Natural Health Show Blog: Safe & Natural Alternative to Proton Pump Inhibitor Drugs for Acid Reflux & Ulcers

Monday, September 19, 2005

Safe & Natural Alternative to Proton Pump Inhibitor Drugs for Acid Reflux & Ulcers

Herbalist Wendy Wilson, host of Herb Talk Live, talked about the many uses of organic apple cider vinegar. Wendy suggested drinking one ounce (2 tablespoons) of Bragg Organic Apple Cider Vinegar before each meal for the following conditions. This helps your body to regulate the amount of stomach acid. You need to shake up the bottle each time because of the desirable sediment in the bottom of the bottle. Her co-host, Carolyn Carpenter, suggested that you put your 2 tablespoons in apple juice or apple cider to improve the taste. Bragg Organic Apple Cider Vinegar is available at many health food stores. Wendy also recommends Spectrum Organic Apple Cider Vinegar - Unfiltered, but make sure its unfiltered. Spectrum makes both filtered and unfiltered organic apple cider vinegar. Since they are finding that a number of people who have been taking proton pump inhibitors for 6 or 7 years have developed polyps in their stomach or esophageal cancer, this certainly looks like a great alternative. I don't understand how people could take proton pump inhibitor drugs for 6 or 7 years. I've read that they should be taken for 4 weeks. If you still have problems, then the doctor prescribes another 4 weeks. How could this go on for 6 or 7 years?