In order for Lactase Drops to work effectively, the food item must contain lactose.

Let's start with the lactose-containing foods in your question:
Cottage Cheese or any lactose containing food: In order to eat cottage cheese, place 3 to 5 drops of Lactase Drops directly on your first spoonful of cottage cheese. Chew well and swallow. Proceed to enjoy your cottage cheese!

The amount needed depends on your severity of lactose intolerance. Our Lactase Drops have 1960 lactase units per 7 drops. We are making a new batch right now which will have 2000 lactase units per 5 drops. The potency will increase from 280 units per drop to 400 per drop. 

Milk: You may do the same with the milk as with the cottage cheese and that is adding 5 to 7 drops of Lactase Drops in a small amount of milk and drink. Then proceed to drink the rest of the milk. People find that they tolerate the milk better if they add the Lactase Drops to a container of milk, let it sit 24 hours and then drink. I suspect these people are more lactose intolerant and have lower levels of stomach acid.

Eggs and Broccoli: These Foods do not have Lactose
Eggs: true eggs and not an egg substitute, are lactose free thereby contain no lactose. Lactase Drops would not benefit anyone who is allergic to eggs or cannot digest the proteins in eggs very well.

Egg substitutes may have dairy in them. If they do, then simply place 2 to 4 drops of Lactase Drops on your first bite of eggs and you're good to go.

If someone is allergic to eggs or otherwise intolerant to them, it is advised to avoid them completely.

If someone just does not digest eggs very well at all, then one will need to improve their digestion.

Improving digestion requires enhanching stomach acid and increasing secretion of pancreatic enzymes. Enhancing bile from the liver's gall bladder is needed when one eats meals containing fat.

1. Stomach acid can be enhanced with PreGestion by Seeking Health. Take 1 capsule of PreGestion with a meal to help breakdown the food allowing one to absorb it.

How to tell if you need stomach acid?

• Do you have a low appetite?
• Do you belch after meals?
• Do you bloat after meals?
• Are you sensitive to a ton of different foods?
• Does eating a meal that is dense in protein, such as meat, feel like a lead brick in your stomach?
• You used to be able to digest anything but now as you have aged, you cannot eat like you used to?
• Do you suffer from constipation?

If you answered YES to any of the questions above, then PreGestion by Seeking Health is worth trying during meals. Start with one capsule of PreGestion during a meal. If no benefit, try taking two capsules during the next meal you eat. If still not benefit, try three capsules during the next meal. The larger the meal, the more capsules of PreGestion you need.

Do not exceed taking 3 capsules at once of PreGestion. One may take 3 capsules of PreGestion three times a day with a meal. It is not needed typically to take PreGestion with a snack.

2. Pancreatic enzymes and Salivary enzymes can be enhanced with Pro-Digestion Intensive by Seeking Health. Taking 2 capsules of Pro-Digestion Intensive during a meal helps breakdown lactose, carbohydrates, gluten, casein, protein, and vegetable fibers and plant cell walls.

How to tell if you need to increase salivary enzymes or pancreatic enzymes?

• Do you get gas and bloating after meals?
• Does eating carbohydrates make you not feel well after a meal?
• After eating salads, you don't feel well?
• Do you feel distended after meals?
• Do you suffer from alternating diarrhea and constipation?

 If you answered YES to any of the questions above, then Pro-Digestion Intensive is worth giving a shot during mealtime. Take two capsules during mealtime.

So, in summary:

1. Lactase Drops will help you digest the lactose in cottage cheese

2. PreGestion will help digest the eggs and cottage cheese.

3. Pro-Digestion Intensive will help digest the eggs and broccoli.

To enhance overall digestion, support more than 70% of your immune system, help prevent absorption of toxins, help prevent the buildup and proliferation of yeast and to increase your vitamin B and vitamin K levels, consider ProBiota 12 by Seeking Health.

ProBiota 12 contains 50 billion beneficial bacteria across 12 strains in a base of a prebiotic. All are protected against stomach acid with a natural polysaccharide and will be delivered to their proper location within your digestive system.

If you have not taken an effective probiotic, take 1/2 teaspoon of ProBiota 12 Powder each night after dinner. Then once that bottle is gone, switch to taking 1 capsule of ProBiota 12 by Seeking Health after dinner. Do this every night regularly. The importance of probiotics is vast and I am finding probiotics to be as important as an effective multivitamin.

Questions? Thoughts? Comments? Please do ask below.

In health,

Dr Ben

A: Hello -

I am glad to hear that Gastric Repair Complex is helping reduce your symptoms of acid reflux.

It makes sense that you also have gas, bloating, constipation and upset stomach as these symptoms are commonly found along with acid reflux.

UltraGest may significantly help gas, bloating, constipation and upset stomach because low stomach acid is associated with these symptoms.

In fact, low stomach acid is associated with acid reflux. Thus, all your symptoms may benefit from UltraGest in the long run.

Right now, it is best that you continue taking Gastric Repair Complex until symptoms of acid reflux are less painful.

During large meals, take 1 capsule of UltraGest. See if 1 capsule of UltraGest helps reduce your symptoms of gas, bloating, constipation and upset stomach. If one capsule of UltraGest is not enough, take 2 capsules with your next meal.

You may continue increasing the dose of UltraGest until you feel a slight burning sensation in your stomach. Once you feel this, then you take one less capsule.

So if you took 3 capsules of UltraGest during a meal and you felt a slight burning in your stomach, you can only take 2 capsules of UltraGest at your next meals.

Typically, people do not have to exceed taking 2 capsules of UltraGest during meals.

It is important to note that you take UltraGest only during meal time. Do not take it when you have a small snack. One needs to have ample food in the stomach for UltraGest to work properly.

If you have taken antibiotics anytime in the last 5 years and not taken a high potency probiotic, then I highly recommend you obtain the high potency probiotic.

Research shows those suffering from acid reflux, constipation, gas, bloating and upset stomach may benefit from taking probiotics.

I recommend ProBiota 12 probiotic capsules as they contain 50 billion healthy bacteria per serving across 12 different species. Probiotics that have a limited number of species or only a few billion are not sufficient to re-establish healthy digestive bacteria. Take 2 capsules of ProBiota 12 at the end of your dinner. Once the first bottle of ProBiota 12 is gone, then you may reduce to taking only 1 capsule during dinner.

Do not take UltraGest and ProBiota 12 capsules at the exact same time. It is best to take UltraGest midway through the meal and ProBiota 12 at the end of your meal.

In summary, these product suggestions may significantly reduce your symptoms of acid reflux, constipation, gas, bloating and upset stomach:

1. Continue taking Gastric Repair Complex as needed but you will likely not need it in a couple months.
2. Take UltraGest during meal times near the beginning of the meal or midway through it.
3. Take 2 capsules of ProBiota 12 capsules at the end of your dinner.
4. Once the first bottle of ProBiota 12 capsules is finished, reduce the dose to 1 capsule at dinnertime and stay on this maintenance dose.
   

If you find certain foods causing your symptoms, avoid them as much as you can.

Foods which commonly cause acid reflux are tomatoes, wheat, spices, beer, alcohol, fried foods, high fat foods, chocolate and caffeine.

Should you have comments or additional questions, please post your comment here.

I trust you will find significant improvement should you follow these suggestions.

Do post a comment here in a few weeks to let me know how you are improving.

In health,

Dr Ben
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Question:

I am suffering from acidity and bowel gas with slight pain in my right upper abdomen I was also diagnosed for polyp in galbladder what should be my remedy? Thanks

Answer:

Hi Richard -

Sorry to hear that you have some pain.

Pain should be evaluated by your physician. There could be a blockage in your gall bladder causing the pain - or some other cause.

Mild gall bladder congestion is common and can be relieved by:
1. reducing fatty foods as fatty foods require bile to be made and released from the gall bladder,
2. drinking 8 cups of filtered water per day,
3. chewing your food very well before swallowing,
4. and reducing stress as stress closes sphincters which release enzymes and bile acids causing congestion.

How do you know you suffer from acidity? Do you mean you have a problem with acid reflux?

The above suggestions also apply for acid reflux along with reducing ingestion of spicy foods and sugars.

I am a fan of cell salt therapy, but in this instance it may not be enough.

Consider using nutrients which are designed to reduce bile congestion. Liver-GI Detox by Pure Encapsulations is a good formula to help gall bladder congestion.

If you suffer from acid reflux, apply the suggestions above and consider taking Gastric Repair Complex as directed on the bottle:

Suffering from excessive gas and bloating is related also to digestion. If your gall bladder is not functioning up to speed, you will not effectively digest fats causing gas. If your pancreas is not functioning well, you will suffer from gas as well. The same goes for your stomach if not functioning well. However, with an ineffective stomach typically causes acid reflux or/and belching during/after meals.

In order to effectively use Cell Salts, I highly recommend the book, Natural Healing with Cell Salts by Dr Weintraub. She is a colleague of mine and an expert in cell salt therapy. This book is a must have for all people interested in cell salt therapy.

I would also recommend that you purchase the full set of 12 cell salts. This way you can reference Dr Weintraub's book anytime you have something going on and take the suggested cell salts.

Do keep me posted how you do.

The following suggestions above may provide significant improvements - and quite quickly.

Should you have further questions, please do ask.

Get the cause of your pain diagnosed...

In health,

Dr Ben
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