Is the stomach a J-shaped organ in the upper belly? That's what medical textbooks tell us. Yes. No. Maybe. "When it's empty, your stomach looks like an unexpanded J-shaped balloon," goes the narrative." <> Robert Coleman Kent, M.D. (Stomach, Intestines, and Pancreas, 1917) wrote ... ... Read More

Stress and excess alkalinity cause hyperventilation — over-breathing. Over-breathing causes carbon dioxide depletion in the blood. Low carbon dioxide levels lead to low oxygen levels in the blood and throughout the body. Carbon dioxide drives oxygen deeper into the body ... into the cells... Read More

Anxiety, worry, and/or annoyance can easily delay or stop stomach peristalsis. Simple annoyance often causes bile to defy gravity and be retropulsed upwards into the stomach. It's easy for fat to do this since it floats on water. <> Robert Coleman Kent, M.D. (Stomach, Intestines, and Pan... Read More

Constant snacking? It can cause a pendulous stomach that hangs down to the crotch. (Seriously! It's more common than you think.) Overeating can do the same. <> Taking baking soda with meals? Routinely, it can hinder peristalsis and also create a pendulous stomach. <> The stomach... Read More

I wrote an e-book called Mesmerism & Miracles. But why do I warn people about being hypnotized or Mesmerized (turning their consciousness over to another human being)? <> Milton H. Erickson, M.D. (a major inspiration for the "Milton model," NLP, family systems therapy, etc.) wrote … "O... Read More