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Heartburn - Too Much or Too Little Stomach acid?

By Joan McDaniel            

Heart Burn

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Pharmaceutical companies persuade the public to buy antacids for what their advertising calls “over-acid stomach.”. Unless you never turn on TV or are Blind, Deaf and Dumb you can’t escape the barrage of advertisements for antacids.  If you have heard one advertisement you have heard several for the temporary relief from the pain of acid indigestion, acid reflux, GERD, and heartburn. As many as four in 10 Americans have symptoms of gastro esophageal reflux disease, or GERD There is a big market for heartburn medication and a long list of name-brand (patented) pills. 

But what your stomach needs is more acid not less.

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There has never been an over-acid stomach with natural acid. All the “heartburn” and “acid indigestion” symptoms are created because of low stomach acid, which causes incomplete digestion.

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