For a long time, I always had terrible acid reflux aka heart burn or whatever doctors want to call it now-a-days. I used to religiously carry a stick of tums with me.
Then, I found out what was causing the stomach acid. Well, of course the drug companies don't want you to know and doctors are all about treating and not root cause analysis.
Ok, actually, I found out because I had no choice really... My acid problem became so bad that blood was coming out and anti-acids weren't helping. Anyway, I went to a health food store and purchased a bunch of vitamins. Two weeks went by and the acid problem was just getting worse. I almost broke down and went to the hospital but I knew that the doctors would only prescribe stronger medication and this was not what I wanted.
By this time, I was desperate. I went back to the health food store and told them about my acid problem. They recommended digestive enzymes. The idea is to take a digestive enzyme 15 to 30 minutes prior to eating any food. The digestive enzyme would help digest the food and the acid would not be produced. It worked great but now what?
Well, months had gone by and one day, I happen to take a vitamin called choline and voila, acid was completely gone.
The problem for me was that I had a deficiency in choline. Later on, I would find out that deficiencies in other things also caused acid. The one thing that is related to all this is STRESS. Stress burns our important vitamins and minerals and amino acids much faster than we can consume it back. While in this "stressed" state, problems like stomach acid occur.
A few other things I found that got rid of stomach acid for me:
- L-Lysine
- L-glutamin
- 5-HTP
- L-tyrosine
- D-Ribose
- Vitamin D
- Vitamin B-Complex
Remember that it only works if you really are low on it. You can get tested if you ask your doctor.
