Calcium may well be the world’s most popular nutritional supplement. Why is that? The main reason for calcium’s popularity is just good-old-fashioned Madison Avenue propaganda. For four decades Americans have been the beneficiaries of major advertising campaigns from the dairy industry promoting milk as the ideal food, especially for growing children. And milk’s calcium content…
More Bad News for PPI Acid Blocker Users
Protein pump inhibitors are widely prescribed and are also available for sale over the counter without prescription in the US. Use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are associated with increased risk of a number of adverse health outcomes including acute interstitial nephritis, chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease, incident dementia, increased risk of incident…
The Very Real Dangers of Stomach Acid Medication.
Let’s talk about the commonly prescribed stomach medication that is used to ‘treat’ GERD (Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease). These acid reducing drugs are #4 on the list of most commonly prescribed medication. GERD is most often treated by the medical establishment utilizing stomach acid blockers such as Histamine-2 blockers and PPIs (proton pump inhibitors). It…