Re: Pascalite revisited -- stomach acid

[Guest guest]

Just wondering about the effect of Pascalite clay on those with little

or no stomach acid.. I see on a google search that it is used for so-

called GERD but can't tell if it's heartburn caused by too much or too

little HCl in the stomach.

My guess is that since the clay must be very alkalzing (like Tums or

chalk) maybe it mitigates the symptoms of too much acid? So what does

that mean for those of trying to increase stomach acid production?

I guess I'll just try out a little bit and see how out works. ~Robin

[Guest guest]

>My guess is that since the clay must be very alkalzing (like Tums or

>chalk) maybe it mitigates the symptoms of too much acid? So what does

>that mean for those of trying to increase stomach acid production?

>

>I guess I'll just try out a little bit and see how out works. ~Robin

It doesn't actually seem to be alkalizing, tho I could test that with

some PH strips. I mean, if you add acid to it nothing happens (whereas

if you add acid to TUMS they fizz ...). But it DOES seem to help

reflux, I'm just not sure exactly how it does that.

Of course I'm not sure what causes reflux either. I get reflux

when I drink strong tea or eat raw cabbage. Some kind of reaction

to the chemicals, I guess. The clay seems to bind up

some noxious chemicals, it just kind gloms onto them. It's

not actually reacting to the chemicals though, just pulling them

out of solution. We used to use this property to clarify wine

and beer ... the clay (sold at homebrew stores) just gloms on

to the rogue proteins that make the beer cloudy, and they

settle out to the bottom of the jar. It doesn't change the acidity

of the wine or beer though, or the alcohol content.

What I don't know is how it " decides " which things to glom

on to. There are lots of compounds in beer, but it just gloms

on to the proteins, it seems. When you eat a meal, there is

LOTS of stuff ot glom on to, but the clay seems to pick

the bad stuff ... like when the Indians dipped their somewhat

toxic potatoes in clay, the toxin got neutralized, or when the

parrots eat a certain semi-toxic fruit and then eat clay, the toxin

is neutralized. Is OTHER stuff, good stuff neutralized? And if

not, " how does in know " ????

Heidi Jean