You can never experience true wellness unless you have a healthy digestive system. That means if you bloat or belch after a meal, experience constipation, diarrhea, stomach or intestinal pain then your digestive system is not working right.
Poor digestion means poor vitamin and mineral absorption. It also means proteins and fatty acids can’t be properly utilized for repair and cellular regeneration. Most acid reflux, ulcers and other digestive problems are due to h-pylori or insufficient hydrochloric acid rather than an excess of hydrochloric acid.
Lack of hydrochloric acid results in protein purification and carbohydrate fermentation which results in the formation of acids and sulfur compounds that burn the stomach. Hydrochloric acid does not have a tendency to burn the stomach. Not enough acids result in the production of other acids that do burn the stomach. The use of scripted or over-the -counter pharmaceuticals further reduce the production of hydrochloric acid. It’s a vicious cycle and can only be overcome if we take the time to understand why hydrochloric acid is an essential component of digestion.
Hydrochloric acid has multiple health benefits and the physiology of the stomach is designed for high concentrations of this essential acid.
Here are the symptoms that suggest a need for hydrochloric acid: gas, burping or bloating especially when eating protein, bad breath or body order, asthma, food or environmental allergies, intestinal parasites, loss of taste meat and pancreatic or biliary dysfunction. If two or more of these symptoms are present a trial of hydrochloric acid should be considered.
The therapy for hypochlorhydria is as follows: take two tablets of or HCI-Plus with each meal, in the middle of the meal, for 2 days. Taking hydrochloric acid in the middle of the meal is very important. We want to mimic and support normal physiological function. After two days add one more tablet, again in the middle of the meal.
So, on Monday, take 2 tablets for breakfast, lunch and dinner in the middle of the meal; Tuesday, take 2 with each meal; and on Wednesday, take 3 tablets with each meal. Thursday, take 3 tablets with each meal. On Friday, take 4 tablets with each meal. Once you experience a warmth in the stomach you should cut back one tablet or capsule. Maintain that dose until a warmth occurs again and continue to cut back on the dose until a maintenance does is reached.
It is rare, but if hydrochloric acid therapy buns your stomach because the stomach is too sensitive, the therapy should be discontinued and a stomach healing program should be instituted. After 30 days, return to the protocol at one tablet in the middle of each meal and then increase one tablet every other day as discussed.
Dr. Jonathon Wright, author of the book “Why Stomach Acid is Good for You,” says the stomach makes anywhere from 60-70 grains of hydrochloric acid per meal. A grain is 60 mg. HCI-Plus contains 2.5 Grains per Tablet and Betaine Plus HP contains 11.66 grains. Start with HCL-Plus or Hydro-Zyme and switch to Betaine Plus HP after the first bottle. One Betaine Plus HP is the equivalent of about 4 Hydrozyme tablets.