Anyone else ever tried that for acid reflux? I stumbled upon this home remedy online last night and gave it a try today. Some people swear by it, some say it doesn't do anything but taste bad. I agree with the tasting bad, but it sure seems to have helped. All I did was put a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar in a small glass of water and drink as much of it as I could stand. It could just be coincidence that my stomach feels better, though, so I'll have to see how it it does over the next few days. If this actually works, I'll be shocked. And happy.
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Also, whenever you can, chopped real peppers, green , red, etc, jalapeno, you eat them in your food and it forces your stomach to build up a resistance to various things after a couple months. At least that's what my doc said. Hasn't worked yet though.
I hate peppers, so attempting to eat them with enough frequency that they could even have a chance to work is very unlikely for me. I'm game to keep up this apple cider vinegar thing for several days, though. Sometimes those wacky old time remedies actually work. I'll keep you posted.
there is alot of weird stuff out there.
Once I had an ear ache and my grandmother stuck a rolled newspaper in my ear and lit the top edge on fire ...
was there a freak out ... yes
did it work ... yes
So there is defently things out there that take a step back and go What?
but they work
plus you get use to the flame.
I think there is a misconception here ... the part you stick in your ear is not on fire, it's the otherside of the funnel that is on fire.
Heat?
Light?
Smoke?
The draft sucking air out of your ear?
Newspaper absorbing the pus?
Fear?
Attention of a loved one?
Inquiring minds want to know...
warmth is soothing ...
LOL what can I say tejano people have strange solutions to biting questions.
(you thinks that's weird, wait until they think someone has given you the evil eye.)
If the problem is hydrochloric acid from your stomach escaping upward, eroding the lining of your esophagus, it seems counter-intuitive to drink another acid, further lowering the pH.
Prilosec OTC works best for me.
Acid reflux is nothing to fool around with. My dentist identified mine when my back teeth started eroding.
This is something you should discuss with your doctor.
When I first started experiencing acid reflux, it was cured by accident when I took antibiotics for a sinus infection. It must have been a little bacterial infection making a little ulcer down there.
When it came back later, it was more stubborn, and required Prilosec (which BTW interferes with Calcium absorbtion, or so I hear), to heal.
Some folks get relief from Pepcid, which is actually a kind of antihistamine that prevents food allergies from stimulating excess acid production.
Wierd things can happen if you let these things persist, but its hard to determine causality. I developed an allergy to cow protein. Small amounts of milk, or cream cheese, or ice cream, or a hamburger, first caused me NASTY acid reflux, and eventually respiratory and lower GI allergies. If you have an ulcer, it allows your food to come into closer contact with your immune system, which can cause new food allergies to develop, as I understand it.
Prilosec is great stuff, and it's supposed to be used for limited periods, to let your ulcers heal. After 14 days, you stop, and if the symptoms come back, you're suppose to consult a doctor, because your problem might be something serious, like cancer, which WON'T heal by simply reducing the acid for a few weeks.
So MY doctor says, "Ah, just keep taking the Prilosec". I guess he doesn't want me to get scoped, any more than I want to experience it.
I've SEEN Alien. They're NOT sticking that thing down MY throat...
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And Trystan: I eat peppers all the time: green, red, orange, yellow, jalapeno, AND the red ones in Chinese food. Raw or cooked, I never noticed any harm or benefit, but some folks can't eat them. OTOH, tomatoes and tomato sauce (more acid) are definitely NOT friends to MY stomach.
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Other advice I have received:
Eat smaller meals.
Lose weight.
Stay upright until your stomach empties.
Eat earlier, so your stomach has emptied before you go to bed.
Coffee, chocolate and peppermint are irritants; avoid them.
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It's completely illogical for vinegar to help, I know. The explanations I read basically said that sometimes the stomach overcompensates for an under production of acid and that's how you end up with too much. By adding some with the apple cidar vinegar (which, according to the internet, can cure... pretty much everything), the stomach stops ramping up production. And since the vinegar moves through quickly, it's not going to be a cause of trouble itself. It's all anecdotal, of course, but it's not going to hurt me to drink a tablespoon of it a day for a week. My stomach certainly hasn't gotten worse.
Glad you mentioned teeth because I'd forgotten that I should be drinking this through a straw. I don't think it much matters unless you drink it long term or in larger quantities (or undiluted), but in the long term, apple cigar vinegar will ruin teeth enamel as much as stomach acid can. I've only had a few cavities, but they're all on the sides of my very back teeth. I suspect its from acid reflux.