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Here's #3 in the Gut Tips series for you. Here's #1 and #2 for you if you missed them. Working out what is behind your bloating can give you a good idea of how to treat it. This is how I always think of it: If you have trouble after eating protein/meat-rich meals, you likely …
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As promised, here is tip number 2 in my Gut Tips series as I go through my Kharrazian course on Gut Mechanisms. Don't Forget Low Stomach Acid or the Gallbladder I have always gone on about the importance of low stomach acid. I think I first wrote about it over 20 years ago now. I …
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A good reminder here that if you are on proton pump inhibitors or anything that regularly decreases your stomach acid, it could be only a matter of time before you become more sensitive to foods. Why? Because one of the first issues that causes food sensitivity is lack of stomach acid. The acid is needed …
If you have stomach issues like acid reflux, indigestion, GERD etc, I now have a new GastroPanel test to help you identify what's going on. One of the first issues I always discuss with bloating and indigestion/acid type problems is: is it really high stomach acid, or is it too low? People always assume because …
HEARTBURN MEDICATION LINKED TO STROKE Proton pump inhibitors treat heartburn, but according to a study these drugs increase people's overall stroke risk by more than 20%. A popular category of heartburn medications – including Nexium, Prevacid, Prilosec & Protonix – may increase your risk of stroke, a new study suggests. The study lead author is …
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This is a great piece which goes some way to explaining why I am always wittering on about low stomach acid. It's making the point that suppressing stomach acid leads to poorer digestion and to larger protein fragments in the gut, which all leads to a higher allergy risk. Interesting. In fact, most people on …
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When I am thinking about how to get someone well, the first thing I think about generally is 'are they digesting and absorbing well enough?' Imagine: the person has fatigue, can't fight infections off, perhaps has candida, just generally feels they're operating at a lower level than they should be. They used to be …
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