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From:	Jessica (99.127.253.163)
Subject:	HORRIBLE ACID REFLUX! PLEASE HELP!
Date:	July 14, 2012 at 3:46 am PST

Hi Dr. Graham, I have been doing 80 10 10 for the past month after being in
the process of transitioning to this lifestyle for the past 6 months. After
approximately 2 weeks on this diet though I began to experience horrible acid
reflux symptoms that have not gone away and are just getting increasingly
worse. My chest burns, my back burns between my shoulder blades, and my
throat feels very sore, swollen, and raw (no pun intended).

I am very worried about this outbreak of acid reflux I am having since my
beloved father died December 5, 2010 from esophageal cancer.

Prior to starting to follow the 80 10 10 diet I was following a cooked vegan
diet and my acid reflux was under control and I had no symptoms. During
that time, as well as for the first 2-3 weeks of doing 80 10 10, I was taking
Prevaicd 30mg two times daily. My horrible acid reflux started after starting
80 10 10 and while I was still taking Prevacid two times daily. 1 week ago I
stopped taking the Prevacid at the advice of people on the 30 bananas a day
website. Since then my acid reflux is the same as it was before - bad. The acid
reflux I have experienced since starting 80 10 10 is the worst I have ever had
in my life.

At first when I started this diet I was not combining foods properly, nor eating
enough greens, but for the past 1-2 weeks I have been eating mono meals or
meals with 2 well combined fruits as well as consuming 4 huge stalks of
celery and 16 cups of baby spinach each day that I blend up into a juice like
consistency using water and my vitamix.

For the past 2 weeks I have stopped consuming all citrus fruits, sweet corn,
cauliflower, and nightshades. In addition to eating celery and spinach on a
daily basis, my diet consists of grapes, cherries, bananas, mangoes, lychees,
cantaloupe, and honeydew. When I eat any of the above fruit (besides
bananas) the fruit stings my throat, and within 30 minutes or sooner my
stomach, and back start to get a burning and sour feeling. My acid reflux is
now at the point that it is waking and keeping me up at night.

I drink 2-3 liters of water a day, get 7-8 hours of sleep a night, and do 30
minutes of exercise each day. I am 23 years old, 5"3, 111 pounds.

I am at a loss of what to do to make this acid reflux stop. I am very concerned
and confused as to why my acid reflux has gotten so horrible after starting 80
10 10. I am at the point where I am highly considering eating a diet of
steamed vegetables simply to stop this acidity and get alkaline foods into my
body. I want to be raw so badly, but I am at a loss of what to do since mono
meals, cutting out certain fruits & vegetables, and adding in greens & celery
has done nothing and my symptoms are getting worse by the day.

I would appreciate any advice you can offer me! I am really in need of help
here...

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