Dropping Acid: The Reflux Diet Cookbook & Cure

"Dr. Jamie Koufman is the pre-eminent reflux physician-scientist in the world. This cookbook is the culmination of the many years of her dedicated work on the subject of laryngopharyngeal reflux, focusing on how patients can modify their diets to better treat this insidious condition."

Ramon A. Franco Jr., M.D.

Director, Division of Laryngology

Harvard Medical School

"Dropping Acid is a culinary masterpiece with the potential to transform the treatment of reflux disease. It is another breakthrough from Dr. Jamie Koufman, one of the most innovative minds in medicine."

Peter Belafsky, M.D., Ph.D.

University of California Davis

"Dr. Jamie Koufman has rekindled for us the physiologic link between the stomach and throat. Her contributions have redirected science and benefited the care of millions."

Clarence Sasaki, M.D.

Director, Head & Neck Unit

Yale School of Medicine

Dropping Acid: Th­e Reflux Diet Cookbook & Cure is the first book to offer a nontraditional diet to help cure reflux, as well as the best and worst foods for a reflux sufferer. Using her extensive research, Dr. Koufman defines this shockingly common disease and explains why a change in diet can alleviate some of the most common symptoms. Her recipes use tasty fats as flavorings, not just as main ingredients and include a variety of dishes that prove living with reflux doesn’t mean living without delicious food.

Meeting Dr. Jamie Koufman completely changed my life. My symptoms of chronic cough and shortness of breath had been diagnosed since my childhood as asthma. Dr. Koufman identified that I had reflux, not asthma, and guided me step by step how to cure it. I have my life back and I owe it all to Dr. Koufman's insight and help. -Suze Orman, Host of the Suze Orman Show, CNBC

If you'd like help after reading this book, read my blog, JamieKoufman.com, and if you still need support, book a consultation at KoufmanConsulting.com.

An estimated 100 million Americans suffer from "acid reflux." Incredibly, nearly half of them don't know they have it.

Over the past few decades, reflux has become one of the most widespread and misunderstood, yet potentially preventable, diseases of Western civilization. It can cause untold damage to your health and pave the way for serious diseases such as esophageal cancer, currently the fastest growing cancer in the United States. Reflux was once thought of as a disease that struck only the middle-aged and older, but its victims today are as likely to be in their 20s and 30s. Its symptoms go beyond the heartburn and indigestion of yesterday to include hoarseness, chronic cough, asthma, trouble swallowing, even sinus conditions.

Why the sudden shift? As you will learn in DROPPING ACID: The Reflux Diet Cookbook & Cure, the answer can be found in our diet. In the 1970s, the Food and Drug Administration raised the levels of acid in prepackaged food as a way of discouraging bacterial growth and prolonging shelf life. Their motives might have been admirable, but they failed to anticipate the adverse health consequences. Today, many of the prepared foods and beverages we consume are just as acidic as stomach acid itself. Fortunately, there is a cure. With the new understanding of how diet affects reflux, Drs. Koufman and Stern enlisted French Master Chef Marc Bauer to create 75 delicious, healthful recipes using only "good for reflux" foods. The result is one of the world's healthiest and most sustainable diets, one that integrates science, medicine, and culinary art in a bold new way.

Consider this book your wake-up call. DROPPING ACID offers a groundbreaking approach to low-acid, low-fat eating. It will have you feeling better and living healthier-and it just might save your life.

Dr. Jamie Koufman has lectured widely both nationally and internationally and is one of the world's leading authorities on reflux. For almost three decades, her pioneering research has focused upon acid reflux as it affects the voice and airway. She is Professor of Clinical Otolaryngology at New York Medical College, and Founder and Director of the Voice Institute of New York, one of the premier comprehensive voice treatment centers in the world. Read her blog at JamieKoufman.com

Dr. Jordan Stern is a well-known otolaryngologist and the founder and director of BlueSleep, a comprehensive sleep apnea center in New York City. Since 2007, he has been featured in the The New York Times "Top Docs" every year.

Chef Marc Michel Bauer is a Master Chef and Roundsman at the French Culinary Institute, where he has spent 18 years honing his culinary, technical, and artistic skills. He was formerly executive chef at Délices de France in Manhattan.