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.
Omeprazole can lower magnesium levels by impairing how much of it you absorb from food, and it’s a slow, cumulative effect — it’s been reported after as little as three months, but most cases surface after at least a year of continuous use. It’s uncommon in absolute terms, but …
Omeprazole and Low Magnesium: Symptoms and What Helps Read More
Yes — omeprazole can lower your vitamin B12, but only in a specific way and only over a long time. It reduces how much B12 you absorb from food, because stomach acid and pepsin are needed to prise B12 off the protein it’s attached to. It does not block …
If you’ve taken a proton pump inhibitor for months and your throat still feels the same, you’re in very ordinary company. PPIs work far less reliably for LPR than they do for heartburn, and the reason is mechanical rather than mysterious: they change the acidity of what refluxes, not …
Silent reflux is probably the most misunderstood condition I write about. It gets confused with GERD, dismissed as allergies, treated with drugs that often don’t touch it, and explained with a model of “too much acid” that the research moved past years ago. That matters, because most of the …
For a lot of people, yes — 16:8 intermittent fasting does help acid reflux. But not for the reason most people assume, and not for everyone. The one study that tested 16:8 head-on, using actual pH monitoring rather than questionnaires, found that heartburn and regurgitation scores dropped noticeably on …
Intermittent Fasting and Acid Reflux: Does 16:8 Help? Read More
If coffee sets off your reflux, the good news is you don’t have to give up a warm morning drink — you just need better swaps. The gentlest options fall into two camps: lower-acid ways to keep drinking coffee (cold brew, dark roast, low-acid or dewaxed beans, or decaf), …
Coffee Alternatives for Acid Reflux: Low-Acid Swaps Read More