Treating acid reflux symptoms can be dangerous if they keep you from taking care of the cause of it.

Medical researchers are just beginning to understand the root cause of acid reflux symptoms, whereas science has known the cause for literally thousands of years.

It goes unsaid that if medicine can’t cure your acid reflux it’s time to take a closer look at the science of healing digestive balance.

The Western approach tries to treat the symptoms of digestive imbalance because it is truly ignorant of what causes acid reflux and its complications.

There are plenty of misconceptions about digestive disorders like acid reflux . . . the biggest one is assuming your acid reflux is some kind of drug deficiency. Why else would millions of people pop useless antacids, such as Tums, while simple cases of heart burn inflame into acid rebound cases and then gastro-esophageal reflux diseases (GERD)?

Did you know the makers of TUMS just recalled 15,000,000 packages of the antacid because they are full of pieces of metal scrap and wood chips? Apparently someone is sweeping the shop floor and dumping the garbage into the antacid mix. Who knows what other mystery ingredients have been swept up in the process?

From a medical standpoint your acid reflux happens because the lower esophageal sphincter (LES), a muscle between the stomach and throat, relaxes and allows stomach acid to invade your throat, lung and mouth area, but they never tell you what causes this.

Because the medical industry depends on selling acid reflux sufferers their drugs to treat symptoms, they really don’t need to tell you what really causes acid reflux.

Explaining the mechanics of acid reflux is limiting medical treatment to the effects and never addressing the root cause.

For thousands of years, as long as civilization has been recorded, science has offered acid reflux sufferers the remedy for the underlying cause.

Simply remove the cause and the effects or symptoms vanish as if they never were.

Acid reflux symptoms turn into what the medical industry calls a disease, only because the real cause of the symptoms has been ignored and allowed to fester and complicate.

In fact, acid rebound is a man-made or should I say . . . a drug-made disease.

It’s well known that antacids like TUMS are gateway products for stronger medications that can lead you right down the path of degenerative diseases like hiatal-hernia, gastro-esophageal disease (GERD) and even throat cancer.

So remember . . . when you want to cure acid reflux follow the real science. If all you want is to treat the symptoms, then follow the money . . . it will lead you right to your pharmacist and maybe even the surgeon.

All great science is learned by observing nature . . .

You were born to heal,

Todd M. Faass

Health Advocate

Gastric ulcers can be painful, and sometimes fatal if the symptoms are ignored. An ulcer occurs when the lining of the digestive tract becomes damaged, and a hole or tear occurs due to injury or trauma. An ulcer can happen anywhere in the body’s digestive system, but when it happens in the stomach, it’s labeled as a gastric ulcer.

Gastric ulcer symptoms are slightly different than ulcer symptoms located in other portions of the body. For example, eating doesn’t generally relieve pain as it might with other ulcers. In fact, eating may cause pain. The pain can be a dull ache located in the upper chest area, possibly below the breastbone.

Other symptoms of a gastric ulcer include:

• Heartburn or acid reflux
• Nausea
• Loss of appetite
• Weight loss that wasn’t part of a planned diet program
• Waking up in the night with pain. Only about 3 out of every 10 people with a gastric ulcer will experience this symptom, and it generally occurs 3 or 4 hours after dinner. Eating late meals will exacerbate it.
• Vomiting, and vomiting blood, which may look like coffee grounds
• Blood in the stool, which would look like a black or tarry substance
• Some people may not have any symptoms at all

Causes

Gastric ulcers have a few causes, but one thing in particular is pointed to as the main cause, Helicobacter pylori. H. pylori is a corkscrew shaped bacteria found in most everyone. It’s unknown why it causes problems in some people and not others. An H. pylori infection occurs when the bacteria grows in the lining of the stomach, causing it to be easily damaged by stomach acids and other digestive enzymes. An H. pylori infection is generally cleared by a course of antibiotics, followed by additional testing to make sure the infection has been eradicated.

Pain killers are another main cause of gastric ulcers. Pain killers stop the body’s production of an enzyme that protects the stomach lining, making it more susceptible to damage. NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) like Aleve and Ibuprofen as well as Aspirin and prescription pain killers can all be pointed to as causes of gastric ulcers.

Another thing thought to cause gastric ulcers is smoking. The nicotine found in cigarettes is thought to increase the presence of acids in the stomach, making the lining more susceptible to damages. Smoking also slows the body’s natural healing process, making it difficult to recover from an existing ulcer.

Alcohol can also erode the stomach lining. Although, it’s unclear if alcohol will actually go so far as to cause an ulcer, or just worsen an existing ulcer, it should generally be used in moderation.

Stress is another thing that can’t be pointed directly to as a certain cause for ulcers, but it will definitely worsen an existing ulcer. Stress is thought to be the cause of a wide range of health problems, so whether it caused your ulcer or not, it’s beneficial to try and get your stress levels under control. Reduce your stress by putting some instrumental or calming music on in the background at work, or enrolling in a meditation class. These techniques will help you relax and allow your body to heal much faster.

For more information on gastric ulcer symptoms, check out The Reflux Remedy Report at www.refluxremedy.com.

Premature Ventricular Complexes (or PVC’s) & acid reflux may go hand in hand for some people. PVC’s have had a long and mysterious history. At one time they were thought to be the precursor for impending death, and more recently are thought to simply be a benign phenomenon.

PVC’s happen when an electrical disturbance in one of the heart’s ventricles causes it to contract. Sometimes this can be felt as a palpitation, or feeling like your heart skipped a beat. Most often though, it’s not felt at all. This condition is generally a cause for concern if heart disease is present, as it can aggravate certain conditions and cause various complications. However, if no heart disease is found PVC’s are not something most doctors worry about.

Acid reflux can be caused by any number of things including daily habits, smoking, certain foods, tight clothing and stress. It happens when too much acid builds in the stomach and is allowed into the esophagus. This causes irritation and pain. It can also cause belching, hiccups and a general feeling of indigestion.

Some sufferers of acid reflux are finding their PVC’s happen more frequently during an acid reflux attack. This could be a result of pressure building up in the stomach, but it’s difficult to say for sure without more studies being conducted.

Get it under control

If you suffer from both of these conditions, and particularly notice an influx of PVC’s during an episode of acid reflux, try getting your reflux under control. There are a number of things you can do once reflux has started to help alleviate it.

• Drink a large glass of water. This will help dilute toxins and wash excess stomach acids away.
• Eat an apple. Some people have found apples are very effective at relieving heartburn pain.
• Try taking some ginger. Ginger comes in many forms, and can be consumed as a tea, eaten candied or found in spiced form. Ginger has long been used to settle upset stomachs, and heart burn is no match for it.

The Reflux Remedy Report has a huge number of natural ways to relieve pain from heartburn and keep it away. Read it at refluxremedy.com today and be free of your heartburn pain now.

Focus on Prevention

Once you have your reflux under control, prevention is the key to keeping both it and related PVC’s away.

• Eat smaller meals. However, just because you’re eating smaller meals doesn’t mean you need to eat less. Just eat more often to maintain your food intake. This helps your body digest more easily and prevents that tell tale pressure buildup that may be related to PVC’s.
• Don’t lie down or go to bed less than 2 hours after a meal. Staying upright after eating helps gravity keep food and acids where they belong, in your stomach. If you still have trouble, try putting an extra pillow under your head, to keep your esophagus aligned above your stomach.
• Avoid triggers that cause heartburn. Keep a log of what foods irritate your stomach, and then avoid them. Everyone has their own triggers, but some common ones include garlic, onions, alcohol caffeine and citrus fruits.

While there isn’t much in the way of hard facts and studies relating PVC’s & acid reflux, more and more people are coming forward with these two problems. In the future, these two conditions may be definitively related to each other.

For more information, please visit www.refluxremedy.com.

You already know natural cures for acid reflux are the answer your looking for, but that’s not all your looking for. Deep down you know that if acid reflux can be cured with natural remedies why shouldn’t anything be curable, right?

Think about that for a moment. Since when did you even start to entertain that anything, no matter what it is whether it is acid reflux of cancer, couldn’t be cured with natural remedies?

Do you see the madness?

How in the world did we all get brain washed into thinking the worst instead of the best? It’s as if all our rich culture from thousands of years has been stolen from us. I mean seriously, I have a bone to pick with all this hopeless thinking that seems so rampant.

What happen to America’s great melting pot of natural remedies? Did the melting pot boil away and water down all our family wisdom and common sense?

Of course natural remedies cure acid reflux and anything else. To say natural remedies don’t heal is like saying all these health problems aren’t caused by unnatural causes.

There are still places where people generally live dis-ease free and they also live extra-ordinarily long lives. So tell me if all the acid reflux and the rest of it isn’t caused from unnatural causes then why doesn’t the great almighty medical industrial complex cure acid reflux?

To the contrary, the medicines manufactured for people who suffer from acid reflux have been proven to make acid reflux worse-haven’t you heard of acid rebound syndrome?

Acid rebound is caused from taking antacids, it’s caused from ignoring the real cause of acid reflux and because the drugs create chemical dependency, they create another market where people are suggested to participate in . . . the market of buying into more medicines that cover up acid reflux, acid rebound and gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD) . . . or even lead to surgeries.

Sure drugs will always play a role in medicine . . . but please, let’s not forget the science.

The Healing Edge of scientific evidence points to the fact that food can cure. Your acid reflux can be cured with positive thinking and right eating . . . it helps to include a healthy lifestyle in there as well.

You were born to heal,

Todd M. Faass

Health Advocate