Surprise! You’re Addicted!
Last Monday it was reported by NPR that the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) will soon be publishing yet one more reason to leave those PPIs alone! Protect…
“Emerging” Type of Heartburn Stumps Docs—Are You Kidding Me?!
I have to laugh sometimes at mainstream medicine, pharmaceuticals particularly. Pharmaceutical companies spend millions of dollars marketing drugs in order to make billions of dollars in profits, all at the…
Physician Bias, or Pharmaceutical Influence?
A team of researchers at Mayo Clinic recently uncovered an interesting physician bias regarding the diagnosis of the upper digestive conditions gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and functional dyspepsia (also…
Depressed? Digestive Upsets May be the Cause
The gut-brain connection is an interesting one because it travels in two directions—from the brain to the gut and from the gut to the brain. For the longest time this…
Chronic Health Conditions – What’s Your Gut Got To Do With It?
Most people have a difficult time making the association between what is going on in the gut and health problems in other parts of the body. I help them connect…
Eat Your Way to Better Digestion
"Renew You" Challenge - Be a part of my Weekly Challenge to help set you off in the right direction for bringing health to your week. So this week I wanted…
Wed 6/09/10 on the Poop Scoop: Acid Reflux & What Your Doctor May Not Be Telling You
Heartburn, indigestion, acid reflux—we’ve all felt that awful burning sensation at one time or another, but chances are we blamed it on something we ate and reached for the nearest…
April is Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Awareness Month
You’ve probably heard of Heart Awareness Month, Women’s Health Awareness Month, and Breast and Lung Cancer Awareness months. Well did you know that April is Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Awareness…
Wed 2/10 on the Poop Scoop: Acid Reflux & What Your Doctor May Not Be Telling You
Heartburn, indigestion, acid reflux—we’ve all felt that awful burning sensation at one time or another, but chances are we blamed it on something we ate and reached for the nearest…
The high stomach acid conspiracy!
I know too many people who are swallowing antacid pills and potions and even taking prescription drugs on a daily basis, and it got me thinking about stomach acid and…