Re: Digestion

[Guest guest]

You are exactly right, and when food can't even make down out of the

stomach, it's going to come up the opposite way, since it can't be digested.

Digestion

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> I have read that most hypothyroid people have poor digestion

> although many think it is good.

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> About two years ago I started getting weird digestion problems.

> Violent vomiting for hours about once a week. Heartburn etc. I had a

> scan where you swallow some weird stuff and the specialist diagnosed

> acid reflux.

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> Gave me a prescription that didn't help. Antacids helped if I could

> get them down before I started throwing up, but often It was sudden.

> Taking antacids and/or prescription regularly did not help at all.

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> Turns out I had too little stomach acid instead of too much. This

> can cause just as much or even more harm. If you have ever seen a

> favorite pair of shoes dissolved by a leaky alkaline battery you

> will know what I mean.

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> Simple test to determine if you have enough stomach acid is to take

> some baking soda in a glass of water on an empty stomach. If you

> burp within 5minutes you have enough or too much stomach acid. If

> you don't then not enough.

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> I have read that the reason antacids seem to work is that they

> nullify all the stomach acid causing your body to go into overdrive

> to produce more. Bizarre.

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> Another problem with digestion and thyroid is that digestive enzymes

> are underproduced and the body takes enzymes from the pituitary,

> thyroid and liver depleting enzmyes needed for proper functioning of

> these glands/organs. Taking digestive enzymes can relieve that

> stress, and also help with weight loss as properly digested food is

> more easily converted to energy by the body and not stored as fat.

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> Hope I haven't bored you all to tears.

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> Regards

> Helen