ACID REFLUX AND HEARTBURN -- FOODS TO AVOID

EXCERPT FROM "THE DIGESTIVE CHEMISTRY DIET"

"OK, HERE ARE SOME TACTICS THAT I USE IF MY STOMACH STARTS TO BURN.

FIRST I NEED TO TELL YOU THAT TO FIX THIS PROBLEM IT WILL TAKE A COUPLE DAYS OR MORE TO GET THE MAXIMUM LONG TERM RELIEF.

1 -- MOST IMPORTANT -- START FOLLOWING THE FOOD COMBINING PRINCIPLES CHART.

2 -- STOP EATING COOKED ACID FRUITS. HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES. BOTTLED ORANGE JUICE, BOTTLED LEMON JUICE, CANNED TOMATOES OR ANYTHING IN A CAN OR JAR THAT CONTAINS TOMATOES. EVERYTHING IN A BOTTLE, CAN, OR JAR HAS BEEN PASTEURIZED AND HAS BEEN COOKED. THE "FOOD COMBINING PRINCIPLES CHART" WILL TELL YOU WHICH FOODS ARE "ACID FRUITS".

3 -- TEMPORARILY STOP EATING STARCHES

4 -- TEMPORARILY STOP EATING SUGARS FROM ANY SOURCE

5 -- STOP EATING JUNK FOOD

6 -- STOP DRINKING MILK

7 -- TEMPORARILY STOP EATING ALL SPICES

8 -- TEMPORARILY GO ON A DIET OF --- COOK SOME GREEN BEANS IN WATER. ONCE THE GREEN BEANS ARE COOLED, ADD SOME EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL AND SEA SALT. YOU CAN EAT THIS WITH CARROTS , ROMAINE LETTUCE, AVOCADO, CELERY (CUT CELERY INTO SHORT PIECES BEFORE CHEWING WELL IF YOU EVER EAT CELERY).

TRY TO EAT THESE FOODS ONLY FOR A COUPLE DAYS 0R AS LONG AS YOU FEEL GOOD SO AS TO FLUSH OUT YOUR DIGESTIVE TRACK OF ANY CONFLICTING "BAD FOOD COMBINATIONS" THAT IS IN YOUR DIGESTIVE TRACK. THEN ONCE YOUR STOMACH STOPS BURNING, FOLLOW THE FOOD COMBINING PRINCIPLES CHARTS, AND EAT ONLY EAT FOODS THAT WILL HELP TO HEAL YOUR BODY.

9 -- STOP SMOKING CIGARETTES. ALSO CHEWING TOBBACO WILL MAKE YOUR STOMACH BURN. STOP DRINKING CHEAP BEER, AND DON'T DRINK LIQUER. THE ONLY BEER (OF THE ONES THAT ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE AT THE GROCERY STORE) THAT I WILL DRINK IS "GUINNESS DRAFT" IN A CAN. I DO NOT RECOMMEND DRINKING BECAUSE ITS ADDICTING, BUT I DO.

10 -- TRY TO SPACE OUT YOUR MEALS WITH TIME A LITTLE MORE, SO YOUR STOMACH CAN EMPTY OUT BETTER BEFORE MORE FOOD IS PUT INTO YOUR STOMACH.

IF YOU ARE CONSTANTLY SNACKING THEN YOUR STOMACH NEVER EMPTIES, AND THE FOOD THAT IS IN YOUR STOMACH NEVER TOTALLY DIGEST BECAUSE NEW FOOD KEEPS MIXING WITH WHAT IS ALREADY IN THERE, AND THEN THE WHOLE BATCH IN YOUR STOMACH STARTS TO ROT AND FERMENT.(THIS HAPPENS TO MOST PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE OF THE WAY WE WERE RAISED BY OUR PARENTS AND THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.

IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT SO DON'T BE ASHAMED OR EMBARRASSED. WE JUST HAVE NOT BEEN TAUGHT THE BEST WAY TO EAT FOR HEALTH.) IT IS VERY RARE TO EVER SPEAK TO SOMEONE THAT EVEN KNOWS ABOUT THIS. MOST PEOPLE ARE JUST PART OF THE CROWD. I THANK GOD THAT I AM NOT PART OF THE CROWD ANYMORE.

11 -- ONCE YOU ARE FLUSHED OUT A LITTLE, THEN ALWAYS FOLLOW THE "FOOD COMBINING CHARTS" THEN YOU CAN START EXPERIMENTING WITH OTHER NATURAL FOODS AND PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE WAY YOU FEEL AFTER YOU EAT THEM. RECORD EXACTLY WHAT YOU EAT, THE COMBINATIONS OF FOODS EATEN AT A MEAL, THE RATIOS OF FOODS, THE QUANTITY, THE TIME BETWEEN MEALS, YOUR ENERGY LEVEL AND MOOD, AND ANY PAINS IN YOUR BODY. OVER TIME YOU WILL START TO SEE PATTERNS AND THEN YOU CAN CONSTANTLY PERFECT YOUR DIET, SO THAT YOU FEEL AT YOUR BEST.

12 -- ALSO, DRINK PLENTY OF SPRING WATER SO AS TO FLUSH OUT YOUR INSIDES."