Mrs D, thank you once again for responding to my post with so much great information. What I meant to write was SlowMag, not B12. I thought that since I'm taking so much acid reducer, I should perhaps take the higher dosage indicated on the directions. I would love to stop taking reflux altogether but I don't think that's possible. Anti-acid tablets don't work any more. When I swim for exercise without an extra 75mg of Xantax, my food starts working up into my esophagus. Too much information?

You said that "Dr Seneff is doing an actual biochemical evaluation of the role of cholesterol in the body". When the findings of her study be published will she be able to get it published in a journal prestigious enough to get the worlds attention including the American Heart Association? I hope so. I would like to know with certainty that I can stop worrying about cholesterol, stop taking any statins and start really enjoying what I eat.

By the way, before he died, my wife's father used to be an accountant for the Star Drug Store in Galveston. I don't know how long it was in business but I'm sure it was there in the 50's. She inherited a quart bottle that used to contain an elixir that was given to her dad before the store closed. It still has most of the label on it. It says "ELIXIR- LACTOPEPTINE With Iron, Quinine and Strychnine"