Acid Reflux is a term used to describe a burning senasation in the stomach and/or esophagus.

The allopathic community tells us that it's too much acid produced in the stomach that causes the burning sensation characteristic of this disorder.

In reality what is going on is the lack, or low production of Hydrochloric acid. When undigested food remains in a dark, warm, moist enviornment it putrifies and emits a gas that is conducive to the growth of a bacteria called H-Pylori which causes a burning sensation.

To better understand digestion it would be a good idea to do a quick review of the physiology of digestion and elimination:

• Food is eaten (chewed) in the mouth where enzymes are secreted to initiate digestive and immune responses along with some polysaccharide (carbohydrate) digestion.

• Swallowing moves the food along the esophagus where lubrication and peristaltic action begins.

• In the stomach further breakdown of food by gastric juices, particularly proteins by hydrochloric acid (which turns proteins into peptones) making the systems normal pH 1.0 (acid) to signal the tract to now introduce the liquefied food (chyme) into the duodenum.

• While passing into the duodenum the bile (produced in the liver and stored in the gallbladder is used for the emulsification of fats and oils) is introduced to make the pH alkaline (8.3), forming fatty acid compounds necessary for their absorption along with the pancreatic response for further formation of glycerol.
  
  The breakdown of the starches, fats and proteins is then carried into the small intestine where intestinal juices complete changing the peptones into amino acids and all sugars into their simplest form, for completion of its cycle through absorption and elimination.

Without the above acid to alkaline environment the gastrointestinal tract can not function properly and there are a great deal of nutrients that are lost as well as gas and bloating that occurs.

Taking antacids, or products that coat the lining of the GI tract are doing more harm then good. Not only do these add to the problem in the long run they prevent absorption of vital nutrients back into the system.

Ask yourself, wouldn't it be better to coat the stomach with something that will help heal the lining while allowing absorption? You will also need to take a good digestive enzyme with Betaine Hydrochloride, which converts to hydrochloric acid in the stomach, so that the right environment is re-established and your system can function properly.

The following is recommended for Acid Reflux Disorder:


• Hydrozyme - 2 with meals. Source of Betaine HCl, Glutamic Acid, Ammonium Chloride, Pepsin, vitamin B-6 and pancreatin. Consider with chronic indigestion, hypochlorhydria (gas, bloating, loss of taste for meat, etc.), low mineral values and anemia.

• Gastrazyme - 2 to 3 taken 15 minutes before meals. Source of vitamin U and other nutrients known to oppose inflammation and help with healing in the gastro-intestinal tract. Consider with ulcers, hiatal hernia, acid-reflux, heartburn, and sour stomach as well as a source of chlorophyll.
  
  

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