Acid Reflux Foods to Avoid
This article continues the series on acid reflux and antacids.
Watch food combinations.
What you put together in your meal influences digestibility, notes Dr. Rubman.
In particular, he advises against combining simple carbohydrates (such as sugar, white flour products and white potatoes) with highly saturated fats (such as red meat, processed meats and dairy products).
A tough-to-digest meal, such as steak and mashed potatoes, is not moving anywhere for one and one-half to two hours, meaning that microorganisms
have that much more time to infiltrate the stomach, particularly if
stomach acid production is insufficient.
It’s also a good idea to use fruits as an appetizer 15 to 20 minutes before the meal rather than as a dessert.
Eating fruit after a complex meal may allow the fruit to stay in your stomach long enough to start fermentation, which can exacerbate the problems you have.
More on this important topic tomorrow.
Acid Reflux Risk Factors
Smoking is a major risk factor in Reflux Disease and nearly every health condition known to man.
Smoking weakens the muscle of the LES.
Alcohol abuse is another culprit as it also weakens the muscle in the LES.
As you may have guessed, the risk of acid reflux disease is compounded in persons who smpoke and drink to excess.
Medications such as nitrates, Fosamax and calcium channel blockers can weaken sphincter muscles.
People taking calcium channel blockers to treat high blood pressure for a number of years also appear to be at higher risk of acid reflux disease.
Other drugs that have been documented to iuncrease risk factors include nitroglycerine taken for angina.
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Chew food thoroughly.
The more you break food down in the mouth, the more readily it can be digested as it passes through the of the digestive tract.
Eat less frequently. Small,
The most energy efficient way to eat is with several balanced meals daily, which allows your stomach rest.
Limit fluids with meals. The more water, juice or alcohol you
consume with meals, the more you
stomach acid which makes more work for your stomach.
Stop drinking one half hour before meals and refrain from drinking for at least an hour afterward.
Sauerkraut is recommended as an appetizer or snack away from the main meals changes the chemical balance of the digestive environment so viruses have trouble taking hold.
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Acid Reflux and Antacids
I keep coming across more reports on the problems caused by antacids.
Antacids can backfire and lead to
instead of less heartburn.
When there is not enough stomach acid to properly break down food, the lower esophageal sphincter may weaken and make reflux and heartburn more likely to occur.
Increased cholesterol is another problem.
The liver needs protein to create HDL -good cholesterol, however antacid use decreases the bodys ability to thoroughly digest protein, which in turn reduces its ability to make HDL.
Instead, with less quality energy, the liver produces LDLs, or bad cholesterol, putting people at risk for heart disease.
So think again before popping that next antacid pill!
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Antacids and their relation to Stomach Cancer and Gastritis
If you have even a passing interest in the topic of antacids and stomach acid, then you should take a look at the following information. This enlightening article presents some of the latest news on the subject of antacids and stomach acid depletion.
Stomach acid is not just for digestion. Its ability to kill the vast array of microbes we ingest along with our food is actually one of the body’s major defenses against disease, and the use of antacids weakens that defense.
Food that enters the stomach is not sterile, and acid protects the stomach lining and the rest of the
gastrointestinal tract from microorganisms that enter the body with food.
Germ-killing stomach acid normally destroys many of
the disease-causing microbes such as bacteria, yeast, mold and viruses on contact. When you dilute or eliminate stomach acid, you are no longer killing those germs, but allowing them to thrive in your digestive tract.
Think about what you’ve read so far. Does it reinforce what you already know about antacids and stomach acid? Or was there something completely new to you?
The result can be bacteria colonizing the stomach, the immune system fighting back with an inflammatory response, and resulting damage to stomach cells including those that produce stomach acid.
According to Dr. Rubman, this can contribute to diseases ranging from asthma to gastritis to Crohn’s disease to stomach cancer.
Think about this before popping that next antacid pill.Is there really any information about antacids and stomach acid that is nonessential? We all see things from different angles, so something relatively insignificant to one may be crucial to another.
ACID REFFLUX and ANTACIDS
While the concept of excess stomach acid owes more to the
fertile imagination of Madison Avenue than to reality, consumers
are blithely popping antacids , with little regard to
potentially serious consequences to health.
Remember, all drugs, including antacids, have side effects.
According to Dr. Rubman, antacids decrease or eliminate
vital stomach acid, and stomach problems develop
because of too little, not too much, stomach acid.
(I have also reported this previously)
Antacids enable people to eat foods they shouldn’t eat.
Perhaps you make it a point to avoid foods like fried chicken or cheeseburgers or french fries, because you get a stomachache afterward.
This may just be your body communicating that these foods are not good choices.
Enter the antacids, which mask the body’s normal reaction to greasy,
fried foods and permit you to consume them at will.
Dr. Rubman correctly states that by allowing you to consume foods that would otherwise disagree with your system, these drugs are doing a huge dis service.
Your stomach may feel better, but evidence of your bodys digestive discomfort usually emerges elsewhere such as in the form of intestinal gas.
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