Sunshine Sharing - Tummy Troubles

Tummy Trouble

There’s a problem you’ve likely never heard of that contributes to the development of many chronic health problems, including excess or deficient weight, poor muscle tone, mood disorders, arthritis, osteoporosis, autoimmune diseases, and even cancer. And although you may be unfamiliar with this problem, there’s a high probability that you have it. In fact, some health experts believe that your chance of having it are about the same as your age. So, if you’re 50, there’s a 50% chance you have it. If you’re 70, the chance increases to 70%.

The problem is hypochlorhydria, a fancy name for low stomach acid. The ironic thing about this health issue is that most people who have it think they have the opposite problem. They believe they have too much stomach acid because they often suffer from acid indigestion, heartburn, or acid reflux.

Based on this incorrect assumption they take antacids, or even acid blockers, trying to fix their tummy troubles. This approach not only fails to correct the real problem, it actually causes their health to further deteriorate.

So, in this issue of Sunshine Sharing, you’re going to learn about the importance of stomach acid, the problems associated with low stomach acid, and how to correct it properly with natural remedies. You’ll also discover how to recognize and correct two other digestive issues that are typically associated with it—intestinal dysbiosis and a hiatal hernia.

The Critical Importance of Hydrochloric Acid

Your stomach secretes an extremely powerful acid, hydrogen chloride (HCl), also known as hydrochloric acid, to help you digest the food you eat. Composed of one molecule of hydrogen and another of chlorine, HCl is one of the most acidic substances on earth. If you look at the pH scale above it extends from extremely acidic with battery acid at a pH of 0 to dangerously alkaline with drain cleaner at a pH of 14. Plain water is neutral at a pH of 7. Each step on the scale is 10 times stronger. From…

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Stomach Acid and Hiatal Hernia

People with low stomach acid often have a hiatal hernia. As we’ll explain, this is the primary cause of acid reflux or heartburn. In a healthy person, the esophagus passes through an opening in the diaphragm muscle called the hiatus. The lower esophageal sphincter, which holds acid in the stomach is below this. When a person has a hiatal hernia, a portion of the stomach protrudes up into the chest cavity through the opening for the esophagus (as pictured below). This kinks the valve at the top…

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Solutions to Low Stomach Acid and Other Tummy Troubles

With an understanding of these three interrelated digestive issues (low stomach acid, dysbiosis, and hiatal hernia) and the negative impact they have can have on your health, it’s time to explore lasting solutions to correcting these problems so you can enjoy the health you desire. For starters, we need to increase, not neutralize or block, stomach acid to restore normal digestion. There are two ways to do this. One is to supplement HCl (and possibly digestive enzymes) and the other is to use…

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Additional Resources

Strategies for Health by Steven Horne

Correcting a Hiatal Hernia article and videos: https://stevenhorne.com/article/Correcting-a-Hiatal-Hernia

Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth article: https://stevenhorne.com/article/Small-Intestinal-Bacterial-Overgrowth-SIBO

Hiatal Hernia Syndrome: Insidious Link to Major Illnesses by Theodore A. Barrody

Hiatus Hernia by Joan Lay

In This Issue

  • The Sunshine Sharing Hour
    Tummy Troubles

    If you’re one of the millions of people who experience acid indigestion or acid reflux and are taking antacids or acid…

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