Is Low Stomach Acid Damaging Your Health?

A VERY simple test for low stomach acid:
FIRST TEST:
==Cook one cup of peeled, chopped Dark RED beets in only water.
==Eat those beets using NO other food, no other pills or additions.
==Observe your urine output over the next 24 hours.
If urine looks to be tinged pink, in any amount, during the 24 hours post-eating the water-cooked beets, it means you lack enough stomach acid to handle proper digestion.
If your urine is normal yellow color, you have enough stomach acid, and disregard the second test.

SECOND TEST:
Repeat the test, BUT, add real apple cider vinegar, about 1 to 2 Tablespoons, to them just before eating them.
Then monitor the urine output color over the following 24 hours.
EXPECTATION: urine should now be normal yellow color.

One could play with that, and try the test, while taking an antacid when you eat the beets, to see what happens to the urine color.

• March 11
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Thanks for the info

• March 10
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Read the other article too, thanks :)

• February 4
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Also, having unbalanced/low PROBIOTIC, can also cause a wide array of stomach and digestive and health problems.
At issue is,
1. The probiotic must be safe
2. The probiotic must make it to the small/large intestines alive.
3.The probiotic must deliver actual health benefits to the host.
The site listed here, is, of course, promoting some products.
But as good as those are, those are not the only products--the article is a very clear explanation to help understand the importance of PROBIOTICS--a good, wide variety of them!
http://www.mtcapra.com/prepare-to-meet-100-trillion-friends-you-didnt-even-know-you-had/?awt_l=GrGnM&awt_m=3xPq8gIfLhgW60M

While helping acid balance with "simples" like REAL apple cider vinegar, for instance, or adjusting the body pH using bicarbonate of soda, can be really helpful, those cannot replace millions of Probiotics.
We lose them daily, just going thru modern life.

When scientists studied all the remote cultures in the world that are them longest, healthiest lived, there were very few commonalities. But one stood out: all of them consumed fermented foods, daily. THOSE provide probiotics.

The more we learn, the better care we can take.

• February 4
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Good grief. The symptoms list covers just about everything I see in the elderly today. Thanks for the head's-up.

• December 13
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Ditto Sandra C.

• November 24
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another good thing to read about is the rebound effect of takeing acid reduceing medications.

• November 23
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I have read that low stomach acid,can mimic the same symptoms as too much acid,so if u take a ppi u might want to consult with your doctor about that possibility. lots of articles on this on the internet.

• November 23
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This is precisely why the high cost prescription drugs to "reduce" acid can be SO bad for people. It is also why taking "Braggs, with the mother", apple cider vinegar is so good for you. Just follow directions. A bottle costs anywhere from $4-$5 and is the size of a regular vinegar bottle...nice and inexpensive...lasts a long time. It's a natural way to get relief and also keeps your body more in the healthy alkaline state (vs acidic). Take a tablespoon or 2, once to 3 times per day in a glass of water. Easy as that! You can find it at any health food store or online. Just remember "Braggs" is the brand and it MUST say "With the mother" on it.

• November 23
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interesting, thanks for the info

• November 23
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