Posted on 05/29/2025 6:48:38 AM PDT by Red Badger
Then he discovered something called hydrochloric acid, and once he started taking it, everything changed.
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It’s true. It worked for me over 10 years ago.
Read a book (I’ll see if I can try to find the title, if anyone is interested) that has been around for a while about how stomach acid is actually a good thing. For a month I took enzymes before eating, HCL during meals, L-Glutamine, and a few other supplements, and didn’t have a bout of reflux for years after.
Modern medicine is about repeat customers by treating symptoms and not curing anything.
For athlete’s foot that I had, I found soaking my feet in vinegar and using Vick’s vapor rub did a lot more good for it than any medication on the market.
“Acute oral exposure may cause corrosion of the mucous membranes, esophagus, and stomach and dermal contact may produce severe burns, ulceration, and scarring in humans.”
Better make sure it’s diluted!
“The medical industry wants you to believe heartburn is caused by too much acid.
Senator Johnson discovered the opposite—the real issue was too little.”
So burping up acid can be cured by drinking more acid??????
A quarter cup of bleach in a dishpan size footbath works too..............
Pickle juice.
Yes, my wife will drink a quarter cup of apple cider vinegar, 5% acidity, when ever she has heartburn.............
The vinegar in it is what works!...............
I was at the local 24 hour CVS the other day, it's the one that most in the community use for prescription fills because it's 24/7. They probably had a few hundred bags ready for pickup, I'd guess they fill hundreds of thousands of orders DAILY. I can't even imagine the dollars involved at this ONE store in upstate NY.
Can’t disagree with this enough. Baking soda and water for me.
Yearly
That works but only temporary. My wife used that until she discovered the vinegar worked for a lot longer time...............
You need HCL to break down your food...
If you just drink HCL, it won't go well.
> Then he discovered something called hydrochloric acid, and once he started taking it, everything changed. <
Oh my goodness. Hydrochloric acid is a strong acid, and is quite dangerous. It depends on the concentration, but ingesting even a small amount of it would usually cause considerable internal damage.
As was noted later in the article, Johnson took betaine HCl (betaine hydrochloride) - a very different substance.
Both the author and the editor are irresponsible for not making that clear from the very start.
AI overview:
“Betaine HCL with pepsin is sometimes considered a natural remedy for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD). It works by increasing stomach acid, which can help improve digestion and reduce symptoms like heartburn and acid reflux. Some theories suggest that low stomach acid can lead to incomplete digestion of proteins, which may contribute to GERD.”
You need HCL to break down your food...
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Stomach acid is also a front line defense against microbes and parasites.
The reviews for Betaine HCl on Amazon are absolutely glowing
Modern medicine wants you to believe heartburn comes from too much acid
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What is the point of having an article if the very first sentence is wrong.
Modern medicine does NOT want you to believe heartburn comes from too much acid. Modern medicine believes heartburn comes from a failed/failing/weakening lower esophagus valve that allows acid from the stomach, in its usual amount, to occasionally splash or flow up the esophagus. That’s why it’s heartburn — a burning sensation in the chest.
There are many tried fixes. An easy one is elevate the head of your bed an inch or two. Gravity makes it more challenging for acid to flow up the esophagus. An OTC Pepcid will reduce acid at night and thus lessen the odds of splash up the esophagus.
The whole matter is acid in the esophagus. Not the sheer total of acid in the stomach.
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