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If you suffer from heartburn, indigestion, reflux, or gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), then you may find relief. Why Stomach Acid Is Good For You by Jonathan V. Wright and Lane Lenard, Ph.D., is quite revealing and might help you understand the real culprit behind your pain.

Drs. Wright and Lenard begin the book by telling the story of a patient who had gray hair. He literally didn’t have any shades of pink on his body. He was 61 years old at the time and very tired. When he was forty years old, he started taking Tums or Rolaids for indigestion and then, years later, he found relief by taking a prescription antacid, Tagamet. When he arrived at the doctor’s office, he had been taking Tagamet daily for almost 7 years.

Doctors continue to explain the myth of acid indigestion. Many people self-diagnose their discomfort and are similar to “Mr. Gray” and find relief by taking over-the-counter antacids like Tums or Rolaids. Many times, they switch to a prescription medication such as Prilosec, Prevacid, Tagamet, Zantac, Pepcid, or Axid. These methods reduce the amount of stomach acid. This seems like good protocol and makes sense, right? It was interesting to learn that heartburn complaints increase with age, while at the same time stomach acid levels decrease. But doesn’t heartburn come from excess stomach acid? That’s what the doctors and the commercials say.

Doctors agree that most of the time the real culprit is low stomach acid levels and the wrong timing of stomach acid secretion. Antacids temporarily relieve symptoms, but long-term use can cause dependence and many other medical problems. They said that antacids “dry up the river, but they don’t fix the dam.” Often when people stop taking antacids, their problems come back with a vengeance.

This book teaches how the gastrointestinal tract works and gives people the tools to deal with the problem. One of the steps to treating the problem is getting a proper diagnosis, eliminating food allergies/sensitivities and toxins, and taking the right supplements. Proper diagnosis is essential. I was surprised to learn that when most people go to the doctor complaining of heartburn, indigestion, reflux, or GERD, many doctors prescribe an antacid instead of testing to see if their stomach acid levels are really high. I did my own little test of this theory, asking several people who regularly take prescription or over-the-counter antacids if their doctors tested their stomach acid levels. Their responses fully supported the doctors’ claims…none of them had been examined. He was speechless.

Low stomach acids lead to poor nutrient absorption and bacterial overgrowth, and can lead to other problems. The book covers other diseases and problems that can occur due to poor absorption of nutrients, such as: leg cramps, rheumatoid arthritis, childhood asthma, type 1 diabetes, osteoporosis, chronic fatigue, depression, cancer, and skin graying.

Is this overwhelming and depressing news for you? Well, cheer up. The Drs. provide step-by-step instructions with the proper dosage of supplements that will help bring heartburn back to its normal levels. These include removing things that inhibit enzymes that produce chlorine and fluoride from stomach acid. They also talk about foods and substances to avoid, such as nicotine, caffeine, sugar, alcohol, and milk. Some of the supplements they discuss are HCL and pepsin. This book is a worthy read. There is hope for a cure for the pain and discomfort you experience due to heartburn, reflux, indigestion, or GERD.

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