| Prelief | | | | symptoms of acid reflux. The results were that |
| Prelief® is a dietary supplement that is used to | | | | Prelief was highly successful. The results and |
| make eating and drinking acidic foods and drinks | | | | conclusions are summarized by Pamela Jones, |
| more tolerable. | | | | Nutritional Consultant: |
| A large number off foods can cause extreme | | | | Summary of results |
| discomfort for some people. This is also true of | | | | Participants in this trial were mainly female, which |
| some drinks, with effects such as urinary pain, | | | | reflects the membership of the charity. There |
| urgency and frequency being experienced. | | | | was a very wide distribution of age, duration of |
| Symptoms can also include diarrhoea. Prelief® | | | | symptoms and type of symptom experienced. |
| aims to remove the acid from these foods and | | | | This trial has indicated that the majority of |
| drinks. | | | | participants found Prelief® to be beneficial in |
| Prelief® comes in two forms. It is available | | | | reducing their IC symptoms (69%) and enabling |
| either as tablets or as a powder. | | | | them to tolerate a wider variety of foods and |
| Prelief is calcium glycerophosphate, a food-grade | | | | beverages of an acidic nature (81%). Of those |
| mineral classified as a dietary supplement, for use | | | | taking part. 73% stated that they would continue |
| with acidic foods and beverages for more | | | | to take Prelief® if given the opportunity at least |
| comfortable eating. You simply take 2 tablets 3 | | | | once a week, and 37% would continue to use it |
| times a day; it is best to take them with meals. | | | | daily. |
| Also, you can take 2 tablets at bedtime if desired. | | | | Comments |
| You can use more tablets as needed. If you | | | | However, I consider this trial was a success in |
| prefer to use Prelief powder instead of tablets, | | | | that it showed that a benign supplement, with |
| simply add an 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon of powder to | | | | none of the side effects of a pharmaceutical drug, |
| each serving of acidic food or beverage. | | | | was able to help the majority of participants. It |
| Prelief does not change the flavour of most | | | | confirms that Prelief® can help certain sections |
| foods. When detectable at all, the sole change is a | | | | of the charity membership. The range of |
| slight reduction in the food's acid "bite". | | | | improvement. and the type and quantity of food |
| | | | made more tolerable varied tremendously, but the |
| Study | | | | results indicate that it is probably to the benefit of |
| In 1999, there was a UK study that researched | | | | most charity members to at least try Prelief® |
| the ability of Prelief to reduce or eliminate | | | | to see if it can help them. |