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Chapter heading include:
Why people get digestive diseases,
Symptoms, solutions, and when to seek help, digestive problems, Best bets for better digestion, Diet additions to aid digestion, Products and therapies what you should know, Medical tests to diagnose digestive diseases
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The Fire Inside Extinguishing Heartburn and Related Symptoms
With the writing help of Nesi, gastroenterologist Wolfe makes this single-illness monograph most engrossing. Its subject is acid reflux, the discharge of stomach acid back into the esophagus and adjacent organs, including lungs and larynx. Its most famous symptom is heartburn, but, Wolfe and other physicians have discovered, it can cause hoarseness and loss of voice, chronic cough and wheezing, the feeling of "lump in the throat," severe chest pains easily mistaken for heart attack, and even, when the acid has sufficiently damaged affected organs, fatally cancerous ulcers. The past 30 years have seen enormous strides in drug treatment of acid reflux, which Wolfe and Nesi reveal as they tell the history of heartburn as a medical phenomenon and the diagnostic mistakes and useless or harmful treatments it has spawned during its long, misleading career. Nowadays, a single drug taken in appropriate dosage can completely alleviate the worst cases of the malady, and a simple combination can end most lesser ones. Good news well told. Ray Olson
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The Great Physicians Rx for Heartburn and Acid Reflux Great Physicans RX
Heartburn and acid reflux have a nasty way of defying cure or prevention, but following the Great Physician's prescription for heartburn and acid reflux can alleviate symptoms and nip more serious problems in the bud. Acid indigestion and burning feelings in the chest often strike in the middle of the night with stabbing chest pain. At 1:30 in the morning, there are not a whole lot of options. Most approach the medicine cabinet with the fervent hope that there are a few Tums left in the bottle.
Jordan Rubin, along with Joseph Brasco, MD, is not so sure that taking antacids and powerful proton pump inhibitors best for people's healing or their health. The Great Physician's Rx for Heartburn and Acid Reflux reveals a more natural approach to beating heartburn and acid reflux based on the Seven Keys to Health and Wellness.
1 Star Not what I expected
I purchased this book thinking there would be more of a medical explanation of the causes of heartburn, as well as a straightforward plan to tackle the problem.
Instead, I found an oddly religious theme woven throughout the book - encouraging readers to "thank the Lord", etc., along with a few uninspired, complicated recipes that require hours of preparation. Not very realistic for today's busy working profesional.
4 Stars The Great Physician's Rx for Heartburn and Acid Reflux
I thought the book was informative, although I disagree with some of the suggestions. I also think that more medical information could be provided (e.g., information on PPI's, H2-Blockers, etc.). The author seems to be against anything that has to do with Allopathic medicine, and instead only emphasizes the naturapathic approach.
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Home is where the heartburn is An article from Medical Update
This digital document is an article from Medical Update, published by Benjamin Franklin Literary & Medical Society, Inc. on December 1, 1993. The length of the article is 318 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
Citation Details
Title: Home is where the heartburn is.
Publication: Medical Update (Newsletter)
Date: December 1, 1993
Publisher: Benjamin Franklin Literary & Medical Society, Inc.
Volume: v17 Issue: n6 Page: p1(2)
Distributed by Thomson Gale
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Life on the Reflux Roller Coaster
5 Stars other helpful suggestions
So, before I begin my review of this product, here's our background... our son who is currently 6 weeks has had to be sent to the hospital with gas pains so severe that the emergency room doctors were concerned that he might be trying to pass a kidney stone. Turns out he was allergic to soy, we had tried breast, standard formula and lactose intolerance formula. He had a negative reaction to all (including breast believe it or not, I went through tests also to determine what was in my milk even though I was on a mild diet.... cause was deemed later on to be for a substance need, our baby needed rice formula). So..... we tried just the rice formula with the children's mylicon with the VentAire bottles.... somewhat of an improvement, but our child was still needing to go to the doctor weekly for checkups without much success, our pediatrician would even call us daily to see how he was doing. Constipation was questioned, but was never an issue. Our breakthrough occurred when we took our son to a specialist appointment and the lady asking us if our son had excess gas since she noticed that Mylicon was listed as one of his meds. I stated quickly yes and told her of our ordeal. I was told that she was the grandmother of 5 children and a mother of 3 and had tried EVERYTHING to cure their extreme colic. The remedy they found, Hyland's colic tablets, Dr. Brown's bottles, and rice formula. After the doctor appointment I went to the store to give these products a try....... and it was like an angel had spoken to us. Our child could breathe again and was longer tense in the body, as he was making progress against constantly trying to push. I know that I'm being candid but I am hoping that this will help other parents and children that have been or will be in our situation. We are on day 4 of the product switch and WOW, he's a brand new baby! If these products can help a child who's been hospitalized, hopefully these can help yours as well. Pedialyte also works as well to help calm the tummy. I've been using tylenol every 5 hours (excluding when he sleeps) for the first week and have been continuing to use the Mylicon to help with the surface gas. Burping has never been an issue, but his burps and toots have become louder and more productive, sometimes just shifting him in our arms can help him to expel gas! I'll be making this post in numerous areas in hopes to help people.
Hyland's colic tablets, Dr. Brown bottles, Enfamil AR Lipil, infant's tylenol, gas drops is literally our formula to success.
5 Stars More people need to know about this book and this disease!
I wish I never would have been able to relate to this book, but when my son was born with reflux, finding Roni's website and ultimately reading her story helped save my sanity and get better treatment for my son through education. My son is expected to be one of the "lucky ones" who will *outgrow* his GERD by his first birthday. If only Shae-Lynne could have had that good fortune. But, if you can attribute a "reason" to a child being subjected to such horrors FROM BIRTH INTO CHILDHOOD, it MUST be so that her amazing mother and grandmother would become motivated to share their story and hopefully help others in similar situations. Having a sick child is a very alienating experience and learning that you ARE NOT ALONE is priceless. I can't thank them enough for writing this inspirational, informative and heart-wrenching book. Now we just need to get more people educated about reflux/GERD (far more than "just heartburn") and find a CURE, so that there will never be another "Shae-Lynne Story".
5 Stars Amazing!
Roni and Jean have done an amazing job of telling their story and spreading the word about infant GERD. Your heart will ache for Shae-Lynn as she struggles to eat and grow, and you will triumph at the spirit of these women.
The book has wonderful information about GERD and is written is a way that even a tired parent can understand.
My son was diagnosed with reflux at 4 weeks of age and I found Roni's online community as I was searching for answers. I later purchased her book and am glad I did!
4 Stars The Human Voice of GERD
This is a must read for anyone with a child suffering from GERD or for health professionals to understand the family componet. Ms MacLean puts a human voice on this terrible disease which is misdiagnosed many times with parents living in guilt and dispair trying to find help for their children. We assume all children will eat but those with GERD don't nescessarily. Its a 24/365 job trying to makesure your child will thrive. Thank you for putting your experience into words.
5 Stars Great book with lots of infos
I purchased this book after my son was diagnosed with GERD at 7 weeks old. I read it within 2 days and couldn't believe how many struggles and obsticles Roni and her family had to go through to get little Shae-Lynn diagnosed. I was fortuned and only had to see 2 doctors until he got the help he needed.
The book is awesome and I was crying with all the things that they had to go through, on some I just nodded my head because my son was the same way. And on other things I just felt so sorry for them and was thankful that my son's GERD wasn't as bad.
I'm also glad that they wrote this book so the public can see what parents of children with GERD got through on a day to day basis. I hear a lot from family that spitting up is normal and that he'll outgrow it but don't get the support that I need. Just too bad that they don't have it in german so my family could read it too.
Thank you so much Roni for writing this book and all the infos I got from it.
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Nutrition for Your Body Mind and Spirit
Take your first step to vibrant health and weight loss with this 115 page book complete with 10 hours of Audio (on CD) by Dr. Sorai Stuart, PhD ND. They contain detailed information, charts, food lists, recipes, formulas and more. This book has been designed to enhance your knowledge and your health. Healthy Food Combining is designed to enhance your health while alleviating numerous health maladies, which includes indigestion, heartburn, constipation, diarrhea, irritable bowel syndrome, muscle and joint pains, allergies, headaches, male and female disorders, pain, trauma plus many more health maladies. Solar Nutrition is an approach to eating foods at their most beneficial time of the day. This dietary dichotomy offers you the opportunity to obtain the greatest nutritional potency of each specific food rather than the natural or chemical pesticides. Each foods internal design is capable of absorbing either the suns solar energy or the pesticide residue, whether it is naturally or chemically occurring. Body Type Eating enables you to become aware of a useful approach towards specific short and long-term positive internal transformations. Here we utilize the body blood type, specific No No foods or combos and the wholesome healthy choices towards improving your body type. Balancing Alkaline and Acid reduces the overall aging factor while improving you. An overload of acid forming foods and lifestyle aspects ages you and contributes to your poor health status. A healthy amount of alkaline forming foods and lifestyle aspects rewards you with optimum health plus internal and external youthfulness. Physiological and esoteric information has been included for your pleasure, knowledge and understanding The material contained within the program, shall assist you with consciousness raising, thus further enhancing your mental, emotional, physical and spiritual well-being.
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Heartburn Cured was recently reviewed by the healthcare advocacy group, Pinnacle Care. Conventional Wisdom vs. New Miracle Diet Theory Conventional dietary practices to diminish heartburn include strict elimination of spicy foods, caffeine, alcohol, fatty foods, and carbonated soft drinks. Recently, however there has been growing interest in an apparent connection between heartburn and the consumption of excess carbohydrates. The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases reports, The Committee is aware of new research which indicates a controlled carbohydrate diet may dramatically reduce the incidence of gastroesophageal reflux. PinnacleCare seeks out cutting edge research and offers its Members both sides from the world of medicine: both new and tried-and-true. Many anecdotal treatments considered folly by yesterday's physicians, such as the value of vitamins, have now become accepted by the established medical community. In the case of the touted heartburn diet miracle developed by microbiologist Norm Robillard, PhD., PinnacleCare Advocate Barb MacLaverty reports dramatic results from Members who have tried the diet, including her own young daughter. Dr. Robillard, himself a heartburn sufferer who sought both relief and cancer risk reduction, developed a controlled carbohydrate approach resulting in a complete cessation of his own symptoms. His heartburn research points away from trigger foods and towards a different culprit: the ability of intestinal microbes to produce large amounts of gas from carbohydrates, but not fats and proteins. In his book HEARTBURN CURED, Dr. Robillard shows how limiting carbohydrates in our diets can prevent microbes from producing large volumes of gas, thus eliminating acid reflux. According to PinnacleCare's Dr. Varn, the diet's heartburn results need further study, yet Dr. Varn sees few risk in following the diet, Reducing high carbohydrates is helpful for weight loss which is clearly a smart move to diminish heartburn. --Pinnaclecare news letter
Review by Dr. Micheal Eades, Co-author of Potein Power "A biochemist friend of mine told me that he knew a microbiologist who had a theory as to why low-carb diets stopped GERD cold that involved bacterial overgrowth. I told my friend that I didn't think that bacteria had anything to do with it, but he persisted and gave the microbioligist my email address. The microbiologist contacted me and we agreed to meet for coffee. Norm Robillard is the microbiologist and he himself has been a GERD sufferer for years. As we drank coffee he outlined for me his theory of why GERD happens and why a low-carb diet fixes it. His theory makes perfect sense, and now that I understand it, I buy into it 100 percent. Dr. Robillard has written a book entitled Heartburn Cured that explains in detail what happens to people who are genetically predisposed to GERD when they eat too many carbohydrates and explains why restricting carbs makes it go away. The book is an excellent primer on gastroentestinal physiology written in simple terms and it should be in the library of every serious low-carber. Anyone with GERD should get a copy immediately. I have no financial affiliation with Dr. Robillard. I believe his book will become a classic. Thanks to his research and his book in several years everyone will know why GERD happens and what to do about it. I can't recommend Heartburn Cured highly enough." -Dr. Michael Eades --Mike Eades Health and Nutrition Web site, November 2005 Archives
5 Stars Heartburn Cured - For Real
Great book on the dietary causes of GERD and a very easy read. The information given, by the author, was detailed without being overwhelming to the layperson. The diagrams and illustrations really added a lot to understanding the digestive process and how various carbohydrates affect the digestive system.
3 Stars Low-carb => no heartburn: not a new concept
I have not read this book but am simply commenting on the fact that a few medical studies and tons of anecdotal evidence exist that support this book's premise. You certainly don't need to buy this book or follow his special diet to find out for yourself that eating fewer refined carbs will reduce/eliminate heartburn. I found this out accidentally when I went on the South Beach diet for several months - within 3 days I noticed I wasn't having any heartburn (normally a twice-daily occurrence that was so bad I would get headaches from the pain). This discovery was a miracle that literally changed my life and while I may not be dieting any longer, I still eat very few refined carbs. When I do indulge, the heartburn comes roaring back. So, buy the book if you're interested in this particular diet plan, but it's really not necessary if you just want to know that fewer carbs means less heartburn.
3 Stars Heartburn Cured The Low Carb Miracle
An interested concept. It takes a book to tell you something the author could have explained in one chapter or an article. I still haven't been able to try this conept so I can't say if it will work or not. This reads like a technical paper - it just isn't very reader friendly.
5 Stars What a lifesaver of a book!
You cannot go wrong with this book! Do you suffer with really bad GERD? (gastroesophageal reflux disease). Then here is the answer for you. A low carb diet stops the entire acid reflux problem and allows you to once again live a normal life. No more angling of the bed, no more waiting three to four hours after your nightly meal to lay down, no more PILLS! You can live normally again and even enjoy your wine or cocktails without agony of reflux. This is the key...carbs are sugar makers...when you digest carbs it makes lots of gas...the gas blows open the lower esophageal sphincter...and you get reflux. Without the carbs...no gas, no reflux. This is simplifying the process immensely, but it's the basics. And here's the other great part of this diet to control this disease. You can cheat and still feel good. Once a week I have a huge baked potato with butter and sour cream and no reflux results. I also have a small piece of bittersweet chocolate every other night...no reflux!
If you want to maintain a healthy weight, this is also a great diet to be on. I don't eat a lot of eggs or beef, but maintain my diet with fresh salads, fresh veggies, a lot of ocean fish and chicken. We have a piece of lean red meat once a week. You are welcome to have more, but I choose not to. I am so greatful to Dr. Robillard for writing this book and saving my life. The pain I experienced before reading his book was horrid...I hurt all the time, went to bed with a heating pad every night and cried about my life being over...but then, hallelujah...I found this book and am back to enjoying life and feeling great.
If you suffer, please, please please try this diet and read this book. Tests at Duke University back up this whole premise, but Dr. Robillard tells you why. Save yourself the pain, get off the pills, and enjoy life again. Yes there are restrictions, but the few you have to make are worth it for the benefits of feeling great again!
I love you Dr. Norm...you saved my life!
5 Stars Hello Dr. Robillard...
I have wanted to get in touch with you for some time now to let you know my results after reading your book...
Just like you claim, my symptoms (heartburn & coughing) were gone in 2 days. Four days later i stopped taking the PPI drug. A week later i was able to lay flat in bed as opposed to a 60-degree angle. What's more, i have lost almost 20 lbs. I have discovered through your method that my netcarb threshold is around 40g/day, hence the dramatic & continued weightloss- i feel so much better.
I have been telling everyone about your book and the diet (without giving too much away) And i've given out all those cards you included.
Thanks so much for your research, putting this material together and making it available!
Best to you!
//dc
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