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What are proton pump inhibitor?

Let’s talk about proton-pump inhibitor.
You probably heard about Nexium, Esotrex (Esomeprazole) or Omez, Prilosec (Omeprazole), or other pharmaceutical drugs. Perhaps you are using these drugs. They have their place, if you are having Gastroesophageal reflux, indigestion and a heartburn or all these things. You have to be careful, because you can cause damage to the esophagus, you can get damage on your throat. A lot of times people have a chronic cough, or chronic sinus infection and they think it’s something in the air, or allergy, but actually it’s the acid from the stomach.

Is acid good or bad?

But we also have to consider the fact that the acid is there in the stomach for a reason.
There is a reason why your stomach produce a great amount of acid and that acid helps you in the digestion process.
If you take a proton-pump inhibitor, or we take a drug to reduce the stomach acid, then you are not going to digest your food.
This presents a whole new problem.
Yes we helped in what the damage could be done by the acid if it gets out of the stomach, but now we got a problem that we can not digest our food.
In the stomach what is left is mechanical digestion, and yes the stomach does some of that, but is not going to completely digest the food.

Undigested food

So now I moved food from my stomach into my lower intestine that hasn’t been broken down.
And literally begins to putrefy. I start rotting food in my gut.
And if you don’t think that’s going to cause you a problem, you can look at serious cases that go to nutrition clinics.
This is one of the biggest problem that nutrition clinics face.
The other thing that was found out is that people end up having more allergies because they are taking the proton-pump inhibitors.
Because the body actually absorbs undigested food into the blood stream. And guess what?
Your body doesn’t know what to do. He thinks it is a foreign invader.
So now you have an allergy. You create what is cold a leaky gut.
You end up with a whole list of symptoms because you are reacting even to the food that you eat.

What are the consequences/symptoms?

Reflux is almost always solved by eating the right diet, eating a diet that suited for you.
There is a lot of talk about malformation of the valve, or valve is not closing, or something is wrong with your physical structure.

This is not the truth, there is nothing wrong with your valve or your physical structure!

Most of the time if you just eat a diet that is suited for you, in a sense that your stomach doesn’t reject, you won’t have a reflux.

You need to work on changing your diet! Either you go on specialized clinics, either you do it on your own.
Many nutrition clinics show great results in stopping the reflux, by administrating the patients the proper diet for them.
And they get off all of these pills.

If you are depending on some pills to reduce your stomach acid, you don’t want to do that for a long period of time.

• You are adding to the toxic load of your body and your body has to metabolize that drug.
• You’ve altered the structure and function of your digestive track.
• You got rotting food into your lower intestine.
• You will have health consequences because of it, such as:
• • fatigue, you will feel off, you will not feel good,
  • you will have symptoms making you think you have allergies or cold constantly,
  • you will have chronic cough and even can get into your lungs.
• You got this acid being transported all over the body.

Just REDUCING the acid is NOT the ANSWER!

What is the answer?

Better nutrition.

Learn what your body is suited to eat.
A lot of times we can look of some of the allergy tests that you can do as a guide to what food is correct for you.

You can do a form of elimination diet. Find out what you can eat that doesn’t cause indigestion.

Do NOT follow the ads that tell you: “Go out and eat the pizza or whatever you want to eat, and then take the pill!”
That’s not the way to do it. What you do, you find a food that’s suitable for you!

Find a food that your digestion system tolerates, so you don’t have the indigestion.
It’s silly to take a pill to alter the function of your body, and make yourself sick.

It’s NOT MAGIC

You don’t want to be dependent on that drug. For a short term fix, sure, use the Proton-pump inhibitor weeks or months, hopefully just weeks till you try to find out the solution.

If you already have damage on your esophagus, stomach or other areas in your body, because of the acid being out of its container, your stomach, than you need to do something.
But it comes down in finding the right diet, eating well, it comes down in taking care of yourself.
The pharmaceutical drug is NOT a long term fix. There are no pharmaceutical drugs out there that are designed for long term use.
(we can make arguments about insulin)
But really there is a strategy to reduce the drug use, but really the majority of drugs out there they are design for short term use.
I want you to take action if you are using a drug like Nexium or any other acid reducers, YOU do NOT WANT to use them for a long period of time.

You can find an answer and it comes down to your diet in most cases.

Role of Digestive Track

Your digestive track is intimate linked to your immune system. So if my digestive track is not functioning, I’m not functioning in my immune system.
That means i will get sick a lot, a lot more often, the body is not going to be ready for a real threat when it occurs, i’m going to upset the entire balance.
Then I get more diseases, more symptoms, i get more drugs and this builds and builds and builds.
Don’t interrupt your digestive system and alter not only the ability to get nutrients in your body, which is really important, but again if you have that putrefying food, its going to upset the balance.
Don’t go there!

Do Some Research

So if your stomach is rejecting food, in a sense, then you need to change. Don’t take the idea that a drug is going to allow you to abuse yourself.
That’s what so many people do. And don’t because of the TV tells you to do something, go out and do it. Research it, look into it.
Learn how to take care of yourself so you are not dependent, so you don’t cause problems.
There are a lot of sick people because they took these acid reducers for a long period of time. And it completely threw their whole digestive system out of whack.
Find out what suits you. Consult with a nutritionist. Talk to a certified clinic nutritionist. Look into some clinical lab tests that’s available.
Or simply get you diet together and simply find out what causes indigestion and what doesn’t.
And then eat the right food.
It’s really simple as that!
There is a lot of solutions out there that don’t involved drugs. Drugs have their place, but on short term.
For long term is not a good idea! So don’t get dependent on anything. Look for a strategy to get away from that.
Don’t think that just because you are taking a drug, you can eat junk food or whatever you eat and that solves the problem.
That’s the red flag to find out what you can do about it.

How to take the reflux to the next level?

• keep a journal with what you eat and find out what causes indigestion and remove those from your diet
• do a blood test, look into some clinics for the blood tests, they are very helpful
• do allergy tests
• you can take care of yourself, don’t be dependent on your drugs!
• activities make a big difference as well

TAKE ACTION!

List of foods to limit or to avoid is:

• Meats (any meat with high fat content): ground beef, marbled steak,
• Processed chicken products
• Fats, oils, sweets: chocolate, potato/corn chips, high-fat baked goods, creamy/oily salad dressings, coffee, alcohol
• High acid fruits and veggies and acidic juices: orange, grapefruit, cranberry, tomato, lemon, lime, mashed potatoes, French fries, potato salad, raw onion, garlic
• Grains: macaroni and cheese, pasta with marinara or heavy cream sauce
• Regular fat content dairy products: sour cream, milk shakes, ice cream, cottage cheese, high fat cheese

Reference article, Treating Acid Reflux with Your Diet.