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Posted on 02/09/2012 11:18:31 PM PST by neverdem
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To: neverdem
It’s really crappy to have diarrhea.
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posted on
02/10/2012 6:58:06 AM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: PeaceBeWithYou; Dr. Bogus Pachysandra; goodwithagun; justrepublican
Many times, heartburn and reflux are due to too little acid in the stomach. I don't mean to be argumentative nor scientistic - but do you know if there's research to support that statement?
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posted on
02/10/2012 7:53:26 AM PST
by
JustSayNoToNannies
(A free society's default policy: it's none of government's business.)
To: Smokin' Joe
To: JustSayNoToNannies
“do you know if there’s research to support that statement?”
I don’t know of any, but I haven’t looked into it. American doc gave me Prevacid, Chinese herb doc, rice wine vinegar. I think the thing that really helped was changing my diet. Tilting the bed made all the difference in the world as far as the “night chokes.” Hasn’t happened once since I did that.
To: JustSayNoToNannies
I have never researched it but my homeopathic doc suggested it and it works. As far as medical research goes, if their pills actually worked I wouldn't need to keep buying them. The pills do not cure the problem they simply mask the symptoms. A large bottle of Bragg's real apple cider vinegar with the mother is less than five bucks at vitacost.com and lasts me six months.
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posted on
02/10/2012 9:15:11 AM PST
by
goodwithagun
(My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
To: JustSayNoToNannies; All
While I was in residency training in medical school in the early 80s, an Australian physician named Dr. Barry Marshall did some pioneering work on acid reflux. He discovered that an organism called helicobacter pylori (initially called campylobacter) causes a chronic low-level inflammation of your stomach lining, and is responsible, or at least a major factor, for producing many of the symptoms of acid reflux. There are over 16,000 articles supporting the fact that suppressing stomach acid does not treat the problem. It only treats the symptoms. And one of the explanations for this is that when you suppress the amount of acid in your stomach, you decrease your bodys ability to kill the helicobacter bacteria. So it actually makes your condition worse and perpetuates the problem.
Of course now we have treatments such as antibiotics that are designed to eradicate that organism. However, Ive found that its virtually never necessary to use antibiotics, and Ill share several simple, effective strategies to eliminate the helicobacter without the use of drugs - Dr. Mercola. Link
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posted on
02/10/2012 3:15:45 PM PST
by
PeaceBeWithYou
(De Oppresso Liber! (50 million and counting in Afghanistan and Iraq))
To: Nik Naym
Ill take the risk of a case of the runs in order to prevent more acid destruction to what is left of my lungs, thank you very much.
I had the same problem for years. I was on medication for it and following a supposedly "heart healthy" diet. I began to have many complications.
I was cured of the problem within 24hrs of going on a very low carb (VLC) diet. No more medication. When I go off the VLC diet my severe reflux comes back. When I go on it it goes away within a day. Something to consider. It does not seem to be a subject well covered on the VLC forums. Regards.
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posted on
02/10/2012 3:24:06 PM PST
by
PA Engineer
(Time to beat the swords of government tyranny into the plowshares of freedom.)
To: Nik Naym
“Many times” is not an inclusive statement. You obviously have a problem that lies outside of the many.
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posted on
02/10/2012 3:24:06 PM PST
by
PeaceBeWithYou
(De Oppresso Liber! (50 million and counting in Afghanistan and Iraq))
To: Alamo-Girl
You’re Welcome, Alamo-Girl!
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posted on
02/10/2012 8:51:13 PM PST
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing)
To: PeaceBeWithYou
well, I will certainly try that the next time I have
that “acid” feeling. Thanks muchly.
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posted on
02/13/2012 1:14:55 AM PST
by
cycjec
To: PeaceBeWithYou
Thanks for the link, Peace!
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posted on
02/13/2012 11:36:35 AM PST
by
JustSayNoToNannies
(A free society's default policy: it's none of government's business.)
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