Proper Digestion and Acid Reflux?
Stomach acid is essential in maintaining a healthy digestive system, it allows the body to break down protein, activates enzymes, releases vitamin B-12 into your body (supporting balanced mood), and most importantly it helps sanitize food in stomach before it enters the colon, this helps maintain balance of microorganisms and flora in the colon.
If you suffer from occasional heartburn indigestion do not take stuff that shuts down your stomach acids! It’s there for a reason! Contrary to popular belief, excess stomach acid is not the problem in most cases of heartburn. In fact, it is a lack of stomach acid that most often causes the condition.
Why is that? That is because too little acid in the stomach can causes food to putrefy and expand into the esophagus, causing heartburn indigestion.
Before turning off your stomach acid, try taking supplements that help maintain a healthy level of acidity in your stomach.
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