The Medical Freedom Channel

“It’s not necessarily what you are eating that is causing your acid reflux — it could very well be what you are doing after you eat. For instance, does your job require you to bend over all the time? Are you wearing tight-fitting clothes? Do you eat late at night and then go straight to bed? Maybe the answer to your problems lies in your bed –- pun intended. In 2006, Dr. Lauren Gerson, a gastroenterologist and associate professor of medicine at Stanford University in California, published an article in the Archives of Internal Medicine that said raising the head of your bed was one of two ways to decrease acid reflux symptoms (losing weight was the other). The study found that even dietary restrictions were not as helpful in combating acid reflux as raising the head of the bed.” [editor’s note: Amen! Having suffered from “GERD symptoms” in the recent past, I made a point of not going to bed too soon after eating, taking probiotics (or even just a little yogurt) on a regular basis — and being smarter about what I ingested. Now, when I pay a little attention … no more problems - SAT] (09/02/08)