I'm replying to you, but I hope Katie sees this as well. Yes, absolutely, apple cider vinegar DOES work, and very reliably. It's every bit as good as Pepcid or Xanax or whatever else you find works for you, but in fact it has none of the well-established drawbacks of those formulations......meaning it's actually considerably better. And it's not even man-made...it's natural!

This is only my anecdote, but several times in the past year I have found myself nearing bed, hours after having supper, and find I'm belching acidic fumes and knowing I won't do well in bed lying down. I remind myself to swallow at least one full tbsp of straight (yikes!) ACV, nothing added, and you don't need the sugar or honey (! calories!). I kid you not, the feeling of reflux and indigestion stops within a minute or two, and I can literally go to bed with maybe one more burp, not a belch, and it isn't acidic.

There's a reason this works: the pyloric valve at the top of your stomach is activated by the presence of stomach acids. If you eat a meal, but don't produce sufficient acid to lower the PH in your stomach sufficiently, the pyloric valve doesn't get the signal to close itself. If you run straight ACV, no dilution....straight...down your esophagus, the pyloric valve takes that as the cue to close itself, and with that you stop an GERD or reflux.

It works.