Many people today that have GERD wonder if they will be forced to live with this excruciating disease for the rest of the lives. The answer to that question is a very strong NO. That being said, it is not just going to magically disappear by itself overnight if you do not take proactive action to cure yourself.

If you or somebody that you love has GERD, more than likely it started out as a mild case of heartburn. As the time went by, and you continued doing the same things over and over that were causing the heartburn, it went from being a mild case, to a severe case.

 Can I cure GERD?

At this point it is still controllable, and the pain is not that intense. But, since you did not know what was causing the heartburn, you continued down the same path, and it eventually developed into acid reflux disease. Now, the pain has jumped up a few notches, and you might have gone to a doctor to see if they can cure it.

If so, and if you had a very good physician, they would have told you that acid reflux disease cannot be cured, but they can give you drugs to help control the pain. Now, if you had a really really good doctor, at that point they should have told you that the medications are not a long term solution, and you are going to need to change your life style.

 GERD never goes away, is there something I can do about it?

If you happen to ask them what you should do, they would have either answered, “I do not know, they do not teach that in medical school” or they would have handed you a sheet of paper called the “Bland Diet”.

If you followed any or all of the recommendations mentioned above, and you were still doing what you were doing that caused you to come down with acid reflux disease that is precisely why it has now advanced to GERD.

Let’s try and use an example that most people can relate to in an attempt to explain this. If you have a small soar on your arm, and every day you accidently spilled a few drops of acid on it, would that soar ever heal? The answer is obvious, that soar will not only will it never get better, it is going to grow larger and larger, as long as it is coming in contact with the acid.

 A GERD Diet can cure acid reflux disease.

The patients that have GERD are basically doing the exact same thing to their digestive organs, as the example we used above. They are letting the acid from their stomach come in contact continuously with both their esophagus and lower esophageal sphincter (LES). When this happens, they are harming those organs, and day by day they are getting worse and worse. This is precisely why patients that have GERD will tell you that the pain keeps getting more and more intense, each time they experience an attack.

If and when you are ready to cure yourself completely, end the pain forever, and return to your normal life once again, it is certainly all possible. All you need to do is to go on a very easy to understand and utilize, GERD diet.