[nunez]

Right, so this paper is from a Ph.D of Botany [1] that worked at a research firm that's, from what I can surface, best known for a hydroponic algae cultivation system [2].

How did this get published on PubMed.

I have GERD. The best known way of dealing with this piece-of-shit disease is to either restrict your diet to things that won't produce as much acid (so pretty much everything good) or take PPIs for the rest of your life that might or might cause bone problems due to decreased calcium absorption (my preference).

The good news is that PPIs are manageable with vitamin/calcium supplements and yearly physicals, and you don't have to take them every day if the GERD isn't that bad.

- [1] https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-karrfalt-b60a1b49/

- [2] https://intengine.com/directory/profile/13861-renewergy-corp...

[ornornor]

I personally don’t want PPIs because they scare me. Instead when I have bad heartburn, I mix a teaspoon of baking soda (the pure kind, not the kind with yeast or whatever) with water in a glass and drink it. Sometimes a second time if it’s still there after 10–20 min.

The soda reacts with the acid in the stomach, it makes you burp a little bit makes the heartburn go away. And I believe it’s a lot less harmful than PPIs.

Been managing my chronic heartburn this way for 15 years.

[nunez]

Interesting!