338 User Reviews
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(Knoxville, TN)
10/28/2008
Casey, you said you had severe pressure in your chest... was it more the center of the chest or under your left rib cage... I am experiencing major pressure under left rib cage and the drugs, ACV, etc. seem to be doing nothing. This is only my first day using ACV, so I will give it more time. Thanks.
(Charles Town, WV, USA)
10/31/2008
Hello, in answer to your pressure in the chest issue... I have esophageal cancer and a hernia, I also get the pressure in the chest and it seems to be related to the early digestive process. I strongly urge you to try sitting up straight to take pressure off the stomach, and try to breathe deeply. Tums may help some, but I found it really didn't get to the pressure area. I think you need to speak with your DR on this, make sure that the pressure is not from a twist in the intestines or hernia.
Eating right and staying away from coffee is also important. (Take it from me, black coffee is not your friend).
Some of the earliest signs of cancer go undetected because today's society makes indigestion as common a reference as overeating. But it IS serious, and can make your life painfully change if you do not address the situation medically. If you have not been to the doctor, go. The pressure in my chest is what caused me to go, and although it was from air in the herniated area of the stomach (where it comes into the chest cavity) I would never have caught the cancer until it was deadly. Don't take unnecessary risks with your life. It is too short as it is.
(Phoenix, Az)
04/18/2010
instead of liquid apple cider vinegar, try tablets. the liquid is harsh to take, I know!
Apple Cider Vinegar
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I was suffering from acid reflex for years, as far as I remember - I kept on taking TUMBS to ease the pain every time I got A.F problem. I got some sleepless nights and that burning sensation - sucks!!!
Recently I was surfing the net for some organic remedy, I found this site - So I tried ACV (two teaspoonfulof ACV with water). And oh boy, it works!!!
Thank you so much for all the help and you guys made my day.
Organic is better than some chalky and dry medicine...yack!!!
Cheers to all!!!
(Atlanta, Ga)
01/29/2010
I have had nausea and vomitting after eating for several months.The only treatment that made a substantial difference was Apple Cider Vinegar with honey in water.
Over the months I realized I have too little stomach acid and adding the vinegar provides acid. In general, if you are short on stomach acid vinegar will work well. If it doesn't you have too much stomach acid.
Remember, the symptoms for too little and too much stomach acid are the same !!!
If you benefit from vinegar, try betain hydrochloride as an acid replacement as described by Dr.J.Wright and others.
Most of the time, when there is a shortage of stomach acid, there is also a shortage of pancreatic enzymes. This can be corrected by taking pancreatin tablets (enteric coated).
There is another benefit to take pancreatin, it is alkaline, meaning it neutralizes acid. So, you don't end up with too much acid in the body. One can test the capacity of both supplements by mixing the pulverized tablets (acid and pancreatin) in water and see what proportion results in a neutral pH (7). Used some pH paper for testing and wait until a permanent pH is reached ( up to an hour).
Apple Cider Vinegar
(Willow Grove, Pennsylvania)
10/09/2008
The wound in your esophagus didn't cause your acid reflux. It is the result of the acid creeping back up your throat and damaging your esophagus. Prevacid takes care of my acid reflux, and when I run out of it, I swallow a spoonful of balsamic vinegar. Try it.
Apple Cider Vinegar
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(Washington, DC)
09/24/2008
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Huge NAY for Apple Cider Vinegar to treat Acid Reflux. I tried it after reading the site. The cider hurt my stomach and made my symptoms much worse It kept me up until 3am. Tread carefully.
(Montrose, CO)
09/25/2008
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Dan, when I first tried the ACV I had the same reaction. Do try it again it works!!!! I have had acid reflux for about 3 years - ACV does work..hopefully you will try it again...good luck cause it is painful..now I'm cured.
Apple Cider Vinegar
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Apple Cider Vinegar
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** one tiny thing: My upper right lip started tremoring as soon as I finished with the 16oz glass. By morning it looks like cold sores where coming out, but they were dead! No pain, no itching, no redness. They were gone by 8:00am. The lip still tremoring, though, any thoughts...?
EC: One of the remedies on this page might help with the lip twitching: https://www.earthclinic.com/cures/eye_twitch.html
Apple Cider Vinegar
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Apple Cider Vinegar
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Apple Cider Vinegar
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Now, my question is this: Do I need to keep taking ACV? If so, for how long? Forever? Or does it "reset" the stomach to go back to "normal" amounts of acid production?
So in my mind, a "treatment" would necessitate taking this continually, whereas a "cure" would mean that you take it for some duration, then you are able to stop taking it without further symptoms.
And second question: I have been unable to find a consensus about dosage. I have been taking two teaspoons about 4x each day, spread throughout the day. This seems to be working, but is there a better, optimal protocol?
thanks
Dana
9/8/2008: Dana writes: "Hi again, another question. What are the long-term ramifications of taking the ACV?
And I am taking it plain, in water, with no baking soda. I have mild blood pressure issues, so I don't want to add sodium to my diet. Is there any problem with taking this ACV straight into the water, without sodium bicarbonate?
thanks
Apple Cider Vinegar
Thanks...G
Apple Cider Vinegar
Has anyone else with AR experienced this? I am THRILLED to have found this website, began eating apple slices and using the ACV this morning, along with Calc Phos, Nat Phos and Stomach Calm per my nutritionist. When I told her about the 3 recent medical diagnoses [after I had tested "negative" for AR this past summer with her], I asked, "How do I deal with this conflicting evidence?" TRUST YOUR BODY, she said. What an AHA moment that was! Thanks, Sheila
Apple Cider Vinegar
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Apple Cider Vinegar
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(Los Angeles, CA)
10/10/2008
Dean, When you say you got scoped and your "throat looked bad" what do you mean. I am a singer, missing some of my normal range and resiliancy, so I got scoped. I was told I had Acid Reflux and it's irritating my larynx. It would be helpful to know more about what you feel in your throat. I suffer hoarseness, gravely sounds, and a mild feeling of a sore throat always. Thanks!
(Sydney, Nsw)
05/31/2010
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I am also a singer who suffers from a hoarse voice apparently from acid reflux. I have recently started taking cider vinegar and havent had medication for two weeks. I have to watch what I eat ,chilli's are a no go and I have cut back on coffee. I find yogurt is soothing but the acv seems to be working as well or better than what the medication did.
In Australia 1 in 3 people over 50 suffers from reflux ...I feel mine may have been stress related, so probably its time to start a bit of yoga and meditation to help keep the stress in some sort of relative order.
Apple Cider Vinegar
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(Los Angeles, CA)
08/21/2008
Kristi from Peoria AZ 8-20-08: Can you please tell me the name of the Apple Cider Vinegar supplements and what store you purchased them from? I am looking for the same thing. Thank you. Jeff
(Warwick, RI, USA)
07/11/2009
Hi, I have had acid reflux for many years, I just started to get breakthru HB, my omeprazole stopped working and the Dr. tried a few other meds, that started to give me diarrhea. I discovered this site about 4 days ago, I stopped the meds and am trying to do the ACV w/the mother. I am on my 4th day and the acid is still not gone. I started with 1 tbs, in a small amount of water 3x a day, for the first 3 days, then discover that I was suppose to be mixing it with a 8 oz glass of water. I started that and still have the HB. How long should it take to start working. I realize that bad acid reflux, for 7 or so years might take some time to clear up, but most people seemed to have much quicker results then I have had. Any help would be much appreciated.
EC: HB = Heartburn
Apple Cider Vinegar
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Not one of those medications worked, and with each new medication, I kept telling her that it would take about a week to work, I just lied to her) to get her off my back. But I felt so emmasculated, because there was nothing I could do for the pain. Finally I read a book on nutrional healing and it told me to take Apple Cider Vinegar, to increase the acid and normalize. I didnt think much of it at the time, mainly because for the last year we thought she had too many. But one evening she woke up, she said she couldnt breath and was having the worst heartburn of her life. I Didnt know what to do, so I ran to the 24hour grocery and picked up ACV. Gave her a Tablespoon in a glass of water, and the pain went away in a few minutes.
And for the first time in about a year she has been able to sleep an entire 8 hours without waking up.
I can't believe Doctors dont know about this, and if they do why do they prescribe medication that clearly doesn't work.
To Robert from Toronto: To answer the why? It is called job security, if the doctors told you that ACV would solve the acid indigestion problem, you would not keep coming back for another prescription. Another thing to consider is that the strongest union of all, the AMA, will try to put any doctor recommending anything they can't control will try to put them out of business.
