• Excess gastric acid is still considered necessary for the formation of ulcers.
• Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori)
• NSAIDs (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs), including aspirin,ibuprofen (Motrin), naproxen(Naprosyn)
• NSAIDs cause ulcers by interfering with prostaglandins in the stomach.
• These ulcers can be caused by wrong food or too much food.
• Drinking too much alcohol
• Coffee, colas, spicy foods, and caffeine
• Smoking cigarettes

• Abdominal pain after around three hours of taking a meal.
• Upper abdominal pain that wakes you up at night around 1-2
• Pain just beneath the breastbone is a frequent symptom of an ulcer. Sometimes it radiates to the back.
• Feeling of fullness – unable to drink as much fluid, bloating and abdominal fullness;
• Mild nausea (vomiting may relieve this symptom)
• Loss of appetite and weight loss;
• Vomiting of blood
• Bloody or dark tarry stools
• Chest pain and back pains
• Fatigue
• Weight loss (6 Common Health Issues that Cause Unexplained Weight Loss)

• Testing for H. pylori is also needed.
• Hemoglobin blood test to check for anemia
• Stool occult blood test

• Eat more fruits and vegetables especially, Pawpaw, Carrots and cabbage. Drink more water.
• Do not eat fried foods, tea, caffeine products, salt, chocolate, animal fats.
• A diet high in sugar increases HCl production. White bread also causes more HCl to be made.
• Avoid all diary milk, that the calcium in milk only stimulates acid production rather than decreasing it, as was taught for years.
• Well-cooked brown rice and millet are good.
• Do not eat between meals.
• Doing so slows emptying of the stomach, and thereby increases HCl amounts in the stomach.
• Do not use medicinal drugs.

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