Normal Stomach Function
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Your natural production of stomach acid can be stimulated and enhanced easily, safely and cost effectively with cabbage.
Yes – cabbage!
Cabbage is a reflux remedy as it naturally stimulates the production of hydrochloric acid (HCL) to permit digestion to proceed normally without a secondary wave of acid from paralyzing the sphincter and causing putrifying stomach contents to erupt back into the throat.
You can juice it and drink some before eating or make yourself some good old coleslaw you know, the kind grandma used to make.
Or, just eat some traditionally fermented sauerkraut. Not the canned or jarred stuff on the shelf at the supermarket.
Or, just eat some traditionally fermented sauerkraut. Not the canned or jarred stuff on the shelf at the supermarket.
Cabbage
and fermented cabbage, sauerkraut, is a reflux remedy, simple as you can get!
and fermented cabbage, sauerkraut, is a reflux remedy, simple as you can get!
Sauerkraut, especially, is treasured in various parts of Europe. And now I understand why.
Cabbage as a Natural Reflux Remedy
Cabbage as a Natural Reflux Remedy
In order to have a comfortable digestive experience all day long, start the morning by eating a quarter cup or so of sauerkraut or plain shredded cabbage five minutes before your meal.
Just be sure that first meal is a good one, such as soaked porridge, eggs with some cooked veggies or fruit on the side.
If you’re eating processed cereals with skim milk, pop-tarts or doughnuts for breakfast, forget about the cabbage as nothing will help.
More Information
http://www.prohealth.com/library/showarticle.cfm?libid=13388
Eat beets. If they turn your urine pink/red, then you have low stomach acid. Stomach acid is a very important first step in digestion. Without enough, you can't absorb B12, and you have trouble absorbing zinc as well as several other nutrients.
If you don't have adequate stomach acid, proteins aren't broken down properly, and so they can cause trouble in the small intestine and/or get absorbed whole into the bloodstream.
Gluten and casein are famous for being addictive because they form opiod-like substances. Stomach acid is necessary to prevent them from becoming opiods.
Histamine helps trigger the release of stomach acid. Histamine is found in several foods, especially ferments, so pile on another reason to eat ferments with every meal.
Adequate zinc is also necessary to produce stomach acid (remember what's not absorbed well without it?).
http://balancedbites.com/your-stomach-acid-is-a-good-thing-really/
http://www.bodyenlightenment.me/blog/2012/05/do-the-beet-test-how-to-tell-if-you-have-low-stomach-acid-weak-digestion/
http://www.healthysmoothiehq.com/digestive-issues-smoothies-rescue
http://medlicker.com/535-beetroot-overview-of-health-benefits-and-risk