Heartburn

[odirish]

Does anyone suffer from heartburn since starting Atkins? I went to the E.R last night thinking that I was having a heart attack. I have never been so scared in my life. The Drs. ran a thousand test and decided on Acid Reflux. I had a mild case of this last week also. It was plenty scarey. The good news is that mine heart is strong, my cholesteral is good and since I exercise alot, my resting heart rate is 48-49 BPM. Any thoughts?

Mary Ann

[JoanOH]

I wish I had an answer for you. All I can say is that DH and I used to eat SO many Rolaids that we actually bought them by bulk -- pre-Atkins. I don't believe I've had one Rolaid in the last 7 months -- it didn't even dawn on me until I read your post.

Sorry you had to go through such a scary episode. :hug Perhaps someone else here will have more experience with it than I do.

Joan J

[Becky Sue]

My mom has GERD which is hiatial hernia, acid reflux. She was told to eat early, no later than 4:30pm. so your food will be digested and out of your stomach before bed time. She also takes Nexium, when she can get samples, because it is expensive!!!
Hope this helps
Becky

[Betty]

Sorry, I had acid reflux bad before Atkins, but since being on this WOE, it is all gone.

Sorry you had such a scare, but glad your heart checked out fine.

[odirish]

I had wondered if it had been a change of diet. Either way, at least I know it isn't my heart. Now onto the problem of being stalled out. This always happens after Induction (which was a month ago). I'm still stuck at 166.

Mary Ann

[deborah jane]

Hello Mary Ann
I get heartburn if I eat too much at any one time. Didn't happen when I wasn't on Atkins. I suppose we tend not to eat such a large amount of food on Atkins but sometimes it just happens & our insides aren't used to it any more.
I too have stalled after induction but I didn't lose very much. So I am eating more (therefore heartburn!) in order to go back on induction next week to see if that helps.
All the best
Deborah Jane

[roshan362]

hello mary jane
i did have an episode of heartburn for the first 3 weeks of doing atkins,had the checkup and tests at docs and nothing showed up so he suggested it may be a certain food intolerance that was causing it.
through sheer elimenation i found out it was a brand of cheese and cucumber that was bringing on my heartburn,since elimenating those foods i no longer have any problems ...just a suggestion you might want to explore

sharon

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[MotherOfGizmo]

I have GERD which has developed into Barrett's Esophogus, no fun! :nono But the above advise about not eating or drinking anything near bedtime (they told me 3 hours!) and not eating large amounts of food in one sitting is the same thing my doc told me. They advise eating 6 small meals a day instead of 3 big ones, it does help, if you can fit it into your schedule. I take prescription Nexium every morning and prescription Zantac 300 every nite before bed! That's alot of $$$ every month, so try to manage it now before it progresses as far as mine did!

[mon]

Hi, :thumbsdo:

I got intergestion the first week from eggs,I on my 6th. week now ,use to the eggs --no more intergestion.

I just think my body had to get use to different food..

: :ThumbsUp

[Tweet70977]

Hi I am new here ! I seen your post and I have had heartburn before Atkins. I still have it some but not as bad. I lost before on Atkins and when I was on it I never had heartburn the last time. I drink (caffeine)coffee . I also drink the diet cherry coke(caffeine) . If you have heartburn stay away from Caffeine it will cause is everytime. Also stay away from mints just because some are low in carbs Mints causes you to get heartburn. Just thought I would let you know from my experience what I have learned. :yes