In a shockingly rare example of the FDA actually doing its job, a report was issued on Tuesday cautioning against the prolonged use of a class of acid stopping drugs called proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs).
Who knows, maybe someone at the FDA read my series on heartburn and GERD, especially this article and this one detailing the dangers of acid stopping drugs?
This is a really big deal. PPIs are one of the most popular classes of drugs ...
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I was interviewed last week on Joanne Unleashed about the recent series of articles I wrote on heartburn and GERD. We cover the following subjects:
Why acids leave the stomach and enter the esophagus
The harmful effects of taking antacids and acid stopping drugs
How antacids perpetuate heartburn and actually make it worse over time
The role of stomach acid in digestion
The bacterial component in acid reflux
Why you get gas and belch
Which nutritional deficiencies are common with acid reflux
The ...
Note: this is the sixth and final article in a series about heartburn and GERD. If you haven’t done so already, you’ll want to read Part I, Part II, Part III, and Part IVa, and Part IVb before reading this article.
In this final article of the series, we're going to discuss three steps to treating heartburn and GERD without drugs. These same three steps will also prevent these conditions from developing in the first place, ...
Note: this is the fifth article in a series about heartburn and GERD. If you haven’t done so already, you’ll want to read Part I, Part II, Part III, and Part IVa before reading this article.
In the last article, we discussed the first two of four primary consequences of taking acid stopping drugs:
Bacterial overgrowth
Impaired nutrient absorption
In this article we'll cover the remaining two consequences:
Decreased resistance to infection
Increased risk of cancer and other diseases
Our first line of ...
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