The key to beating chronic pancreatitis is to STOP the inflammation. I’m gonna harp at you about this until you “get it.” It is absolutely imperative to stop the pancreas inflammation in order to beat BOTH acute pancreatitis and chronic pancreatitis. Nothing else matters. Nothing! It is inflammation that is responsible for all the damage. Ok,… Read More »
Pancreatitis pain can be mild to severe. I can personally tell you from experience that you do not want to experience the severe form of pancreatitis pain but I’ll wager that if you are reading this blog post about pancreatitis pain that you’ve been there, done that. Living with pancreatitis pain is not fun. Those… Read More »
As is true of many foods soy sauce is not good for those who suffer with chronic pancreatitis. Why not you ask? Soy sauce is made by fermenting wheat or another grain such as rice. Grain alcohol, ethanol, is made from fermented grains. There are different types of this sauce and it seems like asian… Read More »
Do pancreatitis and coffee equal pain or other symptoms? Many pancreatitis victims believe that their pain is exasperated by coffee or the caffeine in coffee but is that true? My personal experience tells me it isn’t true. I have drank coffee PROFUSELY for the entire thirty plus (30 +) years I have been living with… Read More »
Is it true that smoking increases pancreatic calcification risk? According to an article published in the March 2014 issue of Pancreas smoking increases the risk of complications such as pancreatic calcification in those who have chronic pancreatitis. Those of you who smoke and also have chronic pancreatitis may want to quit smoking. I’ve smoked for… Read More »
Pancreatic calcification is usually due to alcoholic and hereditary pancreatitis. You can read more about pancreatic calcification and check out imaging here. Since there are many decent sources of information pertaining to pancreatic calcification I don’t want to go into it here within this post. Rather, I thought I’d share what may be a “fix” if you… Read More »
NSAIDS linked to irregular heart rhythm? Common pain killers, used to reduce inflammation have been associated with an irregular heart rhythm called atrial fibrillation (AF or A-Fib) or flutter according to a study published in the peer-reviewed medical journal the BMJ Open. This is an open-access journal, the study is free to read online. In a… Read More »
What are the best supplements for pancreas health? Hopefully I can answer the question completely because people are using that particular question as a search term to find this blog. I may as well make it easy for them! Naturally I’m geared into talking about the best supplements for pancreas health in terms of how… Read More »
If you suffer from pancreatitis you may want to consider a juicing diet because fresh, organic fruit or vegetable juice offers a healthy, nutrient dense and safer way to eat. For those who are extremely symptomatic (pain, nausea, vomiting) a juicing diet may be extremely beneficial because: 1) Juice is much easier to digest 2) Juice… Read More »
If you are thinking of taking up juicing you are on the right track simply because you’ll get a lot more concentrated, nutrient dense juice than you would buying juice in the store. Juice from the store has far fewer nutrients because the process of pasteurization literally kills most of the vitamins, minerals, enzymes and… Read More »