The Omega-6 GERD Connection
While I was doing research on variations in gastric acidity, I came across an interesting paper: Diet, reflux and the development of squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus in Africa. It's...
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Short Chain Fatty Acids and Low-Carb
"Why does my stomach feel so good?" It had been a long week of moving from Brooklyn to Queens and having no kitchen, I had eaten out every single day. Queens is probably one of the ethnic food...
View ArticleAncestral Health Symposium Talk!
I usually don't like to watch people speak about stuff. Maybe that's why I almost never went to lectures in college. I prefer to read things. As Data from Star Trek might say, I find it to be the most...
View ArticleGERD Brainstorming
It's funny because GERD (Gastroesophageal reflux disease) is one of the main reasons I changed my diet, but I don't blog about it much. I guess it's because I don't have it anymore. Neither do my...
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Good Soy, Bad Soy
When I first moved into the college dorms, one of my favorite meals was Special K (with those freeze-dried "berries") floating in tan-colored soy milk. It was healthy and I thought it tasted pretty...
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Why Paleo didn't fix my IBS
Now that it's been over four years since I first heard about "paleo" diets, I have been reflecting on how such diets have worked for me. When I first heard about paleo, I definitely thought it was a...
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Paleolithic Post-Modernist Cuisine
This week I spent almost my entire food budget for the month on one meal and it was completely worth it even if it means I have to eat just ground beef from my dad's farm for the rest of the time. I...
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Home is where the gut bacteria is
Ugh, I got back from Europe this week and I feel like I have so much catching up to do. Books to review, emails to answer, projects to finish, mad programming skillz to acquire, apartment to spruce...
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Acellular versus cellular carbohydrates and endotoxins
A new free-full text paper by Ian Spreadbury has been making the rounds lately. "Comparison with ancestral diets suggests dense acellular carbohydrates promote an inflammatory microbiota, and may be...
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Everything "rots" in your colon, and it's not a bad thing at all
The internet is full of vegetarian and vegan websites claiming meat is bad because it "rots" in your colon. This is actually a very old idea, tracing back in the United States to neo-puritan...
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Can you digest bone?
Possible too gross for some, via John Hawks, this article that mentions a most interesting experiment mentioned in an article on strange science:yum?If you like shrews, especially if you like them...
View ArticleReasons for your worsening stomach problems on a paleo/ low-carb/ ancestral/...
With all these success stories about people feeling better on various diets, I think we forgot the people who sometimes feel worse. Probably because those people give up and don't stick around. I'm...
View ArticleBetaine HCL: What's the deal? Does it increase stomach acidity? Does it help...
Now and then I get an email asking about using Betaine HCL to heal from GERD. I first heard about this supplement through Robb Wolf's podcast. By the time I heard of it, I already did not have GERD. I...
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The Complete Low-FODMAP Diet: A Revolutionary Plan for Managing IBS and Other...
Author: Pic: Buy: The Complete Low-FODMAP Diet: A Revolutionary Plan for Managing IBS and Other Digestive DisordersThe go-to book I recommend for dealing with IBS and other stomach problems.Reading...
View ArticleBitters: An Under-appreciated Solution For Stomach Problems?
A chronic and frustrating, but not deadly, disease like IBS is a perfect one for experimentation. However, I’d never considered alcohol as anything but a trigger. And that wasn’t really borne out of...
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