When acid reflux turns to cancer
If you’re one of the 60 million or so people in the US with acid reflux, you know all too well the misery it causes. This can go WAY beyond a 4-alarm fire in your chest and include: Regurgitation of food and stomach acid Chest pain Chronic cough; frequent throat-clearing Difficulty swallowing Bloating and gas Shortness of breath Sore throat But there’s another consequence of acid reflux that is far worse than burping...
The many ways PPIs can kill you
Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs)—such as Nexium, Prilosec and Prevacid—are the go-to treatment for a variety of digestive issues including acid reflux, GERD, indigestion, heartburn, and ulcers.
With annual sales of over $10 billion, drug manufacturers certainly want to maintain that status and keep their cash cow producing revenue.
PPIs “work” (and I mean that in the loosest sense of the word) by raising your stomach’s pH and shutting down its acid production. With less acid in the stomach to shoot up in your throat, you feel relief from reflux and other digestive symptoms.
What could possibly go wrong?
8 Common causes of your digestive misery
Now the begging question here is: What’s going on?
Why are we so gassy, bloated, always belching and burping, and the leaders of the free world in heartburn, constipation and diarrhea?
7 Ways to stay heartburn-free
Why? Because it wasn't about acid reducing medications!
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Study: Acid reducers cause liver disease
These drugs have already been linked to increased risk of heart attacks, chronic kidney disease and dementia, increased susceptibility to fractures, greater vulnerability to infections, impaired digestion, an unhealthy gut microbiome, vitamin B12 deficiency, food borne illnesses, and a greater overall death risk.
A special announcement for acid reflux sufferers
I have a special announcement for all you acid reflux sufferers. Today is National Spicy Guacamole Day! Now, if the mere thought of spicy foods like guacamole just set your chest on fire, or you think I’m off my rocker to even mention spicy foods to you, hear me out.
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