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Digestive Health | Last Active: Feb 2 10:49am | Replies (75)
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Check the ph level of the water you drink. I find that drinking water that has a ph level above 7 soothes my throat and helps prevent GERD. I drink water regularly throughout the day. I also use a special pillow that raises my head several inches, and I do not eat anything after dinner at night. Dairy, alcohol, tomatoes, carbonated beverages, and caffeine appear to aggravate my condition. I know these may sound like simple things, but for me they help.
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FYI on water. I tested my filtered water and it had a pH of 3, very acidic. Tap water was neutral. Apparently you can buy minerals to put in your filtered water to make it more alkaline, but that seems to re-introduce contaminants like lead that you were trying to filter out. Would anyone know if those re-introduced contaminants are low enough to not be of concern? I have returned to drinking tap water for now. Warm tap water (microwave for 30 seconds) is very soothing.