Obviously every time you have occasional heartburn you don?t have to run out and do a pregnancy test. On the other hand it?s not unusual to experience the heartburning sensation of acid indigestion in your first trimester.

The whole morning sickness thing is triggered from a hormone shift that makes the babies nutrient needs a number one priority, instead of yours.

Have you ever wondered why a starving mother can still produce a healthy baby? This is Mother Nature protecting the future of the human race. The baby must get vital minerals, vitamins and protein in order to form healthy tissue and functionality, even if they have to come from the mother?s tissue.

So to answer your question, yes, heart burn can be a sign of early pregnancy.

Acid reflux, heartburn and acid indigestion, whatever name you want to call it, is triggered from a lack of minerals. Your body and the child inside your body, if you?re pregnant, need special minerals to process vitamins, which fuel your DNA, enzymes and proteins.

It?s also important to know heartburn can be caused from a lack of digestive acids, which is triggered from the lack of minerals. Your gallbladder, liver, pancreas and stomach need these vital minerals to make stomach acid, bile and enzymes for digestion.

So you can bet, IF you are having a baby, you?re going to experience some big changes and heartburn is just the beginning.

The best thing you can do is stay hydrated with ?structured? mineral rich water that is chocked full of ?ionic? ocean minerals. Ionically charged minerals have an abundance of electrons, which not only protect your alkaline pH level, but ensure you have stabile oxygen and constant antioxidant activity at your cellular level.

Keep in mind your baby IS at the cellular level and will have biological priority over ?everything.?

What should you do about the heartburn symptoms?

The last thing you want to do is start popping over-the-counter antacids, or any antacid for that matter.

Remember, if you are pregnant, your heartburn is most likely from a lack of natural ocean minerals in your blood. This created a deficiency which depleted your stomach acid, so putting antacids in your stomach will only neutralize the stomach acid you have left, making your imbalance worse.

Swedish scientists proved years ago that antacids do more harm than good.

You may be asking yourself, if I don?t have enough stomach acid why is the heartburn, or acid reflux, making me feel like I have too much stomach acid- isn?t that why it burns so much?

The answer is because your food isn?t digesting properly, due to lack of stomach acid . . . your gut is slowed down and you are filling up with undigested food.

In a desperate attempt for your body to digest all this food in your stomach, it puts out ?surges? of gastric acid, rather than a steady production of it.

This acid ?surge? is injected from the top of your stomach lining and therefore sits on top of your food, piling up in your stomach.

So when you bend over, lie down or eat again, this caustic, nasty acid is forced up into your throat.

That?s it in a nutshell.

So get a source of alkaline water, or add unrefined Celtic sea salt or coral calcium to your water to boost your electrolytes- avoid alcohol, tobacco, caffeine, sugar and table salt as well as greasy animal fats and refined oils for a while , eat more salads and veges, but avoid iceberg lettuce.

Even rabbits can?t digest ice berg lettuce. Eat your fruits in-between meals and also drink your water in-between, or at least an hour before you eat.

You don?t want to dilute the stomach acid you have.

You were born to heal,

Todd M. Faass?

Health Ecologist

Gallbladder surgery is another one of those unnecessary operations that come with bonus side effects.

One of those side effects is acid reflux, which is, having excess saliva with a constant bitter taste from gastric juices refluxing up your throat.

No worries though, your doctor will most likely prescribe Protonex, Nexium or some other Pharma gimmicks to keep your adverse symptoms and complaints quiet.

There are always exceptions to the rule, but the word is most gallbladder surgeries are unnecessary.

Remember tonsils? They used to snip those by the hundreds of thousands annually, until they found they are part of your endocrine and immune system.

There are many overused surgeries due to the loop holes in managed-care insurance, lack of scientific evidence and simple greed.

Surgeons are always coming up with new techniques (i.e., laparoscopy) and better tools to remove gallbladders, yet you never hear of anyone trying to cure the cause of gallstones, do you? Today instead of opening you up all the way, they make a smaller incision, making it an in and out procedure.

Don?t let that fool you, gallbladder removal is still a risky business and considered major surgery. If for instance they nick or sever a bile duct, it will result in permanent liver damage . . . this happens about 2% of the time.

Your gallbladder is NOT the enemy here, your gall stones are and for that matter, your diet habits. If you haven?t had a gallbladder attack and show no signs of pancreatic inflammation or jaundice, you don?t need surgery . . . you need the cure.

In fact did you know there are successful remedies for gall stones, kidney stones and acid reflux?

Another point I have to mention is because gallbladder removal is easy money for the hospitals, every now and then someone with acid indigestion, symptoms of bloating or acid reflux get sent through the procedure in a rush to treat gall bladder-like symptoms.

Recent studies disclose that only 10% to 18% of the 20,000,000 people who have gallstones ever even develop symptoms. What that means is you can start eliminating the risk of gallstones now, before you have a gallstone attack.

Statistics claim only about 10 to 18% of people who have gallstones will experience symptoms at all.

Eating the wrong things year after year can lead to gallstones, acid indigestion and acid reflux. You need healthy bile function and stomach acid function to work together. Usually if one gets out of balance they both could eventually fail to work properly.

Of course if you have gallbladder disease or cancer the odds are you may end up losing your gallbladder to save your life. Gallbladder disease, like acid reflux is associated with obesity, diabetes, smoking and synthetic hormone replacement therapy, to mention a few.

Always get a second or third medical opinion when surgery has been suggested.

By avoiding the classic Standard American Diet (SAD) you can avoid a lot of the Standard American Diseases.

To prevent gall stones as well as acid reflux issues cut out the bad fat, but keep the good fat.

That means, eliminate animal fats and enjoy healthy fats from super foods like avocados and almonds

Gallstones are triggered from poor quality fat intake which increases the bad cholesterol (fatty acid) that makes gallstones.

Don?t end up with double the trouble, cure two problems by eliminating one stone.

Eliminate refined carbohydrates, animal fats and processed food additives so your risk of developing gallstones and acid reflux will be reduced significantly-otherwise you may end up having to deal with the combined symptoms of both problems.

You were born to heal,

Todd M. Faass?

Health Ecologist

For more than 5000 years raw apple cider has been used as a natural remedy for many ailments, especially heartburn, acid indigestion and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).

Did you know archaeologists recovered apple remains in Swiss Stone-Age lake dwellings and at a dig near Jericho in Jordan dating to 6500 BC? They also discovered dried apple rings in the tomb of Queen Pu-Abi (2500 B.C.E) in Southern Iran.

If you didn’t know about the powerful medicinal and healing qualities found in natural apple cider vinegar and you suffer from heartburn, it’s time to get with the program.

Apples are often overlooked like many of Mother Nature’s remedies because they are so common.

It is no coincidence that raw unfiltered apple cider vinegar contains a valuable nutrient rich base called “The Mother.”

“The Mother” of raw apple cider vinegar helps people with heartburn and acid reflux because it is naturally rich in readily available vitamins, minerals and essential amino acids, for starters.

The truth about heartburn, as with most dis-ease, is its root cause can be traced back to simple under-nutrition.

That’s right, your heartburn, acid indigestion and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), may be caused from simple nutritional deficiencies, which means your heartburn is NOT a drug deficiency.

Modern society differs from ancient times in fewer ways than you may first think. If we were to take away all the refrigerators, commercial farming practices and chemical food processing, you and I would find ourselves having to eat and live much like our ancestors did, depending on natural cures and wholesome home grown foods to provide us with everything we need.

Yet even if you unplug your refrigerator and stop buying commercially processed foods raised on artificial fertilizers, you still have to take the time to cultivate rich soils to produce the nutrient rich foods the ancient ones enjoyed.? It has been long known that artificial fertilization sterilized American soils to death about 80 years ago.

That is why you have heartburn and that is also why raw apple cider vinegar is so amazing. Even though apple farmers have been hybridizing apples and growing smaller less nutrient rich versions of the “original” apples, apple cider vinegar still contains “The Mother.”

Apple cider vinegar is a “super food” chocked full of the goodness of Mother Nature.

There is a new science of healing is called epigenetics. This new science is resurrecting the ancient ways of healing mind and body by simply reconnecting us from the DNA and cellular level to the environmental level and back again.

There is a built-in intelligence within you, which has hidden connections to the world that seems to be outside of you. When heartburn, acid indigestion or gastroesophageal acid reflux plague your daily life, that means something important has fallen out of balance.

Raw apple cider vinegar contains a perfect balance of fiber, flavonoids and antioxidants so vital for staying healthy and slowing down the aging process.

The pectin in the apple peel provides galacturonic acid, which reduces your body’s need for insulin.

In addition, apples are high in vitamin C and free-radical fighting Queretin beneficial for healthy cells.

French researchers found a flavonoid called “phloridzin” that may help protect post menopausal women from symptoms of osteoporosis and boron which strengthens bones.

So keep in mind that organic raw apple cider vinegar not only helps you defeat heartburn, acid indigestion and esophageal reflux diseases (GERD), it also helps restore and empower the hidden connections you have from the DNA , cellular level to “The Mother,” naturally . . . without drugs.

“To eat an apple going to bed, will make the doctor beg his bread.”

You were born to heal,

Todd M. Faass?

Health Ecologist

We know that a tablespoon of baking soda in a glass of water can help acid reflux, but why wouldn’t Himalayan salt do the same?

Fact is everyone is different because of biological diversity. Some people suffer from acid reflux for different reasons than others people. However, Himalayan salt may be what you’re looking for. For one thing this ancient sea salt contains a complete spectrum of trace minerals and is a great alkalizer.

Second you may actually need these minerals to help replenish your liver to help produce bile salts for better digestion and stomach acid balance.

Thirdly there are some doctors who agree ancient sea salts like Himalayan salt help flush out the kidneys, which is the opposite effect chemical table salt has. If you suffer from acid reflux, himalayan salt, or acid indigestion you may also be in dire need of detoxification.

Get a few doctors opinions first, especially if you suffer from high blood pressure. Himalayan salt and Celtic sea salt have been shown to help regulate normal blood pressure.

So there’s a good reason to believe Himalayan salt may be something that could help you.

However, like I said, everyone is different.

In case you are interested you can make a Himalayan saline solution for your acid reflux symptoms ?by simple adding the Himalayan salt crystals to a mason jar of water kept in the fridge.

Simply keep adding salt everyday for a day or two until the Himalayan salt crystals stop dissolving.

Now you can keep this saline solution indefinitely. I prefer mine kept cold, but this is not necessary.

So now you’re ready to see if will help your acid reflux, acid indigestion or heart burn. All you do is take about a teaspoon of this Himalayan salt solution a day for a few days and see what happens.

Chances are it will help you in many ways, including helping relieve your acid reflux.

Keep in mind that acid reflux is more often caused from a lack of gastric acid, than an over abundance of it. In the later case, should you suffer from too much gastric acid it should help alkalize your blood, invigorate digestion and detoxify your kidneys, when done this way.

Whereas in the case where you actually suffer from a lack of stomach acid, the Himalayan salt solution will provide the necessary trace minerals to assists your body in producing a balanced supply of gastric acids to increase the digestive power of your gut, therefore reducing acid reflux.

Two times Nobel laureate Linus Pauling strongly believed mineral deficiencies are the root cause of almost every degenerative disease known to man.

Sea water contains at least 66 elements that can provide a rich source of minerals to help stop acid reflux, and perhaps even cure it. Himalayan salt is one of the purest and richest forms of crystallized ancient sea water. If you are looking for purity, Himalayan salt is unmatched.

Here is a list of 8 acid-dependant minerals that are best absorbed in their ionic form. That’s why if you do suffer from acid reflux because of lack of minerals these are important. The problem is you need stomach acid to even absorb them.

1.?????? Chromium (Cr)

2.?????? Copper (Cu)

3.?????? Iron (Fe)

4.?????? Magnesium (Mg)

5.?????? Manganese (Mn)

6.?????? Molybdenum (Mo)

7.?????? Selenium (Se)

8.?????? Zinc (Zn)

Himalayan salt contains ionically charged minerals that make absorption easier, even if you have very little stomach acid. The trace minerals in Himalayan crystal salt are fully water soluble.

These ionic minerals have the correct synergistic blend and smaller molecular structure to be fully absorbed by the cells of the body, regardless of how much stomach acid you have.

This is another reason why taking a teaspoon a day for a few days every month is so important. Healing takes time, so be patient in either case.

You were born to heal,

Todd M. Faass?

Health Ecologist