Hi Renee, Thank you for taking the time to read my story! :) I actually wrote it up in a blog now so that I don't have to use the one the company made. I really didn't like to look like I was advertising for the company. So here's my blog... http://help4acidreflux.wordpress.com and the title of my story is "My Journey in Finding Answers to My Children's Acid Reflux and Milk Intolerance".

Where to get alkaline, also known as Kangen, water? Well, you have to buy a machine that makes it. The machine hooks up to your faucet and your regular tap water flows through it. There are plates inside the machine that separate the water by using the minerals in it and then puts it out 2 different hoses. Alkaline water out one hose and acid water out the other. There are many brands of alkaline water being sold out there and I'm sure you can look them up on line and read reviews etc about them. We chose the Enagic brand for several reasons. One being that it is the only brand that is an approved medical device in Japan. They use it in numerous of their hospitals over there to treat patients. (Japan is number one on a scale of how healthy the country is and the USA is number 43.) :( If you go on line and research these machines you will find that a lot of companies will compare themselves to Enagic and say "we are just as good as Enagic," or " we are better than Enagic." I personally feel that Enagic is the top-of-the-line company. But you can research and then decide what kind of machine you would like to own. Here is a link to see a demo about how the water works. http://www.kangendemo.com/ If interested in the Enagic brand, here is a link to their site http://www.enagic.com/

I feel very badly for your grandchild. MSPI is tough. I hope you can soon find the answers you are looking for.

Hi guys! I don't have reflux in my house anymore but when I find something good I always try to come back here and share it since this is where we first started our healing journey 8 years ago. We have been on an SCD enhanced diet using www.pecanbread.com for years now, five to be exact and I have recently come across two other protocols for intestinal healing, improved immune function and overall health that I thought some moms might want to read about. One is the GAPS protocol which is really based on Elaine Gottschall's diet but was modified by a neurologist who had a son on the autism spectrum. She incorporated a lot of Weston Price Diet principles and a great deal of fermented foods and cultured foods to naturally populate the gut and keep digestive issues away. Her clinic has helped hundreds of people and now she is training GAPS practitioners all over the world and recovering children with autism, asthma, ADHD and allergies. Many of these same conditions are also related to heart disease, dementia, dyslexia, and cancer. Here are a few videos that I thought might be of interest and of course if you have questions for me, please do ask. I have seen amazing strides with the Weston Price principles as espoused in Sally Fallon's book Nutritional Healing. This information has been around for over 100 years and it is so shocking that doctors practicing today seem to know zero about it and 100% how to medicate and do procedures on our little folks.
Here are a few books you guys might be interested in if these videos ring true for your family's situation:

• Nourishing Traditions by Sally FALLON, (Weston Price Principles culturing, broths, fermenting, good fats A D E and K2)
• Breaking the Vicious Cycle by Elaine GOTTSCHALL (gut health and connection to many disorders of our day-based on an old diet)
• Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Weston PRICE (how he obtained all his research and his x factor k2 discovery)
• Cure Tooth Decay by R. NAGEL (a money saving book and very revealing about how to really take care of teeth) Here is the video summary and worth watching although you can tell the author is new to video making:
http://www.curetoothdecay.com/tooth-decay-...wt_m=L3QgGfkfu2pPFS
• Prescription for Natural Healing 5th edition by BALCH (a very complete reference for every ailment you could have and the natural remedies to tackle it yourself including dosing by age-wonderful resource book)
• Gut and Psychology Syndrome and Put Your Heart in Your Mouth by Natasha CAMPBELL (her books are based on the Gottschall work’s same SCD diet and are for diabetes, cancer, autism, epilepsy, etc. and you can read an interview here: http://mercola.fileburst.com/PDF/ExpertInt...ell-McBrideGAPS.pdf )
Her GAPS protocol for kids with gut issues on video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLP0Ijo2CK4
Also her Heart book summarized on video here: http://www.doctor-natasha.com/heart-in-your-mouth-book.php
• Healing the 4A disorders by Dr. Kenneth BOCK (For Allergies, Asthma, Autism or ADHD, and the case for diet, detox and good targetted supplements - how what is affecting the young population now will be affecting us all soon)
• Regaining and Maintaining Your Health by RISLEY (Cayce remedies for every ailment and a full explanation of metal toxicity in today’s foods and environments)
• Encyclopedia of Healing by KARP (the recording of Cayce’s remedies such as the wonderful castor oil packs for intestinal healing)
• The Green Body Cleanse by Dr. GROUP III ( a very good primer on environmental chemicals and toxins and gut repair)
• I would also sign up for email newsletters from www.drmercola.com He is onto some of the most pressing health issues of our day and he cites his work and sources properly.

I also have a large document with summaries of all these books along with many helpful tips I have compiled over the years. If you reply to my email address, I will happily share it with you. blessings to you in your healing journey! Amanda, mom of 4 now healthy darlin's ;-) amandakay76@yahoo.com

   When my first baby was born (5 yrs ago) he became very fussy and started having blood in his stools at a week old. To make a very long story short(er)... At first I was told he had colic. But I kept persisting so the doctor tried him on 3 different meds for acid reflux. After seeing that those didn't help the doctor got more serious and started doing different tests on my child. In the meantime, my baby screamed in pain for hours on end. He slept for a max of 10 minutes at a time and constantly had bloody diapers. We spent hundreds of dollars on gas drops and gripe water. By 12 weeks old the pediatrician was exasperated and ready to contact a specialist. Before that happened though a friend suggested that my baby could have MSPI. I quit nursing and started him on Nutramigin and kept giving him Prevacid. He greatly improved.
   I was aware of the fact that if your first child had MSPI that all your children will most likely have it too, but we wanted more children anyway. With my second one I tried to strictly avoid all milk and soy products so I could breastfeed but he still suffered from digestive problems so I sadly gave up nursing at 8 weeks and started him on Nutramigen and Prevacid. (My 2 year old was still taking Prevacid and couldn't tolerate milk or soy).
   About a year later we discovered alkaline water. It helped neutralize all the excess acid in their stomachs enough that they could quit their meds! But I continued to wonder what caused their stomachs to produce that excess acid.
  When my boys were 4 and 2 we were considering another child but I was really scared! I just didn't think I could handle another "screaming in pain baby" but hoped that by me drinking the alkaline water it would help my baby. Shortly before I got pregnant a friend suggested that I call Shan Stratton. (He is owner of the Core Health Products company, a nutrition consultant for many professional athletes and is internationally known for his heath education seminars.) The call I made to him has had a life changing affect on me and my family! I will try to tell you the basics of what I have learned from him and also from some of my own research.
   When a baby is born it has a sterile digestive system. Which means there are no probiotics (good live bacteria) in it. Probiotics are what line, coat, and protect our entire digestive tract; plus aid in digestion. A baby gets its first probiotics while traveling down the birth canal. After birth it picks them up from physical touch and breastfeeding. It normally takes up to 3-6 months for all the probiotics to be fully developed. So this can be why babies often "outgrow colic" by then.
   It is also possible for a baby to inherit an enzyme deficiency from either parent. The pancreas makes digestive enzymes and puts them in the stomach to break down our food. If the stomach doesn't have enough enzymes in it, it will make excess acid to try to break down the food. This excess acid causes acid reflux, heart burn, indigestion, etc.... and also will kill probiotics. Proteins are one of the hardest things for the stomach to break down.
  Shan told me he sold a probiotic/enzyme supplement and that they would help my boys, plus if I would take them while pregnant I would have a baby with a healthy digestive system. So, my boys and I started taking these right away. My boys improved quickly and soon could eat any kind of food they wanted without getting a tummy ache. I was surprised that my digestive problems (that I had just learned to live with and didn't think much about anymore) went away. I began to have new hope and became excited about having another baby.
   A year later I gave birth to a sweet little girl. At first I was apprehensive about consuming any milk or soy products but it didn't take long and all my worries left me! I now have a 5 month old baby that I am still breastfeeding and I eat anything I want to. She has absolutely NO tummy trouble. I've never even given her any gas drops or gripe water.
    I am so happy and thankful to finally find answers to my children's problems that I am trying to share this info with as many mothers that I can. Please pass this on to anyone you think could benefit from it.
     If you are interested in Shan's product you can go to his website at www.corehealthproducts.com or call and talk to him or his assistant (Chris) at 800-342-4792.