The selling point of taking proton pump inhibitors and H2-receptor antagonist drugs is to prevent issues of esophageal cancer resulting from continued erosion of the tissues by stomach acid.
First of all, stomach acid is supposed to remain in the stomach. If it’s getting into the esophagus, we need to find the cause.
At the lower end of the esophagus and upper most part of the stomach we have what’s known as the cardiac sphincter muscle. This is to remain closed all the time except when swallowing.
If the stomach gets pushed up through the notch in the diaphragm, and gets stuck there, it can result in the sphincter being held open, allowing stomach acid to easily have access to the esophagus upon laying down.
When this is the case, manually releasing the stomach from the diaphragm is required. If the ligament that holds the stomach in place is stretched out and not nourished back to health, the stomach can easily be pushed back into the diaphragm by heavy lifting, straining at stool, eating too soon before bed, and even from tensing up due to stress, fear, and worry.
Inadequate healthy stomach acid levels can allow food to remain in the stomach long enough to initiate fermentation in the stomach. This process creates gas and bloating which can force the cardiac sphincter open, allowing acid into the esophagus. The esophagus and tissues there are not compatible with acid as is the stomach. If these acids forced upward we have what the medical community calls reflux.
Reflux is the result of inadequate digestive juices. Instead of repairing the normal function of stomach cells so they can secrete acid correctly, drugs which turn off these cells are used, further defeating the process of digestion. With these, there is relief of the pain, but the process of digestion is disturbed. This is just like taking a pain reliever, while ignoring the damage causing the pain.
These drugs are dangerous as the outcome of turning off digestion allows for multiple symptoms for which many other drugs are prescribed. Without adequate stomach acid, mineral absorption is interfered with. This is why, among so many side effects listed, we see osteoporosis topping the list. Muscle pain is frequently seen as well. Not only mineral absorption is affected, but also protein digestion in interfered with.
Can the stomach over secrete acid? Yes! Of the issues of gastroesophageal reflux, only about 10% are actually due to over secretion. Most are from under secretion. Reducing the over secretion issue involves correcting nutrition, especially mineral balance. The other issue involves nerves and stress, which can affect increased acid and reduced stomach function. Sympathetic nervous system overdrive suggests need for minerals like potassium.
Liver function and bile release is triggered by stomach pH. To get the gallbladder to release bile into the small intestine and the pancreas to secrete enzymes into the same place requires a stomach pH of 1.8 to 2.3. When an H2-receptor antagonist of proton pump inhibitor is consumed, the stomach pH never gets to the appropriate level needed to trigger all the digestive functions after the stomach. This means no benefit from the food consumed.
I’ve always looked at the stomach and associated organs like the pancreas and liver the same as looking at the carburetor of an internal combustion engine. It’s job is to convert fuel from one form to another so it can be properly combusted. Any mechanic worth his salt would agree that if the carburetor isn’t working properly, just removing it instead of correcting it’s function is a stupid practice which will result in mechanical failure.
Assisting patients in distress is what my practice is all about. Trading one problem for many others is wrong. Using drugs to cover symptoms, while creating more symptoms requiring more and more medication and surgery is wrong. If your stomach has been pushed up into your diaphragm, find a doctor who has been trained in reducing what’s called a hiatal hernia. Use nutrition to heal the lining of the stomach and esophagus. Aid the normal production of hydrochloric acid, and quit stressing out!
First of all, stomach acid is supposed to remain in the stomach. If it’s getting into the esophagus, we need to find the cause.
At the lower end of the esophagus and upper most part of the stomach we have what’s known as the cardiac sphincter muscle. This is to remain closed all the time except when swallowing.
If the stomach gets pushed up through the notch in the diaphragm, and gets stuck there, it can result in the sphincter being held open, allowing stomach acid to easily have access to the esophagus upon laying down.
When this is the case, manually releasing the stomach from the diaphragm is required. If the ligament that holds the stomach in place is stretched out and not nourished back to health, the stomach can easily be pushed back into the diaphragm by heavy lifting, straining at stool, eating too soon before bed, and even from tensing up due to stress, fear, and worry.
Inadequate healthy stomach acid levels can allow food to remain in the stomach long enough to initiate fermentation in the stomach. This process creates gas and bloating which can force the cardiac sphincter open, allowing acid into the esophagus. The esophagus and tissues there are not compatible with acid as is the stomach. If these acids forced upward we have what the medical community calls reflux.
Reflux is the result of inadequate digestive juices. Instead of repairing the normal function of stomach cells so they can secrete acid correctly, drugs which turn off these cells are used, further defeating the process of digestion. With these, there is relief of the pain, but the process of digestion is disturbed. This is just like taking a pain reliever, while ignoring the damage causing the pain.
These drugs are dangerous as the outcome of turning off digestion allows for multiple symptoms for which many other drugs are prescribed. Without adequate stomach acid, mineral absorption is interfered with. This is why, among so many side effects listed, we see osteoporosis topping the list. Muscle pain is frequently seen as well. Not only mineral absorption is affected, but also protein digestion in interfered with.
Can the stomach over secrete acid? Yes! Of the issues of gastroesophageal reflux, only about 10% are actually due to over secretion. Most are from under secretion. Reducing the over secretion issue involves correcting nutrition, especially mineral balance. The other issue involves nerves and stress, which can affect increased acid and reduced stomach function. Sympathetic nervous system overdrive suggests need for minerals like potassium.
Liver function and bile release is triggered by stomach pH. To get the gallbladder to release bile into the small intestine and the pancreas to secrete enzymes into the same place requires a stomach pH of 1.8 to 2.3. When an H2-receptor antagonist of proton pump inhibitor is consumed, the stomach pH never gets to the appropriate level needed to trigger all the digestive functions after the stomach. This means no benefit from the food consumed.
I’ve always looked at the stomach and associated organs like the pancreas and liver the same as looking at the carburetor of an internal combustion engine. It’s job is to convert fuel from one form to another so it can be properly combusted. Any mechanic worth his salt would agree that if the carburetor isn’t working properly, just removing it instead of correcting it’s function is a stupid practice which will result in mechanical failure.
Assisting patients in distress is what my practice is all about. Trading one problem for many others is wrong. Using drugs to cover symptoms, while creating more symptoms requiring more and more medication and surgery is wrong. If your stomach has been pushed up into your diaphragm, find a doctor who has been trained in reducing what’s called a hiatal hernia. Use nutrition to heal the lining of the stomach and esophagus. Aid the normal production of hydrochloric acid, and quit stressing out!
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