either coming from a bacteria or toxins in the liver and even the small intestinal tract, though the most common cause is bacterial.
Medical communities have no idea that this is what is really behind this unpleasant condition. There are cases of acid reflux where there is an actual kink in the intestines or a hernia. However, if the cause is not a visible one, it is directly related to a weakened liver and bacterial growth. This bacteria produces an acid that mimics gastric acid and fools the physician into thinking that is what it is, when in fact it is not a stomach gland-produced acid at all.
When you have bacteria and toxin-based acid coming up and causing acid reflux or heartburn, it means you actually have a lack of hydrochloric acid in your stomach. Hydrochloric acid is the good kind of acid that actually destroys bacteria, which in turn prevents acid reflux. In other words, if you have the bad acids, it means you do not have enough of the good acids.
Acid reflux is also connected to a weakened liver. Typically weak digestion is due to an overburdened liver that cannot produce strong enough bile, which then forces the stomach to overproduce hydrochloric acid to compensate. This is extremely taxing on both of the organs and can then result in acid reflux. Find out why the liver becomes overburdened and how to heal in my book,Liver Rescue.
Bacteria builds up, sometimes in the duodenum or sometimes in the bottom of the stomach pouch, and there is not enough hydrochloric acid to fight it off. The hydrochloric acid in the stomach is actually a complex blend of seven different acids, which are yet to be discovered.
Medical communities currently believe, mistakenly, that hydrochloric acid is just one acid. I shared this in my book Medical Medium. If someone has a diminished amount of three of the seven acids in hydrochloric acid, a doctor or health practitioner will not be able to spot the problem because the truth is unknown in medical science and research.
The Three Goals for Healing Acid Reflux
Healing acid reflux is not about taking a magic pill. Just as with the other conditions I have illuminated in my books, truly healing acid reflux takes a lifestyle shift in order to heal the true root issue. When healing acid reflux, there’s three goals: build up hydrochloric acid, kill off the unproductive bacteria like streptococcus, helicobacter pylori, or e. Coli, and strengthen the liver.
As I will discuss below, all three of these things can be achieved with some dietary changes. There are some really helpful supplements to take, as well, that are powerful bacteria-fighters. However, the main shift will come with diet.
Foods to Avoid
The four most important foods to avoid when healing acid reflux are gluten, dairy, and eggs, and it can also be very helpful to lower or eliminate animal protein while you are healing. Gluten, dairy (milk, butter, cheese, cream, yogurt, milk kefir), and eggs are the favorite food source for bacteria and it will be very challenging to heal acid reflux if you are still eating them.
If you hold the belief that yogurt or milk kefir heal the digestive tract because of their probiotic nature, it’s important to understand that the rest of what yogurt and milk kefir are made of still feed all unhelpful varieties of bacteria. Pathogens fuel themselves by eating, and if you remove gluten, dairy, and eggs from your own diet, you are removing the bacteria’s food and preventing it from festering.
Even if you get the highest quality organic, free-range egg from a backyard hen, that egg will still feed the bacteria you are trying to fight off. It is unfortunate that so many people and well-intentioned practitioners still consider eggs as nature’s perfect food. They are in truth fueling the pathogens that medical communities are unaware are behind so much of chronic illness today. To find out more about pathogens and how they create problems, you can refer to my books Life-Changing Foods and Thyroid Healing.
Please don’t be confused, this is not a biased attack on eating animal protein, but it’s helpful to lower the amount of animal proteins you consume while healing because of their inherently high fat content. All animal meats are high in fat, even if it has no skin and is not fried. This may be surprising because you might have been told for so long that eating chicken breast without the skin or “lean” cuts of meat will help you lose weight due to it being made mostly of protein.
However, that is simply not true. Fat is all throughout the chicken breast and other “lean” meats, even if you make it in the cleanest way possible. By lowering your fat content through reducing your animal protein, you will give your liver the break it deserves. Having to process a high-fat and high-protein diet all day is incredibly exhausting for the liver and forces the stomach to overproduce hydrochloric acid to compensate.
This applies to any diet you follow and foods you consume, not just animal protein. If you’re eating a vegetarian or plant-based diet and are experiencing acid reflux, you’ll also want to lower your fat intake by reducing the amount of nuts, oils, and other high fat foods that you consume. Lowering your fat, no matter what diet you’re on, is an essential step when wanting to heal acid reflux. I discuss the true unknown impact of our fat intake on our health and how the liver operates and responds in my book Liver Rescue.
What to Eat
When healing from acid reflux, focus on eating plenty of healthy carbohydrates from fruit, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and winter squashes. You may have been told by professionals or family members or friends to avoid these foods, but fruits and potatoes are actually amazing disease fighters. Fruit is especially powerful in knocking down bacteria. If you’re concerned that fruit has too much sugar or you’re scared to eat it because you’ve been told it’s not good for you, I can’t stress enough how incorrect this myth is.
Fruit sugar is not the same as processed sugars. It’s critical for your health and the health of your loved ones that you understand this. I know it can be hard to let go of what you may have been told before, but fruit has more to offer you and your health than you can possibly imagine. To find out more about why fruit is so critical and why fruit has been given such a bad rap, you can listen to my Fruit Fear radio show and read the Fruit Fear chapter in my book Medical Medium.
It’s also helpful to consume plenty of salads with cucumbers and tomatoes. Tomatoes actually have their own special kind of vitamin C that can save someone’s immune system and give them extra support when fighting pathogens.
Add spinach, mache, butter lettuce, or another leafy green of choice. Sprouts and microgreens are an especially amazing addition. Throw some raw onion and raw garlic into your salads for powerful bacterial-killers, and bring in as much fresh thyme, oregano, rosemary, and sage as you can for their incredible assistance in healing bacterial issues.
If you enjoy avocado, you can add some slices of that too. You can read about the undiscovered physical, spiritual, and emotional healing benefits of each of this powerhouse foods in Life-Changing Foods, which also includes 50 wonderful healing recipes.
The most miraculous food to include when fighting acid reflux is celery juice, which you can learn more about and get the recipe for in Thyroid Healing. Drinking a 16oz glass of straight celery juice (don’t add anything else to it for best results) every morning on an empty stomach restores the glands in the stomach that produce the seven-blend hydrochloric acid.
There are undiscovered subgroups of mineral salts in celery juice that contribute to this process and ensure the hydrochloric acid is produced. Even drinking four to eight ounces of celery juice every morning can do wonders in healing acid reflux and heartburn. If you are experiencing bad acid reflux, you can even do two 16oz glasses of straight celery juice a day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon or before dinner.
Antibacterials
Eating a diet full of fruits and vegetables will naturally support you in your fight against the bacteria causing acid reflux. In truth, fruit is the most amazing antibacterial and liver healing food available to us. However, there are additional things we can do to fight the pathogen, such as including the following supplements.
Goldenseal, elderberry tea, cat’s claw, and oregano oil are all incredible antibacterials that can be included on a regular or semi-regular basis. You can also consider licorice root tincture or tea and olive leaf because these herbs fight bacteria and help eliminate the gas that the bacteria produces that medical communities are unaware of.
Another wonderful antibacterial is aloe vera. You can make aloe vera water, which is the most powerful way to have aloe, or drink aloe vera juice, or you can even cut open an aloe vera leaf, scoop out the gel and eat that directly.
Additionally, considering adding herbal teas like fresh thyme tea, peppermint, elderflower, and lemon balm to your daily regimen. These herbal teas are powerful antibacterials and should not be underestimated.
As always, please consult your practitioner before beginning a supplement protocol to discuss dosages. And when finding the right supplement, please visit my supplement directory. I have spent many hours bringing these together on one page.
These are the exact supplements I personally trust. Not all supplements are created with the same integrity and there are many supplement companies out there that do not provide their consumers with the high quality products they promise.
Moving Forward
Now that you know the truth about what’s behind acid reflux and heartburn, you can take the steps needed to reduce and heal these conditions. If you are able to do one thing to improve your health today, celebrate that success and look forward to tomorrow when you can take another step toward healing.
Focus on lowering your fat intake and drink celery juice every morning as you can. Enjoy plenty of vibrant, healing fruits and delicious salads. I have helped so many people over the years heal from acid reflux and heartburn from these simple lifestyle changes, and you too can experience healing and relief from this condition.
(Note: Some visitors may search for the spelling "catsclaw" or "cats claw" when searching for "Cat's Claw". These are local or regional variations on this beneficial herb.)
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