A better way to avoid trans fats is to skip stick margarines, foods fried in hydrogenated vegetable oils, and packaged snacks, crackers, cookies, and chips that list hydrogenated vegetable oil high among their ingredients. Though nuts and nut butters have healthful fats and other nutrients, do eat them in moderation, since all are calorie-dense. No, not according to available evidence. And it's also true that the acid environment of the stomach helps kill microorganisms that are swallowed with food and drink. But the drugs don't completely eliminate stomach acids, because the stomach cells constantly make acid.
Enough acid remains to kill off most bacteria in the upper digestive tract.
No cases of increased susceptibility to food-borne illness are on record among the tens of thousands of people taking acid blockers. These drugs appear to be safe when properly used. Another worry has been that they might hinder digestion or the absorption of nutrients, but they don't appear to do that either. Natural-fiber carpets are not superior to synthetics when it comes to chemical emissions, and the padding and glues used for installed carpeting can also cause pollution. Carpet emissions are not known to make people ill, but some people, especially those with asthma or allergies, may find them an irritant.