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Acid reflux drug linked to more than doubled risk of stomach cancer

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Re: Acid reflux drug linked to more than doubled risk of stomach cancer

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> "In the UK, there are more than 50m prescriptions for PPIs every year..." I can't believe this. There are only 65MM poeople in the UK, so 50 million would exceed the adult population.

Maybe repeat prescription for the same patient are counted.

Re: Acid reflux drug linked to more than doubled risk of stomach cancer

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After having every member of my family get cancer except me I have extensively studied and found proven ways to prevent cancer based on long term studies. I also serve as a patient advocate helping people battle their cancers. In addition I have had gastrointestinal and digestive issues in the past and after lots of doctors, tests, treatments, etc. here are the things that I have found to have worked:

Cancer Prevention (All Types Including Gastric/Stomach Cancer): 1) Don't smoke 2) Eat a plant based (vegan) diet consisting of mostly fresh raw vegetables (raw foods contain natural digestive enzymes which help digest food better as well as being packed with cancer fighting nutrients) 3) Eliminate processed, fried, additive-laden foods 4) Avoid exposure to chemicals, toxins and other environmental contaminants that are known carcinogens. 5) Get plenty of sleep every night to strengthen the immune system. 6) Get a minimum of 150 minutes of cardiovascular exercise each week (more is even more effective) 7) Minimize daily stress to the greatest extent possible (stress wreaks havoc on the body and seriously damages immune function). 8) Drink plenty of water every day.

To Improve Digestive Health/Minimize Acid Reflux & Other GI Health Problems: 1) Eat more raw vegetables which have naturally occurring digestive enzymes (cooking destroys most of these). 2) Eat slowly and chew your food thoroughly. Digestion starts in the mouth with saliva. 3) Don't drink water or other fluids during and for at least 3-4 hours after meals which will dilute stomach acid & negatively impact digestion and break down of food. 4) Eat raw fermented foods with naturally occurring prebiotics & probiotics such as kombucha tea, raw apple cider vinegar (1 tablespoon on food at each meal 3X per day), etc. Studies have shown that pre/probiotic supplements are not effective, only natural foods work. 5) Try and eat smaller, more frequent meals. Large meals are harder to digest & make it hard for the stomach to fully clear food that is eaten which can increase acid reflux/GERD. 6) Avoid bad oils and fats and stick to good fats virgin coconut oil, olive oil, nuts, seeds, avocados, etc. http://drcate.com/list-of-good-fats-and-oils-versus-bad/ 7) Eat more high fiber foods.

These are some suggestions based on many years of research and what I have found to work the best. I'm happy to answer any questions.

Re: Acid reflux drug linked to more than doubled risk of stomach cancer

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As someone who as been taking these for 3+ years and is utterly scared of these news I would just like to add a few data points regarding my experience that might help others: - an endoscopy revealed level 1 oseophagitis - triggers for me include: coffee, tea or any other source of caffeine, fried and high fat foods, alcohol, acidic fruits, high protein foods. - an experiment with betaine HCL + pepsin was very painfu…

very very anecdotally I've found that going keto(ish - I didnt go full keto) helped quite a bit.

Re: Acid reflux drug linked to more than doubled risk of stomach cancer

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post #70

As someone who as been taking these for 3+ years and is utterly scared of these news I would just like to add a few data points regarding my experience that might help others: - an endoscopy revealed level 1 oseophagitis - triggers for me include: coffee, tea or any other source of caffeine, fried and high fat foods, alcohol, acidic fruits, high protein foods. - an experiment with betaine HCL + pepsin was very painfu…

went through almost all of your points actually. though my symptoms were "gastro-attacks" of frightening intensity where i'd end up in hospital. ended up having gallbladder removed after test showed it very-low functioning and had complete recovery. took PPI's still intermittently, but tapered off after a couple years.

Re: Acid reflux drug linked to more than doubled risk of stomach cancer

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Hacker News continues to amaze. There's always a worrying high ratio of comments in health and diet threads from people making drastic and impulsive decisions without medical advice, usually off the back of incomplete conclusions or anecdote. Newspaper coverage certainly needs to contain more scrutiny of the quality of scientific papers (and their review), but this paper explicitly concludes that there are other fact…

Quite a commentary on the lack of confidence in modern medicine isn't it? No none trusts the specialist.
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