Re: OT; SIMPLE TEST OF HCL LEVELS

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Thank you for providing this easy test for stomach acid. I keep hearing the

term gastritis. How do you know when you have this? I've had an increase in GI

problems in the past few months & am trying to figure out what's causing them.

Thanks.

Susie

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> When baking soda comes in contact with hydrochloric acid, it bubbles up into a

foam. You can use it as a tool to test for low stomach acid.

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> In the morning before eating or drinking, take an 8 ounce glass of water and

mix in a 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda and drink it down. If you have a healthy

amount of acid, or excessive amounts, the baking soda should have a chemical

reaction that will cause you to belch when it bubbles up in the stomach. If you

have not burped within a few minutes of the test, then you may very well have an

insufficient level of acid in the stomach.

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[Guest guest]

Hi Susie,

Pain under the left rib that gets better after you have an elimination. It also

is worse when you are laying down at night. I have lived with Gastritis for 30

years and I finally found out 10 years ago from Dr. that I had low

stomach acid. Since taking HCL, the Gastritis and horrible acid reflux went

away. If I stop taking HCL, it comes back and I end up with an Hpylori

infection too when I am not supplementing HCL.

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a foam. You can use it as a tool to test for low stomach acid.

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> > In the morning before eating or drinking, take an 8 ounce glass of water and

mix in a 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda and drink it down. If you have a healthy

amount of acid, or excessive amounts, the baking soda should have a chemical

reaction that will cause you to belch when it bubbles up in the stomach. If you

have not burped within a few minutes of the test, then you may very well have an

insufficient level of acid in the stomach.

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[Guest guest]

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Thanks for the explanation. Now I know what to look for. At least you've

finally found an answer to something that really does work for you. That's half

the battle.

Susie

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> > > When baking soda comes in contact with hydrochloric acid, it bubbles up

into a foam. You can use it as a tool to test for low stomach acid.

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> > > In the morning before eating or drinking, take an 8 ounce glass of water

and mix in a 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda and drink it down. If you have a

healthy amount of acid, or excessive amounts, the baking soda should have a

chemical reaction that will cause you to belch when it bubbles up in the

stomach. If you have not burped within a few minutes of the test, then you may

very well have an insufficient level of acid in the stomach.

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[Guest guest]

That's an excellent explanation of acid reflux! Very easy to understand.

Khaya

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> Hi Susie,

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> The real test is to start taking HCL/Betaine with your meals and slowly ramp

up until you get a burning sensation and then back down one capsule with meals.

This will determine the amount that you need to take with each meal. I was told

to take one HCL for every fistful size portion of food that I ate as a general

rule. I have Achlorhydria which means when challenged with Baking Soda, my body

does not make any acid at all. You may have a less severe case Hypochlorhydria.

You can get away with taking less when you have less protein in a meal. Meats

are very hard to digest, so that is when I find I need to take the most HCL.

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> I heard Dr. Oz explain Acid reflux the other day and he said that when food

sits too long in the stomach, it creates gases. These gases then push the

gastric juices up into the esophagus, causing the acid burp or acid reflux. I

had never heard it explained like that before, but it totally makes sense. If

your stomach acid is inadequate, the food sits in your stomach longer causing

the gases to build up. This totally explains the chronic Gastritis, as a

symptom of low HCL.

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[Guest guest]

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I vaguely remember trying HCL years ago & I thought I remembered it bothering my

stomach, but I'm not sure. I'm sort of afraid to try it again in fear that it

will cause burning & then I'm stuck. I first want to try the baking soda first

thing in the morning. My main problems are pains under my right rib. I can't

tell for sure if they're gas or what. Lately, I've started having to burp even

when there is no food in the stomach, or just burping in general. I never used

to burp before. I often was having a nauseous feeling, then I would find out

that gas was causing it. But it was becoming an all-day every day thing. But,

since I have been taking the Essiac tea, both of the above things have stopped.

Plus I haven't had to strain during bowel movements, which is unheard of in my

life. Whatever is in that tea is doing something. But I do not have acid

reflux, even when I had the burping. It just felt like there was food in my

throat & there wasn't. Maybe it's related to the autoimmune thyroid. I have

had problem swallowing for years & difficulty especially with capsules. They

just seem to stay in my throat & I have to eat a small pretzel or spoon of

yogurt to get them down. But at least I don't have gastritis as you described

it. Thanks so much.

Susie

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> > > > > When baking soda comes in contact with hydrochloric acid, it bubbles

up into a foam. You can use it as a tool to test for low stomach acid.

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> > > > > In the morning before eating or drinking, take an 8 ounce glass of

water and mix in a 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda and drink it down. If you have a

healthy amount of acid, or excessive amounts, the baking soda should have a

chemical reaction that will cause you to belch when it bubbles up in the

stomach. If you have not burped within a few minutes of the test, then you may

very well have an insufficient level of acid in the stomach.

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