Dropping Acid Reflux Diet Cookbook Reviews Summary

Effectiveness of Diet

Pros:

• "Followed it to the letter and cured my reflux!!"
• "I have modified my eating and have noticed a lot of improvement in the symptoms, and also a slow weight loss."
• "When my husband did the 2 week induction diet he got an immediate significant improvement in his vocal ability."
• "The diet is working. I am so thankful for the book and what it has returned to me after 2 years of relying on a medication that could have been harming me."
• "I’ve taken up this diet and I have stopped needing to take antacids."
• "I am now cured from gastritis and Gerd thanks to this book and the book 'Ulcer free!' by G. Halpern."
• "Literally the day I started doing this diet, I began feeling better and my symptoms improved gradually over the next few days."

Cons:

• "I have no doubts that this diet would be effective. The problem? I couldn't stick to it."
• "I bought this book thinking that i will find the cure for my reflux problems, the cure is not there!!"
• "I began Dropping Acid diet (followed religiously for several months) and saw little improvement."
• "After following her guidance I’ve developed food allergies and lost a significant amount of weight because of all the foods I took out of my diet."
• "The 'Induction Reflux Diet' is still way too generous for me in terms of what it allows."
• "The recipes often call for too much acid, including vinegars, lemon, tomatoes and citrus."
• "I must say…. I regret buying this book! I have done enough research to know that the ingredients in the recipes contradict the food items that you should be eating while trying to heal from acid reflux."

Quality of Information

Pros:

• "The information and list of foods in this book is fantastic."
• "This book takes the mystery out of acid reflux."
• "I read it from cover to cover as soon as it arrived. This book has everything one needs to know about 'silent reflux' otherwise known as LPR, Laryngophylangeal reflux."
• "You'll appreciate all of the information and quickly identify with the causes effects detailed by the authors."
• "The book is extremely informative, explains each subject very well; which is very important for the average person that has no knowledge of the medical language."
• "Terrific explanation of LPR, Laryngitis Reflux inlay terms."
• "The sections describing LPR, how it works and how acidic food affects you are well presented, sufficiently thorough and easy to understand."

Cons:

• "Bought this book for my grandchild that has problems. The book was interesting but I didn't feel it was worth the price for the amount of information."
• "I wanted to really like this book but the information seemed inconsistent to me."
• "Yes, the inconsistencies in information is maddening."
• "I have suffered from acid indigestion from the time I was a kid... I was disappointed there was no real scientific data to support the long lists of foods to avoid as suggested by the authors."
• "The book is not precise enough about the first stage of the diet, it can be confusing about the first stage and the recipes given in the book."
• "This book only attempts to deal with the symptoms, and very little, if nothing, is said about our stomach."
• "The acid chart is very minimal and one can find more comprehensive lists lists on the internet."

Recipes and Cooking

Pros:

• "There are some good recipes."
• "The recipes are interesting, and include some really weird combination that I would never have put together."
• "Worth every penny. Although it did not cure my acid reflux, its many recipes help with this chronic problem."
• "The recipes are also easy to follow and delicious."
• "I love the recipes in this book, too. Many are pretty easy to make."
• "The recipes in the book are tasty and in fact they recommend eating ginger to solve issues."
• "The recipes seem OK, although some are too time consuming for me, others are quick and easy."

Cons:

• "There was not one recipe in it I would be tempted to make."
• "I didn't like the recipes. They are totally contrary to my way of eating."
• "The recipes are complicated and need special foods not available readily at the local supermarket."
• "The recipes are not that many, some of which pretty useless (how to make oatmeal, really?!?!)."
• "Wish the book had some recipes to help beginners to whip-up a tasty meals specially if you were not a great vegetable lover."
• "The cookbook portion of this book is ridiculous!"
• "The recipes are a joke as they don't follow her prescription for health."

Usability and Accessibility

Pros:

• "I looked at it quickly and was pleased with how easy it was to read."
• "It was easy to read and I tend to use it in the kitchen as a reference from time to time now."
• "The first third of the book was informative."
• "This book has been such a HUGE help to me in my quest at preventing acid reflux from happening."
• "The explanatory chapters regarding silent reflux are clearly written and easy to understand."
• "This book gives you symptoms, foods to eat and to avoid, and recipes."
• "I've been using this book for a little over 4 weeks and when I started, my voice was almost gone, and in a lot of pain... I noticed after 4-5 days my voice was coming back and it's been regaining strength day by day!"

Cons:

• "This is an older edition of the book (2010), which I didn't realize until after I had read it."
• "The website which is referred to in the book for further info. is a little difficult to navigate thru."
• "I found mistakes and some recipes left out of index. The cookbook section needs better editing."
• "Not only are ingredients not in the order of the order of the directions, they use measurements of volume when they clearly want measurements of weight."
• "I will need a personal chef to prepare these meals they are time consuming."
• "The recipes call for obscure items that you either can't find in the store or would only use once and maybe twice."
• "The recipes may be fine if you own a restaurant and want to cater to the GERD crowd but not at all home cook friendly."