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What is Your Stomach Saying to You?

Filed under: gastrointestinal system, health and nutrition; Tagged as: aloe, Aloe Gold, Antibiotics, Bacteria, Cancers, carnosine, cranberry, Flora, Gall Bladder, Gall Stones, gastrointestinal, gastrointestinal system, H.Pylori, heartburn, Picrorhiza, probiotics, Ulcers, zinc

How many people do you know with heartburn or stomach issues? It seems like it runs rampant through our society. Now, no one calls it an epidemic because it’s just heartburn, right? Well, some resesarch shows that many illnesses stem from an unhealthy gut. Some of the issues are

heartburn
stomachaches
ulcers
pancreatitis
gall bladder issues like gall stones
constipation
some cancers

and the list goes on – these all take place in our gastrointestinal system. Some of them relate back to the way we eat and the balance of the flora in our system.

Things like fatty meats, alcohol, cigarette smoke, grease from various foods (potato chips, pizza) cause stress on our system. Then to make it more difficult for our system to handle all this we take antibiotics which kill all the good flora in the system. Now this is not to say that there aren’t times when it’s necessary to take antibiotics but as most of us know, antibiotics have become overused in the past few years. Also what do you do after you take the antibiotics? Do you stop to think about recreating some healthy flora so that you can digest all the foods, etc you’re putting in there?

There are several things that can help create a healthy system. Aloe is an amazing product. It is very healing (but it doesn’t happen overnight, so give it a chance). Not all Aloe is created equal. The one I’ve found that is the best is – they don’t want their name published but I think it’s ok to click the link below – guess we’ll find out. (it tastes good, has ACTIVE Aloe and has 200 parts aloe to 1 part water) Also probiotics are important in mantaining the health of the gastrointestinal system. The same company has a product that contains both aloe and probiotics. With probiotics and aloe many people can maintain a healthy system. Check them out at www.karendavison.com

What happens when things get out of control in your sytem?

There have also been many studies in recent years on H.Pylori after the discovery that a large number of ulcers are caused by this bacteria. In the studies, scientists found that most of the people had low levels of zinc and when they were given zinc, they not only recovered from the H.Pylori but it seemed to help prevent a reoccurrance. Further studies showed that a zinc-carnosine compound was even more effective. In a small study of people with H.Pylori, scientists found that those given strong antibiotics along with a proton-pump inhibitor did not fair as well as those given the zinc-carosine compount. In fact the zinc-carnosine group had a 100% cure rate.

Cranberry juice is also very effective in staving off the onset of H.Pylori. And Licorice has been found to kill the H.Pylori bacteria even in cases where it has become antiobiotic resistant. Of course, licorice can raise one’s blood pressure so caution is advised.

Finally there is new research being done on a perennial plant that grows in the Himalayas called Picrorhiza. It has already been shown to speed healing in other areas and has been used to combat Hepatitis A.

With this arsenal of natural products, we should be able to keep our gastrointestinal system functioning happily and prevent some of the bothersome issues as well as H.Pylori. Keeping a healthy gastrointestinal system will undoubtedly affect our overal health in a very positive way.