[Effects of Cabbage] Is Cabbage Really Good for the Stomach?

Hello, I am Jinny, a pharmacist.

Cabbage is a food ingredient that is familiar to us. Even if there are some people who dislike it, there are probably very few people who have never tried it. Also, if you have suffered from heartburn, you have probably heard adults around you tell you to eat a lot of cabbage. Is it really true that cabbage is good for the stomach?

In fact, I tend to believe this myth quite a bit, as I experienced complete freedom from annoying heartburn after drinking cabbage juice for about a month. Today, I will examine through research papers whether the improvement in my heartburn was really due to cabbage.

The symptoms of soreness and pain in the area below the solar plexus or in the upper abdomen on an empty stomach or after a meal are commonly called heartburn.

It is well known as a symptom that occurs when stomach acid comes in contact with the stomach mucosa. It can appear in any way from non-ulcer dyspepsia to reflux esophageal disease and peptic ulcers.

For those with poor digestive health, this may be a familiar and excruciating pain. the results of a human trial showing that consumption of cabbage juice alleviates pain in patients with peptic ulcers was reported in California medicine.

In the case of non-ulcer dyspepsia where stomach function is simply reduced, heartburn symptoms may be alleviated naturally, but in the case of peptic ulcers where the mucous membrane of the stomach or duodenum is damaged, treatment is necessary, and even in mild cases, it is common to require treatment for 4 to 6 weeks.

In 1949, a human application test was published in Cheney reporting that consumption of cabbage juice shortened the healing time of peptic ulcers.

I believe that many people have experienced gastritis, which is called a national disease. In fact, in 2012, the Korean Upper Gastrointestinal-Helicobacter Society surveyed 25,536 people who underwent gastroscopy at 40 hospitals nationwide and found that 85.9% had gastritis.

Gastritis can be the cause of gastric ulcers, and the accompanying intestinal metaplasia is a precursor to gastric cancer, so the importance of treating and preventing gastritis is high, and research on more effective prevention methods is also accumulating. In 2013, a paper was published in the Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition evaluating the effectiveness of cabbage in preventing stomach cancer and gastritis.

Today, we looked at the benefits of cabbage that have been verified by academics. It was personally fun tso see that my experience had a scientific basis. At the time, I was consuming about a quarter of raw cabbage every day, and although it tasted difficult to eat, it was definitely effective.

However, the most important thing for the health of the digestive system is regular and consistent maintenance, so it would be a good idea to try consuming cabbage by finding a way to consume it consistently.

I hope you have a healthy day both physically and mentally. This was Jinny.