Hi Catherine, how are you doing since last year Feb 2013?
Since I last wrote my LPR has improved. Not cured. But I have almost a normal life. I keep my Vitamin D score hovering at 70-80 and get 10-15 minutes of sunshine every day. Something about sunshine can't be replaced.
After much research and connecting the dots, I think low D levels may be one of the main reasons for the UES to develop atrophy of sorts and not close off the stomach acids that rise in most people all the time. Low D levels affect the strength of muscle tone I have a hunch. And I have a hunch I have been very low D levels most of my life. It results in so many illnesses, they are too long to list.
Even though I got my D levels up where they should be I suspect that low D levels for too many decades causes permanent damage.
One of the facts that I ran across, as I continue my research, is that the esophagus is similar to bone tissue. Like cartilage and therefore needs Vitamin D. In fact, what I have researched is that the entire esophageal system is lined in Vitamin D receptors. In fact all our organs are. That right there is a clue to what I believe caused my LPR. It's a hunch but I feel strongly it has a great deal to do with it.
Obviously our eating patterns in modern society are the pits. There is not doubt about that. But I keep coming back to why children and babies get LPR. They have not eaten for that long to develop sphincter strength issues. In our cases, low hormone D levels illnesses presented in esophageal dysfunction. But low D levels effect everything in the body. And the list of illnesses one can get being low D is so long...scientists are still learning about what it does in our body.
I'd like to know how you are doing. I have a life now and test often and keep my D levels at 70-80 score and LPR fades away but not cured. If I have garlic, raw onions or tomatoes of any kind I quickly find out that LPR is still there but not severe. Please write and let us know how you are.
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Hi Catherine, how are you doing since last year Feb 2013?
Since I last wrote my LPR has improved. Not cured. But I have almost a normal life. I keep my Vitamin D score hovering at 70-80 and get 10-15 minutes of sunshine every day. Something about sunshine can't be replaced.
After much research and connecting the dots, I think low D levels may be one of the main reasons for the UES to develop atrophy of sorts and not close off the stomach acids that rise in most people all the time. Low D levels affect the strength of muscle tone I have a hunch. And I have a hunch I have been very low D levels most of my life. It results in so many illnesses, they are too long to list.
Even though I got my D levels up where they should be I suspect that low D levels for too many decades causes permanent damage.
One of the facts that I ran across, as I continue my research, is that the esophagus is similar to bone tissue. Like cartilage and therefore needs Vitamin D. In fact, what I have researched is that the entire esophageal system is lined in Vitamin D receptors. In fact all our organs are. That right there is a clue to what I believe caused my LPR. It's a hunch but I feel strongly it has a great deal to do with it.
Obviously our eating patterns in modern society are the pits. There is not doubt about that. But I keep coming back to why children and babies get LPR. They have not eaten for that long to develop sphincter strength issues. In our cases, low hormone D levels illnesses presented in esophageal dysfunction. But low D levels effect everything in the body. And the list of illnesses one can get being low D is so long...scientists are still learning about what it does in our body.
I'd like to know how you are doing. I have a life now and test often and keep my D levels at 70-80 score and LPR fades away but not cured. If I have garlic, raw onions or tomatoes of any kind I quickly find out that LPR is still there but not severe. Please write and let us know how you are.
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