Hi, I'm Molly, MS, RD. I specialize in acid reflux (GERD), LPR (laryngopharyngeal reflux / silent reflux), and IBS. I founded FLORA Nutrition because I've lived this — chronic reflux and IBS were what pulled me into this field — and because I kept seeing the same pattern in my practice: people who had eliminated everything, tried the PPIs, seen the specialists, and were still symptomatic.
Restriction alone doesn't rebuild the mechanisms that are failing. On this channel, I explain the physiology your GI doctor often doesn't have time to cover — your LES, your nervous system, your barrier mechanics — and I back every recommendation with peer-reviewed research. If you want to understand why your body is doing what it's doing, not just what to stop eating, you're in the right place.
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Molly Pelletier, MS, RD | The Reflux Dietitian
I was on omeprazole for over a year. Every time I tried to stop, the rebound felt worse than the original symptoms. Today I'm completely off acid suppression, and I want to walk you through exactly how I got there.
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8g1W...
🙋 if this is your story too.
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Molly Pelletier, MS, RD | The Reflux Dietitian
If food ever feels like it is getting stuck on the way down, this week's episode is for you. Same if you have been told your swallow test looks "normal" and eating still feels scary. You're not imagining it.
I sat down with Carol Winchester, a speech-language pathologist with nearly 50 years in the field, to talk about why chronic reflux makes swallowing harder and what we can do about it.
Her glass-of-milk explanation of how refluxate throws off the timing of your swallow is the clearest I have ever heard. She also shares a free risk assessment (the Do I Have Dysphagia quiz at SwallowSafe.com) that you can take today and bring to your provider.
A change in how you swallow is information. You deserve a team that treats it that way.
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Molly Pelletier, MS, RD | The Reflux Dietitian
Tuesday at 5pm ET. That's 2pm Pacific, 10pm UK, 11pm Central Europe, and 7am Wednesday in Sydney. Wherever you are, the recording comes to your inbox if you register.
The FLORA open house is a relaxed meet and greet with the dietitians and past clients, and we're giving away a year of the FLORA App plus a bottle of Sequoia Soothe at the end.
calm-queen-816.myflodesk.com/openhouse
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Molly Pelletier, MS, RD | The Reflux Dietitian
Did you know that when you eat, how you sleep, and even how you breathe may affect silent reflux (LPR)?
In this episode, I break down practical strategies I use with clients during an LPR healing journey, including why consistency matters when trying to reduce reflux reaching the throat.
I also explain why coffee may trigger symptoms within minutes, how eating too close to bedtime can increase the likelihood of nighttime reflux, and why sleeping on your left side may help reduce reflux movement.
Lastly, I also walk through diaphragmatic breathing after meals, the simple 5 + 1 method for people who experience anxiety around eating, and alginate therapy, which creates a mechanical barrier at the top of the stomach to help prevent reflux.
Don't forget to subscribe to my new clips channel for bite sized tips! @MollyPelletierClips
3 days ago | [YT] | 9
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Molly Pelletier, MS, RD | The Reflux Dietitian
Did you know you can have acid reflux without heartburn? 🌿
For a lot of people with LPR (silent reflux), the symptoms live in the throat: constant clearing, hoarseness, a lump feeling, a raw voice by 3pm. Refluxate carries pepsin up to tissue that was never built to handle it, and a normal endoscopy does not rule this out. A PPI lowers acid, but it does not stop reflux from reaching your throat.
New Clips Channel @MollyPelletierClips video breaks down the whole picture, including why PPIs fall short for LPR and what actually needs to change: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy-np...
Don't forget to subscribe to my Clips channel.
4 days ago | [YT] | 7
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Molly Pelletier, MS, RD | The Reflux Dietitian
Five days until the FLORA open house.
Tuesday, September 22 at 5pm ET, live on Google Meet. Meet me and our reflux Dietitians, hear from past clients, bring your questions.
Exclusive discounts and a giveaway for attendees.
calm-queen-816.myflodesk.com/openhouse
4 days ago | [YT] | 10
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Molly Pelletier, MS, RD | The Reflux Dietitian
Try this tonight: use a wedge pillow or elevate the head of your bed by 6-9 inches. If you're a side sleeper, make a conscious effort to start on your left.
The elevation uses gravity to keep stomach contents in the stomach, and the left-side position ensures the LES sits above the gastric pool.
Have you noticed a difference in your nighttime symptoms based on how you're positioned? This is one of the most under-discussed strategies, and many people see results within the first few nights.
Tell me if you've tried it or if tonight's your first experiment. 🌿
4 days ago | [YT] | 62
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Molly Pelletier, MS, RD | The Reflux Dietitian
If I could send a message back to myself at 19, newly diagnosed, sitting in that doctor's office with a prescription and no answers, this is what I would say.
9 things I wish I had known from the start of my reflux journey.
Some of them are clinical. Some of them are about mindset. All of them changed the trajectory of my healing.
Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWQi4...
Tell me below: which one you wish someone had told you earlier? 💚
5 days ago | [YT] | 13
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Molly Pelletier, MS, RD | The Reflux Dietitian
Did you know that sleeping on your left side is structurally better for reflux?
Here's the mechanism: the stomach is naturally J-shaped, and when you lie on your left side, the lower curvature of the stomach, where contents pool, sits below the level of the LES. Gravity keeps the acid down.
When you lie on your right side, the opposite happens. The stomach contents sit at the same level as or above the LES opening, making reflux episodes much more likely.
It's a simple positional shift that uses your body's anatomy to your advantage. 🌿
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Molly Pelletier, MS, RD | The Reflux Dietitian
New live replay with Dr. Inna Husain is up: Fall Routines for Reflux Relief. youtube.com/live/_yFWVITqCaw
Fall is when reflux routines slip. Later dinners, heavier meals, shorter days, and the symptoms creep back. Dr. Husain and I rebuild the routine around the physiology.
The part most reflux advice skips is the acid pocket: an unbuffered layer of acid that floats on top of your meal right under the esophagus, which is why the hour or two after eating is the worst window of the day. In a randomized trial, an alginate raft settled onto that pocket and cut post-meal acid reflux episodes from 15 to 3.5 (Rohof et al. 2013, Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol, 16 GERD patients, PMID 23669304). Reflux Raft is the alginate we both use with our patients and a product I love and use myself: refluxraft.com/MOLLYPELLETIER
Also in the replay: the 3-hour buffer between your last bite and bed (drinks are fine), left-side sleeping and the data behind it, the LES Lock for the post-meal window (1 to 5 minutes of diaphragmatic breathing with 360 ribcage expansion immediately after meals, up to 5x daily), and Dr. Husain on the throat symptoms that get blamed on allergies every fall.
Which part of the day does your reflux routine break down? Tell me below and we will cover it on the next live.
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