Eating a diet that's high in foods that make the stomach less habitable for Helicobacter pylori is a good strategy for success against this nasty infection.What foods should I eat to get rid of H. pylori?
NOTE to the Reader: This is one article in a series about Helicobacter pylori, a bacterial infection that can cause a wide variety of symptoms throughout the body. About half of the population of the world is infected with H. pylori, but how this infection is expressed varies from person to person. Some people have transient symptoms. They may have symptoms like motion sickness, sea sickness, hyperemesis gravidarum (severe morning sickness during pregnancy), or a chronic rash (Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria) that seems to be due to allergies. Or, they may have chronic migraine headaches. Many of these problems can be resolved with high-dose vitamin C treatment combined with an alkaline diet and alkaline treatment strategies. It is possible to cure H. pylori infection using powerful at-home treatment strategies in combination with a proper diet.The addition of foods and drinks into the diet that actively target H. pylori and/or relieve the symptoms caused by infection with particular bacteria can significantly improve the success of your treatment protocol. Eating a diet that is overall healthy and balanced is an important first step, but if you already do this, add these foods into your diet in higher-than-usual quantities for the duration of time that you're treating yourself for H. pylori. Cooking with anti-H. pylori foods is also a good way to treat your entire family for this infection, which is essential since if one person has Helicobacter, then everyone in the family will have this infection. Everyone must be treated in order to avoid reinfecting each other during the treatment process. Thus, diet therapy that includes medicinal foods in high quantities can be a cost-effective and time-effective strategy for managing the health of everyone in your household.
Below are foods that have an anti-Helicobacter pylori effect on the digestive system:
- Cabbage - Cabbage is high in isothiocyanates and S-Methylmethionine/Vitamin U, which are known to cure stomach ulcers, get rid of gastritis, help prevent stomach cancer and kill H. pylori. Steam or boil cabbage for meals, or better yet, drink the juice of up to ¼ of a cabbage per day for 4 to 8 weeks in combination with other H. pylori treatments.
- Broccoli - Broccoli is also high in isothiocyanates and sulphoraphane, which help prevent cancer and kill H. pylori. Consumption of 70 grams of broccoli per day is advised for 4 to 8 weeks for best results. In addition to eating actual broccoli each day, also eat broccoli sprouts or take a broccoli sprouts supplement daily to reduce stomach inflammation.
- Cauliflower - Cauliflower, like cabbage and broccoli, is a cruciferous vegetable and is thus also high in isothiocyanates that help prevent cancer and kill H. pylori
- Turmeric - Turmeric (Curcuma longa) is a potent anti-inflammatory and antibacterial and is great for reducing pain or general achiness. It's essential to take turmeric with some kind of fat, otherwise it won't be absorbed into the body in a way where it can be utilized by the cells. Try adding turmeric to yogurt or salad dressings that have oils, or add a pinch to any dish that has some oil or other fats. If you don't have the time/desire to do this (some people don't like the taste of turmeric), simply mix in 1/2 to 1 teaspoon of turmeric powder to extra virgin olive oil or coconut oil and eat with a spoon.
- Raw Garlic (Allium sativa) - Garlic is another powerful antibacterial agent. Add fresh garlic to all of your meals, take a garlic supplement if you have access to this, or do both!
- Green tea - raises the stomach pH to make it more alkaline and less habitable for H. pylori. Green tea also has anti-bacterial properties. Drinking as much as you can!
- Thyme
- Ginger - Ginger can reduce stomach upsets and gastritis, hastening the emptying of the stomach, while exerting antibacterial effects against H. pylori at the same time. (A great remedy for motion sickness and morning sickness).
- Raw Honey - Raw honey is powerfully healing for external ulcerations and wounds on the skin, and works similarly for ulcers in the gut. Regular, unpasteurized raw honey is a good choice if it's all you get get or afford, but manuka honey with a higher manuka factor (MF) is ideal for treating H. pylori and other infections in the gut. Take 1/2 teaspoon of manuka honey daily in a glass of warm water or straight off the spoon.
- Fish oil - Fish oil is high in omega 3’s and omega 6’s that reduce stomach inflammation
- Olive oil - Olive oil is also high in omega 3’s and omega 6’s that reduce stomach inflammation
- Carrot seeds - Carrot seeds are high in omega 3’s and omega 6’s that reduce stomach inflammation
- Grapefruit seed oil - Grapefruit seed oil is high in omega 3’s and omega 6’s th reduce stomach inflammation
- Cranberries - Cranberries are high in vitamin C and have anti-adhesive properties that work to repair the stomach lining to make it impenetrable by the corkscrew-shaped Helicobacter bacteria while also making it much more difficult for the bacteria to hold onto the gastric mucosa. Cranberry juice can be taken at a dose of at least 8 ounces per day (choose a sugar-free option that contains pure cranberry juice, and add stevia or raw honey later to sweeten).
- Blueberries, Blackberries, Strawberries, and Raspberries - All of these berries are high in vitamin C and should be included in your daily diet, if possible.
- Coconut oil, coconut milk, and coconut cream - Extra virgin coconut oil specifically contains 50% lauric acid by weight to support bacterial elimination of H. pylori as well as Candida albicans; though Monolaurin supplements are more powerful than coconut oil, it doesn’t hurt to include plenty of coconut products in your diet when trying to cure H. pylori since all of these contain high levels of lauric acid and are therefore medicinal in this context.
- Cow’s Milk - The glycoprotein lactoferrin in cow's milk and a compound known as melanoidin inhibits H. pylori. If you choose to include cow's milk in your H. pylori treatment protocol, make sure to choose milk that is organic and grass-fed, and ideally raw and locally sourced (you can boil it at home later if you wish). Otherwise, cow's milk from the supermarket is actually toxic and does significantly more harm than good (read more about the problem with cow's milk in this article).
- Pea protein (Pisum sativum) - Two peptides (S3 and S5) in pea protein have demonstrated anti-adhesion effects against H. pylori. They interfere with adhesin BabA, an H. pylori membrane protein that makes it possible for the bacteria to adhere to the stomach wall. Pea protein can be added to morning smoothies or into soups as a kind of thickener.
- Tomato - Tomato definsins have a broad antibacterial effect in the gut.
- Red Wine - The resveratrol in red wine has inhibits the urease activity of H. pylori. It can diminish the symptoms associated with an H. pylori infection but won’t cure the infection. If you find that small amounts of red wine alleviate symptoms, keep it on hand for "emergencies", but otherwise concentrate on including the other medicinal foods above in your diet.
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