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Kitt

I know what GERD is, but thank you. My point was to get some people involved in the thread to talk about how they deal with it and so on. I want to point out that as we age the cells in our stomach slow down the production of acid. This can result in major problems.

1. our food does not properly digest. This can lead to digestive problems
2. The bacteria Helicobactor pylori can thrive in an acidic environment, so if our stomach's environment is not as acidic as it should be, this very damaging stomach bacteria can cause major digestive problems

So if a person is older say 40, not that this is old it really depends on the person, and our stomach does not produce enough acid already then why in the world are ant-acids the most commonly used treatment for "acid reflux" or heartburn?

So the theory that acid reflux is due to too much acid is false. We get pain because our esophagus was not meant to come into contact with stomach acid...even if the acid is not acidic enough for the stomach. Make sense?

So instead of pills or expensive surgery, why don't we focus on the root of the problem? Because this system was not meant to get to any roots. It is meant to treat symptoms. Lets face it, the only people curing anything are the ones getting to the roots not the ones prescribing meds or surgery. Though surgery may help, it may not in many different cases. Add that it is expensive and risky, why do we as Americans jump to the most radical form of treatment rather than seek the proper treatment that works best with what nature intended?

Don't get me wrong...surgery and medicine are very important and are life-saving in cases but out we have become dependent or conditioned to believe that it is normal to take medicine or live in pain or whatever.

So, what I hope to come from this is that people venture outside of the pill pushing doc or the pharmacy or the drug isle at walgreens and really focus on what they need. Look toward people that truly understand the whole body and heal it by focusing on whole body healing. What we recognize as conventional medicine has only been around not much longer than 100 years. I mean from the time the AMA was incorporated. They have a focus that does not coincide with how our bodies were meant to heal.

I mean, we allow a theory of how people should be treated that has done whatever it takes to eliminate any competition whether it helped people get better or not. Conventional Western Medicine with its highpoints has many downfalls. The main downfall is that people do not always get the necessary health interventions they need to be healthy...not because we don't know what works, but because much of it is covered up and kept from us.