Portable and Reusable Alkaline Water Bottles

Ever since 2012 when a research paper came out suggesting that drinking alkaline water (pH 8.8) may help with symptoms of reflux by deactivating a stomach enzyme called pepsin, patients have increasingly switched to high-pH water for this health benefit [ more info ]. Unfortunately, obtaining alkaline water typically required purchasing many plastic bottles of alkaline water over time which is not exactly environmentally friendly. Due to such environmental concerns, several companies have…

12/15/2018 0

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Mediterranean Diet Works as Well as Medications in Reflux Treatment

Image courtesy of KEKO64 at  FreeDigitalPhotos.net New York researchers have discovered that a modified Mediterranean diet worked as well as PPI medications in resolving LPR symptoms ( laryngopharyngeal reflux ) which include globus , chronic cough , phlegmy throat , constant throat-clearing , etc. The comparison study group that used PPI medications utilized esomeprazole ( Nexium ) twice daily or dexlansoprazole (Dexilant) daily. In fact, the modified Mediterranean diet group had…

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