@hsroka15 Oh no. If someone told me I had to start fasting I would have NEVER done it. But during the pandemic, I didn't have regular access to food. So I ended up eating just one meal a day, just by default. I didn't even know there was such a thing as intermittent fasting. I just ended up doing it out of necessity. Then the VA made me get bloodwork, and all my results were good. I didn't associate that with the fasting till later when a friend told me there was a "name" for my weird eating style during the pandemic. Bottom Line: If someone told me I should fast for health, I would have balked and not done it. I didn't think I could go without food for very long, but once I started eating in a compressed window, all because of the pandemic, I got used to it and liked it, and I started seeing the many health benefits. One thing I forgot to tell you in a previous reply. I think eating a gluten-free diet helped the reflux most of all. So, yes, the complex carbs were better for the reflux.