GERD, heartburn, reflux & H Pylori

Helicobacter pylori, is a microaerophilic bacterium usually found in the stomach if you want to geek out on it. What does it have to do with Gerd, heartburn and reflux you might be asking. We are all exposed to all kinds of bacteria in childhood. Many of us don’t know we have become host to it and don’t develop infection! Many of these microbes are our friends and helpers. If you are a gut health enthusiast, we don’t need to tell you that each of us is host to a diverse community of microbiotica living the microbiome realm in your stomach and surrounds; they are there to keep you balanced from plate to colon and beyond. Your microbiome will fit your environment perfectly if balanced and is unique to everyone else’s. Most importantly, if balanced, it is your best defence against most kinds of infection and inflammation. An overgrowth of the wrong kinds of bacteria can lead to an imbalance that will make it easy for H. pylori to take over and cause you dis-ease.

What causes h. pylori to thrive in your gut and causes many of the symptoms you may be experiencing is when your gut microbes go out of balance. Maybe you eat too many sweets with E176 in (notorious for disturbing gut balance) or maybe you have become sensitive to genetically modified foods causing inflammation and leaky gut, maybe you wiped out you gut microbiome with a long coarse of antibiotics after an operation that got infected. So, what now? How do you bet the balance right?  

If you’ve never introduced your gut to the pleasure of a cultured beverage that comes with colonies of healthy bacteria, then today your life is about to change. The selection of foods that are available to help you keep a balance in your gut has grown as more people become aware that fermented foods have superpowers. One of these foods are a super drink called kefir.  Having balanced gut bacteria is a fast track to multiple health benefits, starting with balancing your microbiome for a fresh breath. This more wholistic will do more for you than continued use of Proton pump inhibitors (PPI) are medicines that work by reducing the amount of stomach acid made by glands in the lining of your stomach). It’s not going to rebalnce the but microbiota and evict the baddies.

In a documented entry at Natural Medical Journal .com the journal reported that “Kefir significantly improved …eradication of H. pylori. Infection was eradicated in more than three-quarters of those patients drinking kefir, compared with only half of those who received antibiotics plus placebo. ” Read the journal entry here.  The paper reported Kefir worked to combat h. pylori from thriving in the gut because kefir has a stable production of lactic acid bacteria and yeast. While yoghurt is fermented from a small variety of lactic acid bacteria’s. These days in mainstream products good bacteria is not common and yogurt cultures do not contain yeasts.

The usual treatment regimen for H. pylori which causes Gerd, reflux and heartburn is a short course of two antibiotics. Use of probiotics for H. pylori infections typically require triple therapy with two antibiotics and a proton pump inhibitor. Antibiotics can cause side effects. Using natural treatments would be more helpful in preventing these side effects, protecting the stomach, helping the body to better fight infection, and promoting overall good health.

Probiotics (means ‘for life’) are live microorganisms which provide beneficial effects when taken insufficient quantity on a regular basis. You could start to rebalance your gut immediately by adding probiotics to your diet in the form of kefir and other fermented foods. The introduction of these friendly bacteria could reduce your GERD, reflux and heartburn symptoms drastically.

Long term affects of an uncontrolled H Pylori
Gastric inflammation, superficial gastritis, peptic ulcers and gastric cancer are pretty serious consequences. Rather do something today to rebalance your gut and get your life back. Gerd, heartburn and reflux are symptoms and you have the power to do something about them now.