Would be grateful to HPers, including our expert nutritionists, for any suggestions on natural treatments for this condition. Have found a bit of info online, e.g. here but any other thoughts would be welcome .
Masha
Would be grateful to HPers, including our expert nutritionists, for any suggestions on natural treatments for this condition. Have found a bit of info online, e.g. here but any other thoughts would be welcome .
Masha
This is slightly different from gastro-oesophageal reflux (GERD). The information and advice on your link is mostly sensible.
I think though there is more than one thing going on for this to happen as it does. I always ask 'why'?'.
I think there is a mechanical aspect - ie the sphincter not closing properly or a hiatus hernia allowing the stomach contents to regurgitate. But it is not burning the oesophagus, so the contents cannot be very acid, otherwise heartburn would be a predominant symptom. If the mild acidity can larynx then it can cause problems there because it is even more sensitive than the oesophagus. Hence I feel the problem is LACK of adequate amount of stomach acid.
This is often caused by advancing age, stress, autoimmunity knocking out the acid-producing cells (and B12 absorption too), and other possibilities too. Lack of stomach acid often causes the food (proteins) to 'sit' in the stomach a long time waiting to be digested - meanwhile the carbs are broken down and CO2 is produced which causes burping and regurgitation.
Another possibility is food intolerance - but that's a whole long story on its own. The protocol will involve healing the gut, digestive enzymes and suitable mechanical advice (checking for HH - doctor))
Does that fill you in a bit? A registered [url]Nutritional Therapist[/url] should make all the difference in guiding through the protocols and avoiding the problem in the future.
Thank you for the thorough and enlightening advice Caroline 
Masha