Your acid reflux won't heal because you're treating the wrong thing. 🔬

Your acid reflux won't heal because you're treating the wrong thing. 🔬

Acid reduction may be one piece. It is not the foundation. And focusing on the wrong problem is exactly why so many people stay stuck on PPIs without ever feeling resolved.

Here is the hierarchy most protocols skip 🔬

🔹 Barrier repair — your mucosa cannot heal under continuous pepsin exposure, no matter what your pH looks like. Enhancing your LES (anti reflux barrier) is what will help reduce pepsin exposure
🔹 Motility — slow gastric emptying creates pressure that overrides every other intervention
🔹 Tissue protection — alginate therapy physically blocks acid reflux and pepsin
🔹 Nervous system regulation — sympathetic dominance reduces vagal tone and undermines LES function on its own

You cannot start at acid suppression and expect the rest to follow. The order matters. ⬇️

🌿 The full sequence is in my YouTube — the mechanism I wish I knew when I was suffering with GERD

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Видео Your acid reflux won't heal because you're treating the wrong thing. 🔬 канала Molly Pelletier, MS, RD | The Reflux Dietitian