In her book, Dropping Acid: The Reflux Diet Cookbook & Cure (Reflux Cookbooks), Koufman teams with ear, nose and throat surgeon Jordan Stern, M.D., and French chef Marc Bauer to introduce a healthy eating plan for people with acid reflux. Diet changes, as well as medication, are effective treatments for the condition. As a result, they and their doctors assume they’re suffering from allergies or sinus problems. One reason, says Koufman – an authority on acid reflux, as well as a sufferer – is that some experience atypical, “silent” symptoms, such as coughing or postnasal drip. But more than half don’t realize it, says Jamie Koufman, M.D., F.A.C.S., founder and director of the Voice Institute of New York, a treatment center for reflux, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) and other conditions that affect the voice. In this exclusive interview, we ask a leading medical expert to share symptoms, treatments and recipes for relief.Ībout 100 million Americans have acid reflux, a condition in which contents of the stomach back up to the esophagus or higher. T hink heartburn and indigestion are the only signs of acid reflux? Turns out a nagging cough or hoarse throat could signal the condition too.
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