STAMFORD, Conn. — The mysterious and yet unsolved outbreak of Salmonella poisoning, this summer, still tentatively attributed to the consumption of raw tomatoes and certain hot peppers, could have posed less of a scare if the use of acid suppressing medications such as proton pump inhibitors (PPI) by both adults and children wasn’t so prevalent.
According to the August 5th issue of the online newsletter, Bottom Line’s Daily Health News ( www.bottomlinesdailyhealthnews.com), published by Bottom Line Publications ( www.bottomlinesecrets.com), people who pop antacids like candy increase their susceptibility to food-borne infection. While too much stomach acid can be unpleasant, an adequate level is necessary to “kill the germs unavoidably in the food and drink that we all consume,” according to Leo Galland, MD, quoted in the article, “Acid Lowering Drugs Can Increase Risk of Food Poisoning.” Galland is an internist in private practice and director of the Foundation for Integrated Medicine [...]
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