Curt:
Assume you are totally lactose intolerant and cut out all lactose
containing substances. I've personally come to the conclusion that
acid reflux isn't an acid production problem, per se, but a gastric
propulsion problem (vapor lock, sort of) as a result of improper
fermentation of gut contents. Easy to acquire a set of gut bacteria
that cheerfully ferment complex sugars into lots of gas, very fast.
This won't move with normal gut activity, and so stomach contractions
push the contents up the esophagus instead of down the small intestine.
Acid reducers help by suppressing the fermentation via higher pH in
the intestines, but the real cause is the fermentation.
Gas-X helps a lot, since it breaks up the foam from the intestinal
gas, so does avoiding un-fermented milk products of any kind. This
includes commercial bread products and ANYTHING with milk in it (read
labels). Anything with lactose added is bad, too, and it's quite
common and not always labeled completely.
In my case, eating less also helps, if I can stick to it.....
Peter
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