Category Archives: Digestive Health

Raw Nutrition and Superfood Nutrition Coaching Special

Raw food nutrition and Superfood coaching with Ariel Have you been wanting to get on raw foods or superfoods but don’t know where to start? Do you have a condition, chronic illness or perhaps want to lose weight or balance your hormones with with raw foods or superfoods? Ariel combines her knowledge of naturopathic medicine, raw food nutrition, superfood nutrition, medical…

Stomach Acid: Too Low or Too High?

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By Dr. Ariel Policano Quick, answer this. When you have heartburn, or acid reflux, it is because your stomach acid is too high, right? That is why you take your favorite acid reducer, proton pump inhibitor or other acid blocker, right? Wrong. Almost every patient I meet with has compromised levels of stomach acid. Their…

How Stress Depletes Precious Stomach Acid

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By Dr. Ariel Policano I want to revisit the topic of stomach acid because it is so crucial to good digestion. Almost every patient that I see has some problem with digestion. For example, bloating after meals, frequent bouts of gas, problems with constipation, difficulty losing weight, food allergies and much more. Stomach acid is…