IMAGES PROVIDED BY:
Thinkstock
SOURCES:
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases: “Definition & Facts for Peptic Ulcers (Stomach Ulcers).”
Mayo Clinic: “Peptic Ulcer,” “Belching, intestinal gas and bloating: Tips for reducing them.”
Current Opinion in Biotechnology: “Health benefits of fermented foods: microbiota and beyond.”
Frontiers in Microbiology: “Fermented Foods: Are They Tasty Medicines for Helicobacter pylori Associated Peptic Ulcer and Gastric Cancer?”
World Journal of Gastrointestinal Pathophysiology: “Use of probiotics in the fight against Helicobacter pylori,” “Consumption of spicy foods and the prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome.”
International Journal of Food Properties: “Probiotics for cure of Helicobacter pylori infection: A review.”
Arquivos Brasileiros de Cirurgia Digestiva (Brazilian Archives of Digestive Surgery): “Nutritional care in peptic ulcer.”
PLoS ONE: “Association of peptic ulcer disease with obesity, nutritional components, and blood parameters in the Korean population,” “No Association of Coffee Consumption with Gastric Ulcer, Duodenal Ulcer, Reflux Esophagitis, and Non-Erosive Reflux Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study of 8,013 Healthy Subjects in Japan.”
Canadian Family Physician: “How diet and lifestyle affect duodenal ulcers. Review of the evidence.”
CDC: “Helicobacter pylori and Peptic Ulcer Disease.”
Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America: “Diet, Nutrition, and Inflammatory Bowel Disease.”
Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine: “Effectiveness of Citrus Fruits on Helicobacter pylori.”
Harvard Medical School: “Peptic Ulcer.”
International Journal of Tissue Reactions: “Cytoprotective effect of vitamin A and its clinical importance in the treatment of patients with chronic gastric ulcer.”
American Journal of Epidemiology: “Prospective study of diet and the risk of duodenal ulcer in men.”
The Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition: “Prevention of duodenal ulcer formation in the rat by dietary vitamin A supplementation.”
National Institutes of Health: “Vitamin A,” “Vitamin C.”
Johns Hopkins Medicine: “Peptic Ulcers.”
Digestive Diseases and Sciences: “Vitamin C, Gastritis, and Gastric Disease: a historical review and update.”
World Journal of Gastroenterology: “Consumption of spicy foods and the prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome.”
American College of Gastroenterology: “Gastroparesis.”
