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I am new to this but hopeful that with your help I can improve my health. I am a poet who turns 60 this year. I have a number of chronic problems and would especially welcome anyone who has experience with any of them and this change of life via food.
I have GERD (Reflux disease) and take 40 mg of Omeprazole per day--that is a proton pump inhibitor. I also have BPH (that is a benign swelling of the Prostate) for which I take 4 mg of Cardura each evening.

I do exercise regularly, which helps the BPH especially.

I leave you with this poem:

You cannot have
What isn't yours.
j

Welcome. I too had acid reflux. That was one of my first problems to go away when I switched to a McDougall style diet.

http://anti-itisdiet.blogspot.com/2007/ ... ation.html

My particular diet is a very narrow subset of the McDougall regular diet; most people don't need to do what I did.

Based on what I have seen others experience and on my own experience, you should see the acid reflux go away within a few months. That is assuming you follow the diet 100% and do a little experimenting to decide which foods work best for you.

Suggestion: Start with ...
1. The McDougall Regular Diet.

The three other diets available on the McDougall Program are:
2. The Maximum Weight Loss Diet.
3. Mary's Mini Diet, a "kickstart" for rapid weight loss.
4. The Elimination Diet, a short-term diet rarely used, and for diagnostic purposes only; it is extremely bland and difficult to follow. It is valuable for finding foods that are causing allergic reactions.

Suggestion: After you study the program (http://www.drmcdougall.com/free.html), post every meal here so that others may offer advice for alternatives or improvements.