{"id":452,"date":"2012-03-19T19:59:51","date_gmt":"2012-03-19T19:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/?p=452"},"modified":"2012-03-19T22:29:47","modified_gmt":"2012-03-19T22:29:47","slug":"digestive-enzymes-and-probiotics-to-help-your-discomfort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/digestive-enzymes-and-probiotics-to-help-your-discomfort\/","title":{"rendered":"Digestive Enzymes and Probiotics to Help Your Discomfort"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Every time we have stomach discomfort, heartburn, and indigestion we take an antacid.\u00a0 Is this the best solution? Do antacids and acid blockers solve that problem or just cause another? Let&#8217;s answer these questions:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/stomach2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-469 alignright\" title=\"stomach2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/stomach2-227x300.png\" alt=\"stomach\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/stomach2-227x300.png 227w, https:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/stomach2.png 765w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Where does indigestion come from?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It stems from not digesting your food thoroughly and the undigested food causes discomfort and other health problems.\u00a0\u00a0 It is not because we have an antacid drug deficiency.\u00a0 But we <em>do<\/em> have an enzyme deficiency.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>How do antacids work?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Antacid drugs work by either neutralizing the stomach acids or by blocking acid production.\u00a0 When using antacids, non-beneficial bacteria can enter your body because the acid bath is not there to protect you from the germs and bacteria that goes in your mouth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The HCL (stomach acid) in your stomach destroys harmful bacteria that can enter into our bodies that could be in our food or in the air we breathe.\u00a0 Without this protection we open ourselves to harmful organisms and possible bad bacteria with numerous infections.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>So is destroying the acid bath really the best solution?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Indigestion almost always occurs from eating cooked and processed foods or not chewing raw foods good enough to release the digestive enzymes they contain.\u00a0 Remember cooked and processed foods do not have any enzymes. 118 degrees destroys all digestive enzymes normally occurring in ALL raw foods.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/vegetables.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-470\" title=\"vegetables\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/vegetables-150x150.png\" alt=\"eat more raw foods\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>The key is to eat more raw foods less processed foods and get away from the acid blockers which prevent proper digestion and instead encourage the proper digestion of your foods.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You might try taking <a title=\"best digestive enzymes\" href=\"http:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/digestive-enzymes.html\">digestive enzymes<\/a> and <a title=\"best probiotic supplements\" href=\"http:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/probiotics.html\">probiotics<\/a> to help your discomfort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every time we have stomach discomfort, heartburn, and indigestion we take an antacid.\u00a0 Is this the best solution? Do antacids and acid blockers solve that problem or just cause another? 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