Esmeralda
Diamond Member
Take a teaspoon of flax seed everyday and drink lots of water.nice- thx Pogo. I'll have to get a good list of healthy foods and get some at the store asap. I have gastritis and a hiatal hernia so gassy beans are a no-no atm. I'm on 2 40 mg of Nexium a day (for years)- I know; very bad... Gotta make sure I get a lot of magnesium and calcium, as Nexium is notorious for fractured bones. I just gotta lose weight. Surgery is an absolute last resort.
Yike.
I popped Nexium for a short time before I had a proper diagnosis (which was ulcers). Once that got fixed I had no more issues. Very complex the body is.
How complex you ask? One night while I was suffering the ulcers, before I knew what they were, they were really really bad, I was on the verge of driving myself to ER -- and I noticed a grapefruit on the counter. Something told me to eat it. Conventional wisdom would say that's a bad idea, right? All that acid?
I bit into the grapefruit and .... instant relief. So well did it work that I started carrying around a grapefruit at all times.
Yogurt oughta be good for calcium/magnesium, or dairy in general. I like rice pudding myself, which I mix with Nature's Path Hemp granola and fruit (raspberries, strawberries, blueberries work well). It's unspeakably delicious. Can you have nuts? That oughta be good too.
actually I'm not surprised. They say ACV (apple cider vinager is the best for stomach issues). The organic with the Mother one. I have had that ACV off and on for years, but it doesn't help much. I even might set up an appt. 4 hrs away to see a specialist who pulls the hernia back down. It's $150 a pop though (plus gas and time off of work). Yep, Kefir yogurt is my fav.