It seemed my greatest problem occurred at night. Bad
habit of eating too much, spicy foods, a lot of water
intake and of course sweets. So when I say I did such
and such, it refers primarily to activities associated
with the evening meal.

I cut water down and most liquids because they dilute
the stomach enzymes (mostly Hydrocloric acid) and you
need the strongest acid you can get to digest the
foods, thus putting them in a form your body can
process further down the digestive tract. Diluted
acid is not as bad a none. If you take a Rolaid or
Tum before a meal, you remove all the acid---then your
body says produce more, much more. If you take one of
those "stop the acid pumps" type pills, then what is
the body to do. The natural body message service says
we need acid, your Rolaid or Tums says we will absorb
it, and that other pill says 'not on my shift'. So I
go with the natural message service--let the body
function as intended without my interference. I might
add, a carbonated drink also neutralizes the stomach
acids, so I do not drink carbonated drinks at
all--ever.

Hope that helps. Jay
--- clinch1964 <nv@...> wrote:

>
> --- In gerdrefluxdisease@yahoogroups.com, "mybus99"
> <mybus99@y...>
> wrote:
> > i see where you limit your water intake. i did'nt
> think water had
> anything to with reflux. if so, maybe that is why i
> still have
> trouble. sometimes i drink up to 5 liters per day.
> any comments
> thanks
> > Perhaps I should have said controlled and not
> cured. We all will
> have
> > some level of heartburn even when we try to do
> everything right--we
> > will foul up and eat too much, too spicy or too in
> combination.
> > Now to your question. When the body is in the
> healthy digestive
> > state, the stomach is in the receiving mode,
> producing acids to
> > process the food we ingest. This higher level of
> acid triggers the
> > closing of the sphincter controlled valve to
> prevent reflux of food
> > and juices. My heartburn and GERD was caused by
> low volume of
> acid,
> > so when I introduce vinegar (white), it triggers
> the closing of
> the valve.
> >
> > Your reaction to cider vinegar may not have had
> anything to do with
> > GERD or heartburn, or your overall conditions
> resulting from the
> > corrosive action of these two body actions may be
> so advanced that
> > other approaches need performed before vinegar
> would help reverse
> the
> > control back to you. I can only attest to what I
> did to solve my
> > problem and since anyone can obtain white vinegar
> from almost any
> food
> > store I thought it worth sharing. BUT, at the
> same time I changed
> my
> > night meal eating habits to milder foods, less
> water intake, no
> > carbonated drinks ever, no other combatant
> medicines for acid, and
> no
> > food after 6 PM.
> >
> > After nine years of suffering, I now have control
> and have had for
> > four months. I can travel without a bag of OTC
> medicines and large
> > bottles of Rolaids. I still have to watch what I
> eat,
> particularily
> > at night meals.
> > Jay
> > --- In gerdrefluxdisease@yahoogroups.com, Ellie
> Gunter
> > <elliegunter@y...> wrote:
> > > Why or how does vinegar close the valve?
> > > I took some apple cider vinegar one time, and it
> gave me such
> > gastritis and stomach pains, that I lost 10 lb
> from not being able
> to
> > eat anything for a month.
> > >
> > >
> > > mybus99 <mybus99@y...> wrote:
> > >
> > > I have been reading many of your messages and
> see you are
> suffering
> > > from many of the same pains and causes I once
> experienced when I
> had
> > > GERD and Heartburn. Let me suggest you increase
> the acid rather
> than
> > > decrease the stomach acid. Vinegar will close
> the spinster
> valve at
> > > the end of your esophagus and stop the resurge
> and fume and food
> > > regurging. I know, it worked for me. Jay
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