A column described health benefits from chocolate. Would high-quality chocolate include Snickers bars? What would be a moderate amount, to get the health benefits?
High-quality chocolate is dark chocolate (at least 70% cocoa solids, and not alkali processed). A good "dose" is 5 to 15 grams daily, which should be just under 100 calories. This is not a large piece of chocolate.
A traditional Snickers bar contains milk chocolate, weighs 58.7 grams and has 280 calories. Milk chocolate does not have the same benefits as dark chocolate.
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I have been taking Protonix for heartburn. After I learned that long-term use might lead to complications, I tried to stop taking it. After about a week, I had to start taking it again due to severe heartburn. I asked my pharmacist how to discontinue acid-suppressing drugs, but she was unable to find out.
Rebound heartburn may make it difficult to stop medications such as Aciphex, Nexium, Prevacid, Prilosec and Protonix. As a result, people sometimes end up taking such drugs for years. The consequences might include an increased risk of pneumonia, hip fractures and vitamin B-12 deficiency.
Dr. Tieraona Low Dog, director of education for the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine, recommends a gradual approach for discontinuing acid suppressors. She suggests taking ginger capsules and chewing DGL (deglycyrrhizinated licorice) tablets as you phase out Protonix. Probiotics also may be helpful.
Joe Graedon is a pharmacologist and Teresa Graedon is an expert in medical anthropology and nutrition. www.peoplespharmacy.com
High-quality chocolate is dark chocolate (at least 70% cocoa solids, and not alkali processed). A good "dose" is 5 to 15 grams daily, which should be just under 100 calories. This is not a large piece of chocolate.
A traditional Snickers bar contains milk chocolate, weighs 58.7 grams and has 280 calories. Milk chocolate does not have the same benefits as dark chocolate.
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I have been taking Protonix for heartburn. After I learned that long-term use might lead to complications, I tried to stop taking it. After about a week, I had to start taking it again due to severe heartburn. I asked my pharmacist how to discontinue acid-suppressing drugs, but she was unable to find out.
Rebound heartburn may make it difficult to stop medications such as Aciphex, Nexium, Prevacid, Prilosec and Protonix. As a result, people sometimes end up taking such drugs for years. The consequences might include an increased risk of pneumonia, hip fractures and vitamin B-12 deficiency.
Dr. Tieraona Low Dog, director of education for the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine, recommends a gradual approach for discontinuing acid suppressors. She suggests taking ginger capsules and chewing DGL (deglycyrrhizinated licorice) tablets as you phase out Protonix. Probiotics also may be helpful.
Joe Graedon is a pharmacologist and Teresa Graedon is an expert in medical anthropology and nutrition. www.peoplespharmacy.com
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