A better way to healing

30th Jun 2009 by Chris

I have always been tormented by several ailments, but not the kinds that involve fever.  I seldom get fever or flu.  Those that really plague me are problems of the digestive system, the circulatory system and the excretory system.  My usual problem is my ulcer.

For years that have passed, I have learned to train myself with abstaining from the food and habits to avoid.  By far, the list of food/drinks to avoid is growing slowly, as my health gets better.  I started out with losing the addiction to softdrinks or any carbonated liquid.  Next to that, I quit on taking alcoholic drinks.  Its almost 7 years now of abstinence.  If you have ulcer, consider this your initial list of items to avoid:

• coffee – sorry, you really have to cut down on this one especially if your ulcers are severe
• milk – when you have ulcer, more often than not, you could already be lactose intolerant, check with your doctor
• carbonated drinks – just stop drinking carbonated drinks, it’ll help you regulate blood sugar too
• minty items – these could be in any form, like mentos. hehe..
• spicy items – chances are, you don’t need to be told of this.  you’d feel the pain if you eat too spicy food.. depends on how severe your ulcer is
• smoking – this decreases your antibodies, and so your body needs to exert more effort to protect itself, thereby producing more than normal levels of acid
• staying up too late
• getting too stressed out

These list have helped me survived without having to undergo surgery and/or laser treatment to remove the H bacteria.  But of course, this is not enough.  The real trouble happens everyday.  Even the food combination for every meal you take could actually affect your health, did you know?  I’m slowly becoming a health buff (I workout even while sitting), but I think its for the better. more…