Reflux Gourmet Blog

“Ahemmmm… eee…EEE!” As I did every morning of an audition, the moment I woke up, I began to vocalize to take stock of where my voice was sitting. After a minute or two of making sounds that might make my hotel room neighbors fret a cat was being tortured, it became very clear to me that getting my voice in performance shape for today’s audition would be a “journey.”

Let us begin with some basic facts about acid reflux and the Acid Watcher Diet. We are all quite familiar with the concept of acid reflux – that is, acidic material coming up from the stomach causing the equivalent of an acid “burn” as the acidic material works its way up from the stomach into the esophagus, throat, and mouth.

As a physician, my patients with reflux never kept me up at night. It seemed like everyone had it (at least 1 in 5 US adults do), and the solution was to prescribe a proton pump inhibitor, let the GI docs handle the ones who didn’t get adequate relief, and the usual things I tell my patients – lose weight, stop smoking, cut down on your drinking. Surely, something in the fully-stocked, overflowing acid-blocker aisle at every pharmacy could help.

I am very excited to be introducing our new Golden Comfort, turmeric latte mixes! I have long been a lover of chai flavor profiles. The warmth, complexity, and nuance to be cultivated in the chai landscape inspires my creative palate. In curating our Golden Comfort line of turmeric-based lattes (powdered blends to be prepared with the hot milk of your choosing), that flavor is a reality in three variations: Naked Blend (the basis of all three), plus Focus and Sleep Blends.

Liza Blumenfeld is a Speech-Language Pathologist with expertise in managing complex voice and swallowing disorders in a variety of patient populations. She is a master clinician and educator, internationally recognized as a world expert in Dysphagia care, Co-Director of the Hanna and Mark Gleiberman Head and Neck Cancer Center, and the Director of Speech Pathology…

Dr. James Clark is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Johns Hopkins and is the Medical Director of the Johns Hopkins Dysphagia and Deglutition Clinic. He specializes in the diagnosis and management of swallowing disorders, with a particular focus on deglutition issues related to head and neck cancer. His…