Stomach Pain
Chronic Inflammation of The Gut Is The Most Common Cause Of Stomach Pain
Not only is chronic inflammation of the gut the most common cause of stomach pain (aside from pathology), it is one of the biggest causes of serious disease.
Today you are going to learn what you can do to remedy stomach pain because way too many of you are suffering from it needlessly.
And what really concerns me is that most people are using too much medication to try and alleviate it and sometimes even resorting to surgery.
You need your stomach and you need all of it.
And believe me, your stomach pain is not because you don’t have enough rolaids, tums or pepto in your diet!
Your stomach is for more than just digestion of food.
It is also the first line of defense against harmful substances that find their way into your body.
A normally functioning stomach helps important nutrients get into your body and prevents harmful substances from getting into your body.
But, if there is inflammation of the stomach these two important functions are impaired. Inflammation is caused by two things.
One is a poor diet and the second is a poor nerve supply to the stomach.
You can have both and most people suffering from stomach pain do have both. Inflammation of the gut (stomach) makes it more permeable.
This means that substances can pass through more easily. And when normal nutrients pass through the stomach and end up directly into the bloodstream your body identifies them as ‘foreign invaders’.
Even though they are normal, they are not supposed to be in the blood stream.
They are supposed to remain in the digestive system.
What happens next is that your immune system starts to attack these nutrients that have passed through into your blood stream to defend your body.
Remember, they are identified as foreign invaders because they are somewhere they shouldn’t be even though they are normal.
This is call the leaky gut syndrome and this is not good because this is one of the major causes of auto-immune disease.
An auto-immune disease is when your immune system attacks your own body.
Rheumatoid arthritis for example is an auto-immune disease.
Now in this particular circumstance, new research indicates that the leaky gut syndrome may be a cause of diabetes and other conditions such as weight gain (obesity), depression and skin disorders.
There are many, many medications that are prescribed for all of these conditions but remember one thing; a lack of medication in your diet in not why these conditions develop in the first place.
So, what can you do if you have stomach pain? One thing you need to do is avoid foods that are known to cause inflammation of the stomach.
You will have to do a little experimentation on your own but it is pretty easy to do.
The first thing you want to do is avoid everything containing dairy for 30 days.
If there is no change, you can slowly start incorporating dairy back into your diet if you want to.
The next thing is to avoid everything containing gluten (bread, pasta, grains etc.) for 30 days.
If there is no change, you can slowly incorporate back into your diet if you want to. Sugar, alcohol and caffeine are all highly inflammatory.
They all have to go.
If you have a sweet tooth, you can wean yourself off sugar by substituting stevia or xylitol.
Soy, peanuts, legumes (beans and peas) and potatoes are also highly inflammatory.
If these are a regular part of your diet you will have to do the 30 day elimination with each one of them.
If there is no change, then you can slowly incorporate them back into your diet if you want to.
Fermented soy is ok by the way and legumes and potatoes are ok if they are cooked and cooled overnight for consumption the next day.
Now let’s say that after removing dairy from your diet for example, your stomach pain goes away.
Well, then you know dairy is something you should never, ever consume. And this same principle applies to any of the aforementioned inflammatory foods that you eliminate for 30 days.
Here is a list of gut-friendly (non-inflammatory foods) for you.
Cold water fish; salmon, trout, anchovies, herring.
Veggies; dino kale (cooked), spinach (cooked), broccoli, brussel sprouts, cauliflower, cabbage, asparagus, fennel, radishes, cucumber, collards, cucumber, zucchini, celery, carrots, bok choy, avocados, artichokes, green beans, and any dark, leafy lettuce.
Fruits; grapefruit, lemon, lime.
Berries; strawberry, blackberry, raspberry.
Here are your healthy fats; coconut oil, grass-fed butter, ghee, extra-virgin olive oil, avocado oil.
A safe food ratio for you; 50% of your daily diet should be from fruits and veggies. 50% from protein.
And never, ever mix fruit with anything but fruit.
Supplements specific for those who suffer from stomach pain; omega-3 fatty acids and probiotics.
Now, you have done your due diligence with food elimination.
You know there is no stomach cancer but you are still having stomach pain.
What do you do?
Go to the Chart of Effects of Spinal Misalignments found on the home page of this website.
Look closely at the 6T and 7T levels and you will see that these nerves control some pretty important digestive organs including your stomach.
The only thing that could logically explain your stomach pain now is a spinal misalignment.
This is where I can help. My expertise is to locate all the misalignments in your spine and correct them so that your nerves can control your organs the way they are supposed to.
If the nerves to the stomach are irritated, so too will the stomach be irritated.
An irritated stomach will be painful when trying to digest food.
Remove the nerve irritation, the stomach is no longer irritated, normal digestion occurs once again and stomach pain goes away.
This is what I do.
This is what I have done for the past 27 years.
So, if you or anyone in your family is suffering from stomach pain, I can help.
All you have to do is call 905 335 LIFE (5433) to schedule an appointment and we can get you on the road to recovery.
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