Curing Stomach Acid Problems
My friend Adam had serious stomach acid problems. He was chronically on ant-acids, and had a close call when overdosing on baking soda dissolved in water to treat the intense burning symptoms. I encouraged him to heal himself with foods. The Standard American Diet (SAD) has a way of causing too much acid to build up. I simply suggested that his meals should include green vegetables, such as broccoli, green beans, collard greens, kale, zucchini, snow peas, snap peas, salads. I encouraged him to get a lot of celery and cucumber to have on hand - eating a couple of stalks of celery or cucumber quarters in case of emergency, and for maintenance to have one or two stalks of celery with each meal. (He prefers celery to cucumber. My personal fave is sweet snap peas when in season.)
These super simple practices completely cured him. He hasn’t touched an ant-acid since making this simple change in his diet.
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By Adam Haley on Jan 19, 2008 | Reply
Hey Stef,
Great post! Your advice was such a life saver to me.. I had just gone to a doctor who didn’t ask me anything about my eating habits or lifestyle, anything like that. He just mumbled something about his favorite sports team for a minute and then prescribed me “the purple pill”! This is a person who is supposedly in the role of “healer”!! shheesh!
Thankfully I started talking to you around that time and it made all the difference in the world. I learned how to keep my system alkalized,lost 40 pounds, and now I feel 100 times better! Thank you so much for your gifts and insight.This blog is a great idea to get the word out. Not enough people know this stuff!!!
-A
By Kim on Jan 27, 2008 | Reply
Go Stefanie! You are so smart AND gorgeous! Could you post some info on your candida experience? Do I have to give up coffee to treat yeast?
By Stefanie's on Jan 27, 2008 | Reply
Hi Kim, Thank you for stopping by. You are so sweet!
Candida, yes, that has been an ongoing series of battles for me and many. I will definitely post something. You have given me a little push. I’m pretty sure candida loves coffee…I’ll get back to you on that with plenty of info as soon as I can.
By Angie on Jan 29, 2008 | Reply
Good info!! Do you have any yummy recipes for green veggies?
By Stefanie's on Jan 29, 2008 | Reply
Hi Angie,
I’ll put up a quick and easy recipe for raw kale salad. I don’t think you can get much greener! Please look for my new blog “Green is Gorgeous.”
Thanks!
By Pennie on Mar 14, 2008 | Reply
Hi Stefanie:
I don’t get it too often, but the celery/cucumber tip for acid worked for me, I used celery. Nice to know!
Thanks so much,
Pennie
By Christina Campbell on Mar 23, 2008 | Reply
I have had acid problems from candida and I am curing it with exactly the advise that is on this website…. very interesting and fun website.
Christina