Also, the content of your diet has a direct effect on digestive health. The more narrow, processed, and high in sugar your food choices are, the more your digestive system is skewed to process these foods. This leads to harmful imbalances and side effects that negatively affect digestive efficiency. Summary Cheng J, Ouwehand AC. Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease and Probiotics: A Systematic Review. Nutrients. 2020 Jan 2;12(1):132. doi: 10.3390/nu12010132. PMID: 31906573; PMCID: PMC7019778. Many adults manage to control symptoms by adjusting their eating habits and making lifestyle changes. It may start with you clearing your throat often or noticing some mild voice changes. Perhaps nothing too bothersome at first. But as fluids rich in pepsin, an enzyme which digests local tissues and causes inflammation, is refluxed into your windpipe, you begin to notice symptoms. Your bodies natural response to this is to produce mucus. Naturally you clear your throat. You often notice this gets worse for you after eating or when lying down at night. Over time, the repetitive cycle of reflux, pepsin exposure, mucus production and you clearing your throat, damages your larynx and vocal cords. Again, it may be fairly innocent at first.

Both are incredibly soothing and anti-inflammatory which will help ease your throat and your whole digestive tract. So, while they will ease your symptoms, they should also lessen your acid reflux symptoms and effects too! Adults often have a cold or the flu before they develop LPR. These conditions may make the vocal cords more sensitive to stomach acid. That was over a year and a half ago now and to this day she hasn’t relapsed. She’ll notice a mild cough reappear when she consumes certain foods or beverages. The difference is now she’s aware of how much she can get away with as she strikes a healthy balance. One between the foods that nourish her and the foods she enjoys.Ziverel; in addition to helping to protect the lining of the oesophagus this can also help repair of its lining. It is currently undergoing evaluation in LPR. When you are working towards healing and curing yourself you will likely want and need some aid to allow you to ease your symptoms and heal faster. I personally have tried a host of things like medications, throat spray, lozenges though mostly they tended to make things worse than better. Over the years I was having some issues and I ate good food. I got the “don’t eat this” list (all good foods) from doc with no further explanation. It was not getting better so I started eating bad food. This could save money, eliminate the risk of side effects, and provide a person with the other health benefits associated with following a plant-based diet.

That said, the wrong bacteria such as H Pylori or Clostridium Difficile (C. Diff.) can grow out of proportion in your stomach. For some of these bacteria, the process of decomposing food leads to fermentation and excess gas production which causes bloating (a common reflux symptom). Normally, this fermentation process should occur in the colon where it can be expressed through the anus. However, under the wrong conditions bacteria that normally colonize the colon are allowed to proliferate in the gut. One 2020 study found that people with silent reflux who eat a diet that is low in protein but high in sugary, acidic, and fatty foods experience more episodes of reflux than people who adjust their diet to increase their intake of protein.Nanda MS. Role of Adjuvant Lifestyle Modifications in Patients with Laryngopharyngeal Reflux Disease in Hilly Areas. Int J Sci Stud 2016; 3(10):114-118. I had the same symptoms, how ever I'm feeling a little better. I'm still working on getting better. I know what to do...i just need to continue the process. Dhillon, V. K. & Akst, L. M. (2016, August). How to approach laryngopharyngeal reflux: An otolaryngology perspective [Abstract]. Current Gastroenterology Reports, 18(8), 44

For adults with silent reflux, some lifestyle changes can keep the throat from becoming dry and irritated.Paradoxically, the other leading root cause of acid reflux is low stomach acid. You read that correctly, it is not high, but LOW stomach acid that often leads to acid reflux. There are many reasons for this. The first, and perhaps most obvious is the fact that reduced stomach acid impairs digestive efficiency which leads to indigestion. High stomach acid is required to efficiently dissolve your foods and prepare them for further digestion as it passes along the gastrointestinal tract. Excessive Belching – Copious burping goes hand in hand with silent reflux, as frequent exposure stomach gases is the cause of the vocal chord damage and burning sensations in the esophagus and mouth.

This means applying foundational diet and lifestyle changes first, continuing therapies that give you improvement, and only then moving toward more specific and targeted therapies. (You can learn all about this approach to improving your gut health in my book Healthy Gut, Healthy You.)She was a very active spin instructor and personal trainer for several years. Janet was “healthy” by all standards. She never smoked a day in her life. Also call your GP or 111 if you have any other concerns about your baby. Treatment for reflux in babies Take apple cider vinegar capsules (not liquid as it is corrosive) for prebiotics and to kill harmful pathogens