The Root Cause of Reflux with Michelle Shapiro, RD
Hormone Healing RD
Amanda Montalvo
4.9 • 851 Ratings
🗓️ 4 December 2023
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, I am interviewing Michelle Shapiro, an integrative functional registered dietitian who's going to unravel the confusion that often surrounds reflux treatment. We'll explore why conventional medicine's approach to reflux may not always be in your stomach's best interest, and why you may sometimes need to fuel the fire. Michelle helps us understand the contributing factors of reflux symptoms – ranging from a burning throat and chest pain to that nagging feeling of hunger paired with nausea. Michelle also cautions about supplements and touches on the complex relationship between pregnancy, hiatal hernias, and how managing stress and histamine levels plays a vital role in your health.
If you've ever wondered about the connection between stress, your thyroid, and the importance of listening to your body – you won't want to miss this episode. We also have a special Q&A waiting for you over at patreon.com/hormonehealingrd.
As always, this episode is for informational purposes only. Please talk with your healthcare provider to figure out what's best for you.
This episode covers:
- Common symptoms of acid reflux
- Causes of high and low stomach acid levels
- Connection between histamines, stomach acid, and acid-reducing drugs
- The impact of pregnancy on reflux and histamine intolerance
- Strategies for reflux relief and dietary management
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the RU. Menstrual podcast where we dive deep into all things women's health to support you on your healing journey. |
| 0:07.9 | I'm Amanda Montalbo, functional and integrative dietitian, also known as the hormone healing RD. |
| 0:13.2 | If you enjoy this podcast and you want to keep learning, check out the podcast Patreon where I share a bonus episode with additional downloadable resources each week. |
| 0:22.4 | You can go to patreon.com forward slash hormone healing RD or check out the link in the show notes. |
| 0:30.9 | This episode is brought to you by Paleo Valley. They're sponsoring us again this week, |
| 0:35.2 | helping me bring you a lot of consistent and free content. |
| 0:39.0 | So thank you, Paleo Valley. I was thinking, I'm like, ooh, what am I going to highlight for the |
| 0:42.9 | reflux episode? And I was debating because it's tricky. It's not going to work for everyone. |
| 0:48.9 | But they have an apple cider vinegar complex. This has been one of their products for a very long |
| 0:53.5 | time. |
| 0:59.7 | I mean, as long as I can remember using them. So, like, probably at least like five or six years. |
| 1:05.4 | And their apple cider vinegar complex is great for digestion. It can also be helpful for blood sugar. |
| 1:11.5 | Now, apple cider vinegar is not great for everyone with reflux. So make sure you listen to the episode before you run and purchase it. But the actual powder, the pill form I found works for a lot of people that |
| 1:19.7 | struggle with reflux more than using apple cider vinegar before a meal. But for some people, |
| 1:24.5 | that can be too triggering. So listen to the episode. Think about the kind of |
| 1:29.2 | reflux that you may have and if it would make sense for you. But if someone has been looking for |
| 1:33.8 | some sort of more natural digestive support, obviously you can use apple cider vinegar. I usually |
| 1:38.3 | recommend like one to two teaspoons and diluted in a little bit of water before meals. But you |
| 1:43.0 | could also take the Pileo Valley |
| 1:45.5 | apple cider vinegar complex if you're like, I don't like the taste of apple cider vinegar. |
| 1:50.4 | It's a really great one. It's something that I was going to do like digestive enzymes and stuff |
| 1:55.2 | with my daughter, but we ended up, I ended up going that route instead because it's really hard |
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