This category covers Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease or GERD for short. GERD is a severe form of acid reflux with the most common symptom being heartburn.
Melatonin is best known as a sleep hormone, but it plays a much more significant role in your digestive system than most people realise — and for people with GERD or LPR (silent reflux), it’s one of the more evidence-backed natural options available. The gut produces around 400 times …
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Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is a chronic condition involving a persistent burning, scalding, or tingling sensation in the mouth — commonly affecting the tongue, gums, lips, inner cheeks, and roof of the mouth. It can also produce a dry mouth sensation, altered taste, or a bitter metallic taste in …
Burning Mouth Syndrome & Acid Reflux: The LPR Connection Explained Read More
If you have LPR or silent reflux and you’re looking for a medication that actually helps — this is it. Gaviscon Advance, specifically the UK version, is the best medication you can take for LPR and the one I personally recommend to everyone I work with. It works nothing …
Gaviscon Advance for LPR: Why the UK Version Is the Only One That Works Read More
The Stretta procedure is a minimally invasive, endoscopic treatment for GERD and LPR that uses low-level radiofrequency energy to strengthen the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) — the valve between your oesophagus and stomach. It doesn’t involve any cutting, requires no hospital stay, and takes around 60 minutes. For people …
Stretta Procedure for GERD & LPR: Success Rates, Cost & Side Effects Read More
GERD and LPR are both forms of acid reflux — but they are not the same condition, they cause different symptoms, they affect different parts of the body, and crucially they require different treatment approaches. Confusing the two is one of the most common reasons people end up on …
GERD vs LPR: What’s the Difference and Which One Do You Have? Read More
The Koufman diet — also called the Dropping Acid diet — is a low-acid, alkaline-focused eating plan developed to reduce laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) and GERD by limiting foods and drinks that reactivate pepsin in the throat. It runs in two phases: a strict healing phase that eliminates anything below …
Koufman Diet Review: Does the Dropping Acid Diet Work for LPR? Read More
