Change in diet frees patient of chronic acid reflux
Brian Blackburne of Houston kicked heartburn to the curb after starting a low-fat, whole-foods, plant-based diet. (Photo by Andi Atkinson, UT Physicians)
“All my life I’ve never had a great stomach. I’ve had acid reflux from the time I was a teenager,” Blackburne said. “To treat the heartburn, I kept antacid in the bathroom, in the glove box, at work. I always had it.”
Blackburne lived this way until Oct. 3, 2022. That was the day he met Pritesh Mutha, MD, gastroenterologist with UT Physicians and associate professor of gastroenterology, hepatology, and nutrition with McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston.