By: Arthur Cooper
Submitted: 2011-03-03 21:44:40 | Word Count: 664
Natural treatments for gastro intestinal reflux disease (GERD) are simple to find and safe to take.
Most people don’t realize that the cause of their GERD is from treatments that only cover up the symptoms of GERD. At least a natural cure won’t have adverse side effects and can buy you time until you find the right natural cure for you.
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When you fail to cure the cause of your heartburn, acid reflux or acid indigestion, because you blocked all acid reflux symptoms, your acute or sudden acid reflux becomes chronic.
That’s all GERD is . . . chronic heartburn.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, “Nothing happens at the symptom level. Change only takes place at the causal level.”
Natural treatments for GERD are always better than unnatural treatments for GERD, no doubt . . . but treatment still only “treats” symptoms of GERD.
The great thing about a nutritional approach to GERD treatment is at least you’re contributing something toward your cell health and the natural healing process, where as drugs do nothing to nurture your cell health.
In fact all prescriptive drugs are designed to slow down your own detoxification process by chemically inhibiting your kidney and liver. This action keeps the drugs in your body longer . . . otherwise your immune system will identify them as poison and eliminate them quickly.
I’m not a physician, but it doesn’t take one to tell you that if you have GERD, acid rebound or even the early stages of heartburn, the last thing you need is to burden your healing process with harmful chemicals.
Bottom line is if you’re even considering treatment for the symptoms of GERD, you need to think twice about what the real cause of your GERD is.
Before you had GERD, you most likely had acid rebound, right? Do you remember how you got acid rebound? Odds are it was an adverse side effect of taking a Proton Pump Inhibitor (PPI), like Prilosec. These drugs cause acid rebound . . .
Remember before acid rebound? You may have had a bout with Hiatal hernia and before that acid indigestion, acid reflux and heartburn.
Everyone is different, but this GERD timeline may help you gather a better idea of why you’re looking to GERD treatment. At least you’re looking for a natural treatment for your GERD, but if you don’t start addressing the root cause, odds are your symptoms might continue to get worse, leading to surgery or worse . . . even throat cancer.
Go back to the basics and you’ll discover the natural cure for your GERD, or should I say, “a natural solution to help your healing system eliminate the original cause of your GERD suffering.”
The natural treatment for your GERD is a step in the right direction, at least until you learn what will help you heal yourself using one of the many natural cures available.
You were born to heal,
Todd M. Faassé
Health Advocate
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