Put an end to heartburn and indigestion once and for all, without sacrificing your health!

Do you struggle with constant bloating, stomach cramps, a constant raw feeling in your throat due to acid reflux, or embarrassing belching or wind?

Do you dread lying down at the end of the day because you just know that as soon as your head hits the pillow, you are inevitably going to suffer from the excruciating pain of heartburn or indigestion?

Do you know that for every bite of food you take, you will be paying for it later?

Does this cause you continual stress and affect your quality of life?

If you answered, ‘yes’, you are not alone!

You can stop heartburn naturally and ditch your zantac once and for all. But first let us explain exactly what heartburn is.

Heartburn—it’s more common than you think:

Heartburn is a very common health complaint that millions experience on a daily basis. It is estimated that in Australia, one in five people experiences heartburn at least once a week![i] The population in the US spends upwards of 10 billion dollars annually on antacids.[ii]

Heartburn is characterised by a burning sensation in the oesophagus, caused by stomach acid or ‘hydrochloric acid’ rising out of the stomach and up the oesophagus. Heartburn can range in severity from somewhat annoying to downright painful.

Heartburn can sometimes be caused by a condition called GERD—Gastro-oesophageal Reflux Disease—a disorder that affects the ring of muscle dividing the oesophagus from the stomach, known as the lower oesophageal sphincter. When this muscle becomes weak or too relaxed, the contents of the stomach, including stomach acids, can rise up along the oesophagus, and cause that horrible burning feeling that we are all familiar with.

Pregnant woman are particularly prone to GERD, as the progesterone which the body produces during this time which is designed to relax the muscles of the uterus, also has the unintended effect of relaxing other muscles, including the lower oesophageal sphincter. So even if you are someone who has never had a problem with heartburn before, during pregnancy you may just find that you become all-too familiar with it!

The hidden dangers of antacids:

Many sufferers try to get relief from the problem by using antacids; however, what most people don’t know is that long term use of these can lead to a range of health problems such as malabsorbtion of nutrients (this means that if the person is taking other drugs or even vitamin supplements, they are less-likely to be absorbed by the body and their effects are diminished); constipation or diarrhoea; headaches, increased risk of food allergies,[iii] nausea[iv], and according to the FDA, they are even linked to bone fractures![v]

In particular, antacids are linked to a health problem called pernicious anaemia. This condition can lead to severe fatigue and muscle and nerve problems, leaving sufferers crippled and lacking control of their bowels, bladders and sense of balance in many cases. The reason for this condition is simple—a lack of vitamin B12. Vitamin B12 is essential for producing red blood cells and maintaining a healthy nervous system, and a lack of it can lead to this autoimmune condition, which causes the body to attack the cells in the stomach needed for absorbing this vitamin.

What have antacids got to do with vitamin B12 deficiency? Well one of the most common causes of a vitamin B12 deficiency is taking acid reflux drugs. In fact, a recent Austrian study demonstrated that after only 4 or 5 months of taking such drugs, the levels of this vitamin began to drop in otherwise healthy men.[vi]

Like any drug, antacids merely mask the problem, rather than getting to the root of its cause. Instead of preventing reflux from happening, the body’s hydrochloric acid production is merely neutralised, reduced or blocked. Therefore, sufferers continue to experience reflux, but are just no longer able to feel it.

Hydrochloric Acid—our stomach’s little helper.

Like everything in our body, hydrochloric acid is there for a reason, and blocking its production to stop the problem of heartburn can cause a greater problem to begin, as they eliminate the acidic environment that is needed for successful digestion of food.

In many cases, ironically, it is actually too little hydrochloric acid that is the cause of heartburn, rather than too much. Factors such as diet, a badly-functioning thyroid, lifestyle or stress can supress its production, and as we age, our bodies also naturally produce less of it. With this in mind, using antacids can actually exacerbate the issue greatly.[vii]

It is the presence of hydrochloric acid in the stomach that sends a message to the lower oesophageal sphincter that it needs to tighten and close off—without enough hydrochloric acid, it assumes there is little or no food in the stomach to block off, and it relaxes. When it gets this wrong, and your stomach actually is full of food, heartburn is the result. When you think about it, without hydrochloric acid, our food just sits around in our stomach, rotting away without being digested.

Some people use bicarbonate of soda as a heartburn remedy, thinking that it is better for their health than commercial antacids. Though while in many ways it is, when it comes down to it, this remedy still has the effect of lowering the body’s levels of hydrochloric acid, which is just another bandaid solution that can have flow-on effects to your health.

Preventing hydrochloric acid can lead to a plethora of health problems, and disturb the all-important balance of flora in the stomach. Changing the alkalinity of the stomach environment by taking antacids kills good bacteria and creates the perfect environment for bad bacteria, moulds and yeasts to take over. I’m sure you can imagine how this can create a situation in which the patient’s health suffers so much that heartburn would seem tame by comparison!

Since one of the functions of hydrochloric acid is to kill pathogens in our food, eliminating it makes us more susceptible to food poisoning—and since another of its functions is to release the nutrients from our food, if we do not have adequate amounts, this could ultimately lead us to experience malnutrition!

In addition, many big-name antacid brands contain aluminium hydroxide. We should be striving to avoid this at all costs, since the link between aluminium and neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s is widely recognised.

As you can see, although antacids are readily available from the chemist or supermarkets without the need for a prescription, the hazards that they present to your health are one of the pharmaceutical company’s best kept secrets, and one that gains them big bucks at the expense of your wellbeing.

But wait—you can solve this problem naturally!

This information alone isn’t very helpful if you are one of the millions who suffers from heartburn, though, as often it can be so painful and embarrassing that sufferers will do ANYTHING to gain some relief! Well the good news is, there are ways of treating this condition completely NATURALLY—ways that get to the root of the problem, rather than simply masking the symptoms.

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