Natural Heartburn Relief

Name:
Earl Mathias

Location:
Lafayette, California

Story:

Complain to your MD about heartburn, and he or she is bound to reach for the prescription pad and put you on some drug that has a pull-out instructional warning the length of both arms. Knowing that my mother's liver was ruined by prescription drugs, I sought advice from a naturopathic doctor. After working with an elimination diet plan, she made one simple dietary change I could remember easily: nothing white at night. No white bread, white sugar, white pasta in the evening--and lo and behold, I don't have the burning ache in my throat or upper chest anymore. I feel great and I'm not taking the drugs. 

It's a wonder that we see night and day advertising for heartburn drugs, when my experience tells me that people just have to be coached to make the necessary lifestyle changes--and they'll prevent all sorts of trouble for themselves. Why aren't we teaching seniors this, instead of just paying for their growing drug habits?! I'm 78, and plan on following the advice of this ND from now on.