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Acid reflux is not deadly. Don't go to a doctor for this, their solution is ridiculous and shows their ignorance of how the body works.
Acid Reflux is a term the drug companies have coined to put a label on a problem that is generating 40 billion dollars a year to the drug companies. The way it is portrayed is a farce and the drug companies know it and are promoting a solution that is not a cure, but a perpetual drug solution that leads to many other problems and diseases, as well as promoting more and more antacids to be taken on a regular basis.
Once you understand what Acid Reflux is, the solution is simple and can be cured forever. It is not complicated, but doctors, pharmacists, and drug companies are promoting Antacids as if this is a cure. It is not. There is a home remedy that will help, but you need some additional things that will solve the problem and create a cure for you.
People are suffering for no reason at all. “Heart burn, acid in digestion, acid reflux” is caused: By the LACK OF STOMACH ACID. Over 40% of people over 50 are suffering from (in medical terms the condition) of hypochloridia. In simple terms this condition is due to the lack of stomach acid being in the stomach at the right time to digest food in the stomach.
As we age, we produce less and less stomach acid. By the time we are 60 we are producing only about 23% of the stomach acid we did when we were 30. At 70 to 80, we are only producing about 5% or less of what we did at 30. This lack of stomach acid is also due to the fact we are eating cooked foods, processed foods, as well as age. Our bodies were designed to eat raw, uncooked food. When we eat cooked and or processed foods we use up the stomach acid at a faster rate in addition to us producing less stomach acid as we age. When this lack of stomach acid condition exists, the food we eat does not get digested and LACTIC ACID is produced from the rotting, fermenting food.
It is this Lactic acid that causes the so called Heartburn, not stomach acid!
When anyone takes the advice of a health professional (I guess that’s why they are “practicing” medicine) or a drug company on this issue and take antacids, they are making the problem worse, not better. When the stomach pH is raised by the antacids, the higher pH glob of rotting food then goes into the jejunum (top of the small intestine close to the stomach) where calcium, magnesium, and zinc are usually absorbed. But the calcium, magnesium, and zinc can only be absorbed when the food is acidic from the stomach. So, guess what happens? Right, the person becomes deficient in these minerals.
The problems that antacids create are loved by drug companies because the constipation, diarrhea, cramps, and other diseases that come from the toxic, undigested, rotting food cause people to run out and buy more garbage drugs that create even more problems. It does not stop there. The fact that the rotting food is not acidic as it passes on through the intestines, the higher pH does not trigger the alkali to be secreted further down the intestines and other nutrients do not get absorbed! People are literally starving themselves of valuable nutrients. A direct result of this is the larger waste line people develop. This is probably the most blatant, shameful, example of what is happening to the American public from drug companies in our modern world. The solution is so simple and very inexpensive.
The solution is to take a high quality Betaine HCL after each meal and you will get NO heartburn because the food is being digested now. This process takes about 3 minutes to happen. If you also take an activator that contains nutrients like potassium, you will remethylate cells and extend your life expectancy! I also recommend a good digestive enzyme to be taken with each meal.
I purchase several bottles of the Betaine HCL that will last me many months. In relatively small quantities my cost is about $11 for about 90 capsules. Compare that cost with the drug company’s solution. The good thing is that it is not a chemical, but a nutrient that your body utilizes naturally.
The home remedy is Pink Sea Salt. If you eat about ½ teaspoon per day, this will encourage your body to produce more stomach acid as well. I strongly suggest you not go out and buy some pills of Betaine HCL because those pills contain magnesium stearate and other excipients that keep the product from working well. I purchase a dozen bottles at a time from: www.healthline.cc (not .com) because their products do not contain all the toxic tagalongs other pills do and you get the best results from them and I find them very reasonably priced.
I personally take after each meal, 2 to 4 Betaine HCL and 1 to 2 activator, 1 digestive enzyme during the meal and I never, ever get acid indigestion problems. EVERYONE, yes everyone whom I have suggested this to has solved their problem immediately.
You will be amazed at how effective this is and wonder why the drug companies, doctors, and pharmacies do NOT tell you about this. You will also be amazed at how well you are digesting your food, the energy you feel, and how well you eliminate. This is all because you will now be digesting your food and it won’t end up as a spare tire around your rib cage.
Good luck to you.
Acid reflux can burn your esophogus if you allow it to go untreated for a long time. It really hurts! In the meantime, if you don't want to go to the doctor, try over the counter Gaviscon Extra Strength or Previcid also works - but I think you have to get that in prescription from the doctor.
Just don't eat a lot of meat, it can be deadly and painfull. like you can get colon cancer or get stomach cancer, where you can only eat trough a tube because your stomac can't digest food, but as long as you work out, drink a lot of water, and not much meat, or spicy foods or too many greesy foods, you will be ok. Moderation is the key to everything, even health
Take prilosec, it's over the counter, it's pretty good.
acid reflux is not deadly. You can avoid caffeine and spicy foods and acidity (lettuce/tomatoes/ketchup/oran... etc. ) foods.
acid reflux doesn't go away. all you can do is treat it. over the counter medicines like prilosec are good for it. if it is not treated it can cause cancer because repeated damage can change the cells in the lining of your throat. mine was so bad i couldn't swallow and was on a liquid diet. i dropped 20 pounds before i finally found out what it was. i went to a ears, nose, and throat specialist. its very important that you begin to treat it regularly now that you know what it is. the severity of damage i had was caused by lack of treatment.
Acid Reflux is not deadly. Although it is severely uncomfortable. Acid Reflux ranges in intensity, and can burn up your esophagus and cause esophagitis. You could try taking some over the counter medication like Pepcid, or Prilosec OTC. It the medications do not work, I would visit a Gastro doctor. I'm a pediatric nurse.
Who diagnosed acid reflux for you?
Yes, it is potentially dangerous and left untreated can become cancerous. Just like the ads for the little purple pill say.
I need to take a prescription medication daily for the rest of my life.
Sure there are home remedies and over-the-counter products that mask the symptoms but do not affect the cause of the symptoms.
See a competent doctor of Internal Medicine.
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