By: Anne

Anne — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 20:18:18 +0000

I agree with Regina about your book… it did cost considerably more here in South Africa; I suffered GERD for 4 years off and on, since my doctor gave me cortisone for a month after an asthma attack caused by the smell of paint in my home. The cortisone left me with an irritated floating hernia and when I was tested, it was shown that the oesophagus does not close; No matter what I ate, within the hour the vile burn would start.
I changed my way of eating, no starch and protein- this worked for about a year!
I stopped eating acidic foods, also worked for a year. During that time I was taking powders for keep my body alkaline!
This year the reflux came back so badly that I was considering getting the fundoplication op even tho’ I disagree with what they actually do! I was at my wits end when I got the DIET WISE book. I have read it once only….. and have not even implemented your eating plan yet…. BUT… I have already found many things I can no longer eat without suffering from the burn.
I am still on a learning curve, but now I can mix starch and protein and it doesn’t do any harm! Like Regina, potatoes are out all together, that was a big part of our diet in Scotland! Sweet potatoes go down very well.
I have always enjoyed salads, but tomato or green/yellow/red pepper I can no longer eat. Lentils, barley, split peas are off my menu, due to a very ‘bagged up’ feeling after eating them in soup or stew.
I happily eat green veg mostly, and have no problems with them at all.
Bread too, is fine- and that’s ANY KIND!
I will do the diet in the book when I get more time to re-read it, but doing the little bits I have done, …. my bed is now lowered down to level! You may think that is nothing, but when you cannot even lie down flat because of the ‘burn’…….. I am enjoying my food so much because I do NOT have the oesophagus burn half an hour after eating!
I look forward to continuing to feel good for a very long time, thanks Prof Keith.

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