ACID REFLUX ANTACIDS and HEALTH CONSEQUENCES
ACID REFFLUX and ANTACIDS
While the concept of excess stomach acid owes more to the
fertile imagination of Madison Avenue than to reality, consumers
are blithely popping antacids , with little regard to
potentially serious consequences to health.
Remember, all drugs, including antacids, have side effects.
According to Dr. Rubman, antacids decrease or eliminate
vital stomach acid, and stomach problems develop
because of too little, not too much, stomach acid.
(I have also reported this previously)
Antacids enable people to eat foods they shouldn’t eat.
Perhaps you make it a point to avoid foods like fried chicken or cheeseburgers or french fries, because you get a stomachache afterward.
This may just be your body communicating that these foods are not good choices.
Enter the antacids, which mask the body’s normal reaction to greasy,
fried foods and permit you to consume them at will.
Dr. Rubman correctly states that by allowing you to consume foods that would otherwise disagree with your system, these drugs are doing a huge dis service.
Your stomach may feel better, but evidence of your bodys digestive discomfort usually emerges elsewhere such as in the form of intestinal gas.