30/12/2016
LINUZ HEALTHY TIPS FOR HOLIDAY SEASON
Acid reflux. It’s super common during the holidays with all the rich foods we eat that our bodies aren’t used to digesting. I’m sure many of you have experienced acid reflux or heartburn at some point in your life.
What kind of Food Supplements????
WBA 10.9 Alkaplus Capsule and WBA 7.5 Vegan 124 in 1 Vegan Coffee all in alkaline based products; when combined in an amazing all-natural product, which I’m so excited to talk to you about, these food supplements have the power to tame your flame and get you back to feeling like yourself again.
reflux
Acid reflux is one of those things that many have had. They survived on chewing on Tum’s for short-term relief years until they learned more about acid reflux and how much of a problem these over the counter acid-blockers were! Those OTC (over the counter) pretty purple pills that are prescribed to treat heartburn are the third most prescribed medications in the country- they’re acid blockers and sadly they do not address the root of the problem. If you have acid reflux, the question to ask yourself is “WHY do I have this?” It’s about looking at your lifestyle, what you eat and how you live your life so you can ask yourself, “What is the root cause and how to do to repair this root cause instead of putting a Band-Aid or purple pill on top of it?”
This, folks, is what we’re going to chat about today.
tame the flame
Acid blocking drugs, like the purple pills I mentioned above, block acid that can cause acid reflux and heartburn, however, what the pharmaceutical advertisements do not tell you is that our body NEEDS stomach acid to be healthy. We all need acid in our stomach to digest food, keep bacteria from growing in our small intestine, activate our digestive enzymes and help us absorb vital nutrients in our food such as B12, magnesium and calcium. What happens when acid blockers are taken is that you don’t properly digest your food, leaving large pieces of food in your gut to ferment as well as causing nutrient deficiencies because you’re not absorbing these foods. What else do these drugs cause? Well, everything from bloating to gas to diarrhea to bacteria overgrowth to more uncomfortable symptoms and IBS and more (check out this article from CNN for more info on the newest study linking PPI’s a.k.a. protein pump inhibitors- to stroke). Acid indigestion is often an issue of not enough stomach acid (which is how WHITE BEAR ASIA PHILIPPINES All-Natural product helps).
So, if taking these drugs doesn’t work (and actually does us more harm than good), what are we supposed to do?
We need to get to the root cause with healing and nutrient-dense foods, switch up our lifestyle, relax our nervous system, and reach for a product that has healing ingredients in it to sooth your gut and tame the fire inside of you.
WBA products has no harmful side effects and to my surprise, is has fast, drug-free relief. I know the majority of people aren’t fond of homeopathic or natural products (trust me, it took me years to try conventional medicine after I hit rock bottom from pharmaceutical drugs that were making me worse) however when you find a clean and trustworthy product that can enhance your body’s natural food supplements and works with your body- not against your body, you will begin to realize that life isn’t about getting rid of unwanted symptoms for short-term relief, it’s about figuring out what’s triggering those symptoms and healing your body so the issue doesn’t get worse and lead to more serious health issues.
reasons you may suffer from acid reflux
The foods you eat (see below for a list).
Unhealthy bacteria in our gut or yeast overgrowth. This was a huge issue for me. I was on a ton of antibiotics as a child. Every time I was sick, my parents gave me an antibiotic and I continued to do so until my early 20’s when I woke up and realized how much these drugs were contributing to my bloated belly and stomach issues. If you eat a high sugar diet or a lot of processed, packaged foods or you’ve been taking hormones (ex: I took progesterone cream for years that hiked up the yeast in my body and put me into a fight/flight mode)- these non-beneficial bacteria could be lurking around your gut, where they ferment and cause reflux.
Smoking. We all know smoking is the cause of so many health issues but it’s also a main cause of reflux.
Stress. We all have nerves in our belly so when we are nervous, we often feel butterflies or nausea, right? Well when we eat and have those stressful feelings, our food doesn’t digest fully and it causes our food to go back up instead of going into our stomach. When we eat, our bodies are supposed to be in the rest/relaxation mode, which is controlled by our Parasympathetic Nervous System and belly breathing, however when we are stressed out, we end up putting ourselves into the fight/flight mode, which is controlled by our Sympathetic Nervous System where we breathe from our chest. What’s this got to do with digestion? Well, when our body is in a stressful fight/flight mode, it’s not focused on digestion- instead our body is focused on getting out of danger so the blood rushes to our hands/feet and away from our stomach and reproductive organs leaving us in a stressful state without the proper equipment to digest our food, control our hormones and more.
Eating food before bed.
Eating too much food when you are already full, which causes food to come up your esophagus.
Being overweight, which can push your stomach upwards and cause reflux.
food triggers that can cause reflux
Spicy foods
Citrus
Fried food
Alcohol
