POSITIVE SYNERGY OF SEED OIL AND HONEY MIXTURE
Are you still taking medication to control your stomach acid? However, the acidic environment in the stomach that you are trying to reduce is an indispensable part of a healthy life. If you’re swallowing ‘bicarbonate’ because I’m going to eat medicine like chickpeas or alkaline diet to reduce stomach acid, then look at the issue from this angle and think about it!
The acidity of the stomach varies between pH 1-2 and 4-5. When food is eaten, the digestive process begins by secreting acid (hydrochloric acid) as well as enzymes (pepsin) that are secreted to break down proteins. However, by buffering quickly, the acidity first rises to pH 3-4 and when the digestion process is completed, pH 4-5 increases. First of all, stomach acid is important for the disinfection of the foods we eat. Since microbes that enter our body with food cannot be killed, they can trigger inflammatory reactions in the body and pave the way for the formation of many diseases. On the other hand, we cannot benefit from proteins, which are one of the basic elements of daily nutrition, since enzymes that will break down proteins cannot do their job when stomach acid is not enough. Because large proteic structures from amino acids and peptides carrying two amino acids cannot be absorbed in our body, therefore, especially our immune system cannot be strong enough. Therefore, it cannot resist the reactions triggered by the microbes in our stomach.
As someone who wholeheartedly believes that there is a cure for all diseases in nature, I would like to share the results of a scientific clinical (double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled) study that caught my attention.
Seventy volunteers with functional dyspepsia were divided into two groups, and for eight weeks, H2 receptor antagonist drug (famotidine) was administered to one group, as well as an empty drug (placebo) [equal proportions of mineral oil, honey and water], and to the other group, Nigella sativa (5 milliliters) every day. and a teaspoon of honey [1:1:1, equal proportions of black seed oil, honey and water]. International functional dyspepsia index (Hong Kong Index), endoscopy, urease test (Helicobacter pylori) and SF-36 questionnaire are applied at the beginning and at the end of the period. As a result, it is reported that there is a significant decrease in the presence of Helicobacter microorganism in the stomach, which is accepted as one of the main factors in functional dyspepsia complaints and ulcer formation.
The reason why the oil/honey mixture was given together with famotidine in this study is in accordance with internationally valid ethical rules. Otherwise, they would not have been able to publish this work. However, a mixture of black cumin and honey is a formula in Ibn Sina’s famous book. In other words, the oil/honey mixture is expected to be effective even without famotidine. As a matter of fact, the measured values in the group given black seed oil/honey mixture + famotidine clearly reveal the effectiveness of the group given the empty drug + famotidine. In addition to the many biological activities of both honey and Nigella sativa, it has been proven by scientific research that it has a lethal effect on Helicobacter and other microbes and eliminates inflammatory reactions in the gastric mucosa (by suppressing nitric oxide and prostaglandin E2).
As a result, it can be predicted that black cumin oil/honey mixture can relieve indigestion complaints without using medication. Another important benefit of the black cumin / honey mixture is that it strengthens our immune system. Of course, provided that you use ‘Real Honey’.
