Berberine can go either way with acid reflux, and the honest answer is that it depends on your situation — because it has never actually been studied as a reflux treatment. It’s a plant compound with real antimicrobial and metabolic effects, so on paper it could help reflux indirectly …
Colostrum — the thick “first milk” a cow produces in the days after calving — is genuinely rich in the growth factors and immune compounds that help repair a gut lining, and there’s real human evidence that it can reduce “leaky gut,” the increased intestinal permeability behind a lot …
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An elemental diet is a short-term liquid formula of pre-digested nutrients — free amino acids instead of whole protein, simple sugars instead of complex carbs, and very little fat — designed to be absorbed high up in the small intestine before it can reach the bacteria lower down. For …
Elemental Diet for SIBO & Reflux: Does It Really Work? Read More
Acid reflux doesn’t cause a headache the direct way it causes heartburn — there’s no acid splashing up into your skull. But the connection between reflux and headaches is real, it’s been shown again and again, and it’s more than coincidence. People with reflux get migraines and tension headaches …
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pH-impedance testing is the one reflux test that catches reflux no matter how acidic it is. A standard pH study only sees reflux when the material coming up is acidic — below pH 4. pH-impedance adds a second sensor that detects the movement of liquid and gas up the …
pH Impedance Testing: The Test That Finds Non-Acid Reflux Read More
A barium swallow is an X-ray study, not a reflux test. It’s very good at showing the shape and plumbing of your oesophagus — a hiatal hernia, a stricture, a ring, a narrowing, a pouch, or a swallowing problem — and it’s the go-to test when something feels like …
Barium Swallow for Acid Reflux: What It Can (and Can’t) Show Read More