| There is a little known bad effect of eating a high | | | | absorbed when your stomach acid is the natural |
| fiber diet. Most recommendation on the amount of | | | | value of ph 1 – 3. As your stomach acid weakens |
| fiber to eat is in the range of 30 to 40 gm per day. | | | | and the pH rises to 4, 5, 6, and even 7, the complex |
| And as you age this becomes more important since | | | | become more insoluble and not absorbable. To make |
| high fiber diets help you remove excess cholesterol in | | | | matters worse is if you have plenty of calcium and |
| the colon and help regulate your bowel movements. | | | | magnesium in this complex, it will tie up other mineral |
| In addition, fiber helps to remove toxins from your | | | | and make them insoluble. |
| colon and provide food for the good bacterial. | | | | There is one other condition that occurs with |
| What you are not told about fiber is that fiber can | | | | weaken stomach acid. Digestion of protein is |
| bind with certain nutrients and minerals and they get | | | | decrease leaving more undigested protein to move |
| tied up in your stools before they get absorbed into | | | | into the colon. It is this undigested protein and |
| your blood stream. This condition can occur when | | | | constipation that can lead to colon cancer, especially |
| your stomach acid gets weak. And the weaker it | | | | if the protein has been cured with nitrites. |
| gets, higher values of pH – 3.5, 4, 5, and 6 – | | | | Here’s how to avoid becoming mineral deficient. |
| the more nutrients you lose to stool formation. | | | | Keep your diet high in fiber by eating raw fruits and |
| There are two situations where your stomach acid | | | | vegetable. If you are over 50 and perhaps 60, your |
| gets weak. First, as you age, your ability to create | | | | stomach acid has been on the decline. Taking HCl and |
| and release HCl acid from your stomach walls | | | | pepsin tablets can overcome this condition. But to |
| decreases. Second, at any age, if you take any type | | | | use these acid tablets you need to use them in a |
| of drug to decreased your stomach acid strength in | | | | special way and that will be covered in another article. |
| an effort to reduce acid reflux damage to your | | | | If you have acid reflux avoid using acid neutralizers |
| esophagus. Both these condition in combination with a | | | | such as Tums or Rolaids. Avoid, also, taking acid |
| high fiber diet lead to a more minerals tied up in | | | | blocking drugs such as Prilosec. These drugs play with |
| chyme or stools. | | | | your acid levels and make you more susceptible to |
| Here’s how you lose the minerals. Phytate, a | | | | mineral loss. There are natural remedies that can help |
| chemical found in grains, cereal and seeds, and fiber | | | | you eliminate acid reflux and if you work with a |
| easily combine with nutrients and minerals. This | | | | nutritionist, he can help define a diet that will stop |
| complex of phytate, fiber, and minerals – calcium, | | | | acid reflux safely. |
| manganese, iron, copper, nickel, or zinc - are easily | | | | |