| GERD and cottage cheese are incompatible. GERD | | | | mammals stop drinking milk once they are |
| and milk are also incompatible. | | | | weaned from the mother. |
| Many people believe that milk and other dairy | | | | * Infant grizzly bears eat no honey, salmon, or |
| products will lessen heartburn, acid reflux, and | | | | berries. They live on mother's milk. Once they are |
| GERD. The truth is, however, that heartburn and | | | | weaned, however, they never again drink milk. |
| milk, GERD and cottage cheese, or any other of | | | | * Infant cattle do not graze on grass and |
| dozens of combinations may only make the | | | | sagebrush. They live on mother's milk alone. Once |
| problem worse. | | | | a calf is weaned, however, it never again puts |
| National Heartburn Alliance's Heartburn Guide | | | | milk into its stomach. |
| If you call the National Heartburn Alliance toll free | | | | * Infant lions, tigers, and domestic cats rely on |
| at 877-471-2081, you can request a copy of their | | | | mother's milk for all nourishment. When they are |
| heartburn guide. What will it tell you? It will advise | | | | weaned, that comes to an end. They become |
| you to stop heartburn, acid reflux, and GERD | | | | meat eaters, and never drink milk again. |
| before they begin. To help you do this, they | | | | * Humans are the only mammals that continue to |
| color-code various food groups. | | | | drink milk into adulthood. We become adults, able |
| * RED: Red means stop, of course. If a food is in | | | | to digest strong meat, but we still want milk with |
| this category, you should stop and rethink | | | | that meat - or coffee - or tea. |
| whether to risk eating it. | | | | No GERD, Heartburn, or Acid Reflux |
| * YELLOW: Use discretion in eating these foods. | | | | It is thought by some that when milk is the only |
| * GREEN: Normally acceptable foods that seem to | | | | food in the stomach, the gastric acid is neutralized. |
| have little potential for causing heartburn, acid | | | | No heartburn or GERD. Neutralized acid allows milk |
| reflux, or GERD. | | | | proteins to survive and deliver essential |
| Dairy Products | | | | hormones, immunoglobulin, and lactoferrins to the |
| GERD and cottage cheese make up only one | | | | body. Milk stops digestion. It puts the process on |
| combination against which the National Heartburn | | | | pause long enough for the survival of substances |
| Alliance warns. Dairy products in general fall into | | | | that nurture and protect infants. |
| the red and yellow categories of their guide - | | | | But, they say, milk was created to be alone in the |
| foods that GERD patients will want to avoid or | | | | stomach. Milk should not be combined with animal |
| eat cautiously. | | | | flesh from the prey, grains, grass, insects, or any |
| "Red" foods for those who suffer GERD and | | | | other kind of food. |
| similar complaints are cottage cheese, ice cream, | | | | Put milk in the stomach with other foods, and it |
| milk shakes, and sour cream. They seem to have | | | | will prevent the stomach from doing its |
| omitted regular milk, but other sites include it. | | | | designated task. GERD, heartburn, or acid reflux |
| "Yellow" foods for GERD sufferers include low fat | | | | can result. |
| cottage cheese, cheddar cheese, frozen yogurt, | | | | Caution: The author is not a medical profession. |
| mozzarella, 2 percent milk, skim milk, and yogurt. | | | | The information in this article is for educational |
| Possible Explanation | | | | purposes only. If you have persistent GERD or |
| Some believe milk is a perfect food for infants of | | | | related complaints, please see a physician for |
| any species, but not for adults. Other species of | | | | advice. |