Reflux Isn't the Fire. It's the Smoke Alarm.
Your doctor's prescribe a PPI and call it a day approach will never fix your reflux.
If you're dealing with reflux and you've been told it's because of "too much stomach acid," you're likely being misled.
Reflux is a symptom, not a root cause. It’s the smoke alarm, not the fire.
And while medications like PPIs can silence that alarm, they don’t do a single thing to address the actual fire.
I’ve worked one on one with over 100 clients, and reflux is one of the most common symptoms they came in with. Want to know how many of them actually had high stomach acid as the main cause?
Maybe two. I could count them on one hand.
So what’s really going on? Here' are the most common patterns I’ve seen: