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Summary: This Book Really Works!
Review: As a traveling musician I ate a lot of junk food, drank a lot of lattes and ate many meals at odd, often late, hours. Needless to say, I ate a lot of Tums too.
I had been suffering badly for maybe a year, to the point where I was literally losing my voice, before I finally went to see a doctor. His diagnoses was acid reflux and he prescribed Prilosec. For how long? Forever.
Besides the expense, I didn't want to be on medication if there was the possibility of a cure. While looking through books in the Health section I came across this one. The title certainly spoke to me ... "No More Heartburn." What did I have to lose? I bought it and followed it.
I was totally blown away when the diet in this book actually cured my acid reflux!! And I lost 10 pounds to boot. The week the burning actually went away seemed like a miracle. I just could not believe that it was actually gone! I was so thrilled that I began telling anyone I saw popping an antacid to buy this book.
I've told so many friends, family and fellow musicians about this book that I feel like a crusader for the author. Now I would just like to say publicly, thank you Dr. Rogers for a fantastic, educational book that really, really lives up to the title!!
I was just on Amazon looking up the book for another friend when I decided to share my experience with all of you. If you have a problem like I did ... get this book!!
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Summary: No More Heartburn by Sherry A. Rogers, M.D.
Review: At last, some truth about the subject of heartburn and from of all places, a real M.D.Sherry A. Rogers, M.D., is a great writer and makes the whole subject of heartburn "digestable" for the average person. I would guess that people will be able to toss out those expensive pills when they fix the underlying problem with the information provided by Dr. Rogers in her book. This is one book that some who make their living off heartburn would like to see burned.
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Summary: Simple, Effective Methods of Permanently Stopping Heartburn!
Review: Did you know that taking antacids (even prescription acid blockers) can make your heartburn worse? If you didn't know that, reach for this book instead of your medications the next time heartburn strikes.
For years, I suffered from bloating, gas, acid stomach, acid reflux and all sorts of other unpleasant side effects. I'd just about given up hope when I first read about Candida yeast infections. Then, examining my diet, I realized that I might have a stomach and intestinal tract full of Candida. I followed a Candida elimination diet . . . and kissed all of those symptoms good-bye . . . never to return.
The advice in this book is the best single source I have seen on how to diagnose why you have heartburn and related symptoms . . . and how to treat yourself without medications to restore a healthy balance to your system.
We are taught by advertisers to think that acid in our stomachs is the enemy -- not true! Acid in our stomachs is the first line of defense we have against infection while being the primary way that we break down foods so we can absorb healthy nutrients.
When we have trouble with acid, it's usually because our stomach lining has been compromised by a bacterial or yeast infection . . . which is most easily killed by having more stomach acid. If we stop or neutralize stomach acid, we just let the infection get worse.
For those of you who like to work with your physicians, this book also tells you what tests to ask for and how to interpret the results. It's a credible source, too, because Dr. Rogers is a well-known expert on environmental medicine who knows a lot more about these subjects that your physician probably does.
What will your solutions be? It's hard to tell, but you are likely to have food allergies, sensitivities to other substances, a lack of helpful bacteria from too many antibiotics and an unhealthy diet. Change what you eat and consume according to the suggested order in this book, and you can make rapid progress towards finding something that will permanently eliminate your problem. Dr. Rogers also has lots of suggestions for how to achieve temporary relief while you are curing the sources of your heartburn.
Is it important to stop heartburn? Yes! Your acid reflux can eventually cause cancer of your esophagus. Don't let that happen.
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Summary: Life Saving Book
Review: Dr. Rogers' book enabled me to cure my reflux and improved my quality of life tremendously. I'd suffered from daily reflux for many years. Doctors had prescribed different medicines, and done endoscopies, but nothing helped sufficiently. In desperation, I searched for a good book and found "NO More Heartburn." I started using her DGL protocol and cut out some junk, and as a result my reflux improved 90%. Then, thanks to the confidence these results gave me in integrative, high tech medicine as practiced by Dr. Rogers, I found an experienced local integrative physician, Dr. Len Saputo, who ran some of the tests recommended in the book. As a result, I've been taking supplements to correct nutritional deficiencies, now avoid foods I am sensitive to, am chelating the many heavy metals in my system, etc. This has cured by reflux (I rarely get it now), and improved my other health problems tremendously. For over ten years I've suffered from several medical conditions that doctors' could not improve, but just cover up with drugs. Thanks to Dr. Rogers and Dr. Saputo, my quality of life has tripled! Now I recommend Dr. Rogers' and Dr. Saputo's books to people I care about. Your health is worth the few bucks the book costs. Give it a try!
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Summary: unproven and untested.
Review: I bought this book for an alternative look at some of the potential causes of GERD and other stomach ailments. While Dr. Rogers does indeed present an alternative perspective, I find one of the central tenets of her book - the thesis that Candida albicans is involved in most GI tract problems - puzzling and devoid of evidence. Although what she says makes sense on the surface, she provides little external support for her thesis. This is oddly annoying since she goes to the trouble to report medical literature for other aspects of the book, but fails to do so for one of the most important parts of the work. Her anecdotal evidence of having worked with patients doesn't really cut it for me, and I found myself doubting her at the end. It seems to me that this book is simply a vehicle for shameless self-promotion and an advertisement for her other books. If you're interested in alternatives, I'd check the over-used but nevertheless sensible Dr. Weil. Don't waste your money on this book.
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Summary: No more heart burns
Review: I was a sort of testing laboratory for many doctors for a reasonably good period of time and wasted a lot money and time. Dr Rogers book was a blessing for me as it has saved me from multiple health problems I was facing over a period of time. He also tells you to avoid junk food, the major cause for heartburn and take some supplements to adjust the nutritional shortages.
Since I have been on this diet, all the cravings for junk food have gone. I was someone who lived for sugar and now I do not want any of it. I use to crave coffee in the morning as well but realized I didn't want that wired up feeling & acid stomach. I switched over to a caffeine-free coffee substitute made from soyabeans I found on the net at www.S o y c o f f e e.c om. It so easy for someone to tell you to eat less, but if you are craving bad foods, eventually you will fail. In the first five days I was on this diet all the craving ceased and I was already 8 lbs down. If you were like me and cannot wait for your next slice of cake and at the same time really want to change your lifestyle, Try this.
This book will definitely help people with Heartburn and other related problems.
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Summary: Don't Be Misled By the Title!
Review: This book is awesome! Very important information for anyone interested in the gut & the variety of symptoms it exhibits in today's Western society. Did you know Tagamet prevents the body from detoxifying diazinon (take this antacid, mow your newly pesticized lawn & develop endocrine cancer in 6 months!) She discusses pharmaceuticals & their side effects, but more importantly, deals with the positives - which foods to eat, how to substitute, how to CURE candida (recurrent candida sufferers rejoice!). She informs us about H.pylori (60% of the elderly have this bacterium, & it WILL cause stomach cancer) and how to treat it holistically. Dysbiosis, leaky gut, constipation, GERD, reflux esophagitis, hiatal hernia, dyspepsia, gall bladder disease, diverticulitis, Crohn's, colitis, ileitis & parasites are covered in an easy to read format that doesn't just inform you, it GIVES YOU THE PROTOCOL! I've used this book extensively as a reference when preparing for lectures on the gut & digestive system. Very valuable, very helpful. Just wish the title somehow encompassed the idea that almost ALL stomach/gut problems are dealt with within its pages.
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Summary: Don't Be Misled By the Title!
Review: This book is awesome! Very important information for anyone interested in the gut & the variety of symptoms it exhibits in today's Western society. Did you know Tagamet prevents the body from detoxifying diazinon (take this antacid, mow your newly pesticided lawn & develop endocrine cancer in 6 months!) She discusses pharmaceuticals & their side effects, but more importantly, deals with the positives - which foods to eat, how to substitute, how to CURE candida (recurrent candida sufferers rejoice!). She informs us about H.pylori (60% of the elderly have this bacterium, & it WILL cause stomach cancer) and how to treat it holistically. Dysbiosis, leaky gut, constipation, GERD, reflux esophagitis, hiatal hernia, dyspepsia, gall bladder disease, diverticulitis, Crohn's, colitis, ileitis & parasites are covered in an easy to read format that doesn't just inform you, it GIVES YOU THE PROTOCOL! I've used this book extensively as a reference when preparing for lectures on the gut & digestive system. Very valuable, very helpful. Just wish the title somehow encompassed the idea that almost ALL stomach/gut problems are dealt with within its pages.
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Summary: Excellent Book - prove it by trying it!
Review: This is an excellent book. I had been suffering from signs and symptoms that doctors were having much difficulty diagnosing as well as giving me any long term results. As for the review title questioning the proof, when you actually try the authors methods most of you will find the proof. Reading something only helps if you actually apply the advice and not give up before attempting the application. This is an excellent book and can really help a lot of people.
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Summary: Forget Heartburn, My Head Hurts
Review: This is one of the most disorganized books I've read. (People should probably not self-publish) It was choppy reading and didn't flow well at all. Did not enjoy her Sky-Is-Falling attitude regarding commercially made & marketed drugs, since we all know these types of drugs have done good in our little lives. But like others, I wish for more natural choices and found one in her book that has helped me tremendously: DGL. So if you can find your way through the book and the drug company bashing, perhaps she'll help you as she did me with her suggestions of natural aides. Just remember, makers of natural remedies don't have to meet any agency qualifications and can be potentially harmful.
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