*DISCLAIMER: I am not a doctor, but I am an avid researcher.
Hello fellow Steemers,
I'd like to share a story of how I naturally cured my wife of a few ailments. She suffered for years from severe chronic acid reflux which over time allowed the development of candida and mild fatty liver disease.
Acid reflux is widely misunderstood, most people believe that chronic acid reflux is caused by an overproduction of acid in the stomach. But the reality is surprisingly quite the opposite. everyone has a flat at the bottom of their esophagus and this flap only closes when the stomach has a sufficient and balanced level of acid. otherwise this flap stays wide open allowing the acid to freely splash up into the esophagus. this is why most people with acid reflux suffer most when lying down in bed. so in the simplicity acid reflux is actually an under production up stomach acid which causes the the flap in the esophagus to stay open.
many people understand that the medical and pharmaceutical companies are very flawed and our circumstantially incentivized take care more about making money rather than truly helping people. now I'm not saying the doctors are out to get you, but the old corrupt system in which they are taught is not in the business of curing people, but instead creating lifetime patients who many times and up declining in health and not getting better.
With that said, the number one treatments for acid reflux are acid controllers, acid reducers, and proton pump inhibitors, all of which eliminate various percentages of acid from your stomach. considering that acid reflux is the under production of acid in your stomach, combined with treatments that reduce the stomach acid further creates a very bad situation in your body.
the stomach acid is literally the first line of defense of your immune system. A healthy stomach acid will eliminate the vast majority of bad bacteria, viruses and other nasties That Enter your body, the stomach acid also play's one of the largest rolls in the body in digesting complex proteins that such as red meat, in fact if you get indigestion after eating red meat as many people do, that is typically a sign that your stomach acid is out of balance. lastly, when you have low stomach acid your body will not properly absorb many important vitamins and minerals especially B vitamins, which causes many people with acid reflux to feel fatigued and sluggish on a regular basis.
So you might ask, if the standard treatment for acid reflux only makes the problem worse then why do the doctors continue 2 prescribe such treatments? Well, I'll give you the same answer to many mind boggling questions in this world...Follow The Money.
the pharmaceutical sector of acid controllers / reducers and Proton Pump Inhibitors is an over $7 Billion business. Sure, it's a business founded on medical malpractice and out dated information, but it makes massive amounts of profit and it would cost them billions of dollars to come out and say that they've been wrong all these years, so instead they stay the course and make their money while so many people suffer.
So let's get on to the cure then. if acid reflux is actually the under production of acid then we need more acid rather than destroying what little is already there and there is a great supplement that when taken correctly, will retrain the stomach to naturally produce the proper amount of stomach acid on its own. It's called Betaine Hydrochloride with Pepsin ( to make life easy we will just call it HCL ). this is literally a stomach acid supplement and it is best used in a very specific way. The HCL is taking every day with a dinner that consists of at least 6 ounces of complex protein preferably grass fed beef but other meats will do fine just as well. ( If you are a vegan or vegetarian you may want to do some additional research before trying this ).
So day one take 1 HCL supplement with dinner, then wait to see if you get any acid reflux symptoms within about an hour. If you DO NOT get any acid reflux symptoms then move one to day two (this will make more sense shortly).
Day two take 2'HCL supplements with dinner, remembering to have at least 6 ounces of complex protein with dinner. once again wait to see if you experience any acid reflux symptoms within an hour. If you DO NOT experience any symptoms then move on to day three.
this regimen continues on as such until the HCL supplement with dinner causes you to have acid reflux symptoms.
my wife for example on daysix took her 6 HCL supplements with dinner in about half an hour later experienced acid reflux symptoms. once this occurs then the previous dose would be considered your benchmark, in my wife's case, a dosage of 5.
so you continue on every day with dinner taking that same dosage until you experience acid reflux Symptoms within an hour of taking the supplements. when this occurs you once again reduce the dosage by one.
my wife continued on with this regiment for about 2 months when she went down to a dosage of one supplement per day with dinner, then a few days later she experienced her acid reflux symptoms within an hour of taking the supplement which means she could now stop taking the supplements completely and now 3 years later she is still completely cured from acid reflux.
But what is actually happening with this treatment? when the stomach which is low in the stomach acid is introduced to these HCL supplements which are complementary to the balance of a proper stomach acid, the stomach begins to normalize. As this HCL treatment continues the stomach slowly starts to produce the proper I'm mount and balance of stomach acid on its own, thus the gradual decrease in dosages. you are literally jump starting a natural healing mechanism in the body.
But we're not done, we have to do our best to make sure the problem never comes back and that means changing the diet. let's start off with a simple list... very little daily sugar intake (25g or less and make sure its natural such as honey or stevia), no processed foods, no fried foods, no gluten (or at bare minimum n WHITE flour), cook with butter not oil (oil oxidizes when heated creating free radicals that slowly cause havoc in the body as well as causing high amounts of inflammation), and it is much organic food as possible.
The HCL treatment combined with the above diet are what cured my wife of acid reflux, candida and eventually fatty liver disease. both candida and fatty liver disease can be treated in part by properly balancing the stomach acid and highly reducing the amount of sugar you put in your body.Candida isn't overproduction of yeast in and around the stomach caused by too much bacteria getting past a weekend stomach acid and a high amount of sugar in the body which the yeast feeds off of in multiplies like a wildfire.
Fatty liver disease is primarily caused by too much intake of sugar and carbohydrates. Carbs get broken down in the body into sugars so if the liver is bombarded with too much carbohydrates and too much sugar it will not be able to break it all down properly so the liver will then kick into overdrive trying to breakdown sugar and ignoring fat in storing it instead. a side effect of this is also out of balance blood sugar levels and abnormal insulin production. the sugar and carbohydrate intake must be cut down and then the excess fat must be dealt with. the diet I listed above is an excellent starting point, but when it comes to burning fat, eating more fat tends to be the best answer such as the Ketogenic Diet. Also called Keto for short, the Keto diet is a high fat, moderate protein and low carb/sugar diet. it is highly effective for burning fat by naturally putting the body into fat burning mode (ketosis) and this diet has worked wonders for my wife and I, but this diet also requires a lot of discipline and a certain amount of cautiousness so please do your homework before trying the Keto diet.
So that's it folks, I naturally cured my wife from a few rather serious problems, uncovered a load of medical malpractice and pharmaceutical greed and irresponsibility. but in the process I learned a lot about the body and how it works, and what it actually needs to survive and thrive.
I hope this not so short story teaches you something or at least inspires you to research and question some things.
Thanks for reading and stay safe everyone.