This category is covering Laryngopharyngeal Reflux or LPR for short. It is a form of acid reflux that can affect the throat, sinuses and more.
A burning throat with no heartburn is one of the most confusing symptoms in all of reflux — because it doesn’t feel like reflux. There’s no burning behind the breastbone, no sour taste rising after meals, none of the classic signs. Just a raw, hot, irritated throat that won’t …
Burning Throat but No Heartburn? What It Usually Mean Read More
If you’ve noticed silent reflux and weight gain creeping up together, you’re seeing a genuine two-way link — but probably not the one you’d expect. Silent reflux doesn’t have a direct metabolic switch that packs on fat. What happens is subtler, and it runs in both directions. On one …
A persistent sour taste in the mouth is one of the most common giveaways of acid reflux — and often one of the first signs people notice before they ever connect it to their gut. When stomach contents travel back up, the acid can reach the back of the …
Sour Taste in Mouth: Is It Acid Reflux, and What Helps? Read More
The feeling of food stuck in your throat is unsettling, but it splits into two very different situations — and telling them apart is the most useful thing you can do. In the first, there’s a persistent sensation that something is lodged in your throat even when you’re not …
Food Stuck in Throat Feeling: Reflux or Something Else? Read More
Health anxiety and acid reflux feed each other, and the engine that keeps the cycle turning is something that feels helpful but isn’t: checking. When reflux gives you a lump in the throat, a burning chest or a tickle that won’t clear, health anxiety makes you monitor it — …
Health Anxiety and Acid Reflux: Breaking the Cycle Read More
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