STOMACH ACID, ANTACIDS, AND GAS
STOMACH ACID, ANTACIDS, AND GAS
Those of you who have been diagnosed as having too much stomach acid and are on antacids but who still experience gas either in the epigastric area (the area at the top of the sternum) with or without belching or in the lower bowel area (that part of the so-called stomach area below the umbilicus) associated either with or without flatus) should reconsider their taking of antacids. Please read my Blog dated 10/7/2007 on Low Stomach Acid (Hypochlorhydria).
Most individuals who experience symptoms which are interpreted as hyper acidity (too much stomach acid) actually are experiencing the symptoms of insufficient acid. It may be hard to believe, but it is true. Taking antacids is the wrong thing to do.
It seems very strange to me that my profession accepts the concept that as we get older our bodily functions deteriorate. Tissues and organs age, important enzymes lessen, and we generally cannot do the same things at 60 as we did at 35. It is not my intent to explain why this happens, but we all know that it does.
But with respect to the production of stomach acid many take a completely irrational point-of-view. Most doctors believe that as we get older the ability of the stomach gets better. Why should it. One of the major functions of the stomach is to make acid needed to begin the process of protein and carbohydrate digestion. Why should this process get better as we age. The fact is that it does not. As we age the ability of the stomach to make acid deteriorates as do other bodily functions.
The pharmaceutical industry makes a ton of money perpetrating the myth that many have hyper acidity, therefore, requiring the taking of antacids.
I as many other holistic physicians treat the real condition of hypo acidity by giving individuals acid, usually in the form of Betaine Hydrochloride. As mentioned earlier, read my previous blog on the subject.
That is my thought for the day!
nicola michael ©. Tauraso, M.D.)
Director, Tauraso Medical Clinic
7051 Poole Jones Road
Frederick, MD 21702
301-682-8717
Web site: www.drtauraso.com
Blog site: http://www.drtauraso.com/blog/index.htm
Email: drtauraso@drtauraso.com
Those of you who have been diagnosed as having too much stomach acid and are on antacids but who still experience gas either in the epigastric area (the area at the top of the sternum) with or without belching or in the lower bowel area (that part of the so-called stomach area below the umbilicus) associated either with or without flatus) should reconsider their taking of antacids. Please read my Blog dated 10/7/2007 on Low Stomach Acid (Hypochlorhydria).
Most individuals who experience symptoms which are interpreted as hyper acidity (too much stomach acid) actually are experiencing the symptoms of insufficient acid. It may be hard to believe, but it is true. Taking antacids is the wrong thing to do.
It seems very strange to me that my profession accepts the concept that as we get older our bodily functions deteriorate. Tissues and organs age, important enzymes lessen, and we generally cannot do the same things at 60 as we did at 35. It is not my intent to explain why this happens, but we all know that it does.
But with respect to the production of stomach acid many take a completely irrational point-of-view. Most doctors believe that as we get older the ability of the stomach gets better. Why should it. One of the major functions of the stomach is to make acid needed to begin the process of protein and carbohydrate digestion. Why should this process get better as we age. The fact is that it does not. As we age the ability of the stomach to make acid deteriorates as do other bodily functions.
The pharmaceutical industry makes a ton of money perpetrating the myth that many have hyper acidity, therefore, requiring the taking of antacids.
I as many other holistic physicians treat the real condition of hypo acidity by giving individuals acid, usually in the form of Betaine Hydrochloride. As mentioned earlier, read my previous blog on the subject.
That is my thought for the day!
nicola michael ©. Tauraso, M.D.)
Director, Tauraso Medical Clinic
7051 Poole Jones Road
Frederick, MD 21702
301-682-8717
Web site: www.drtauraso.com
Blog site: http://www.drtauraso.com/blog/index.htm
Email: drtauraso@drtauraso.com
Labels: Antacids, Betaine Hcl, Hyperactivity, Stomach gas
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