Text 12344, 47 rader
Skriven 2010-11-19 07:27:04 av Bob Ackley (1:300/3)
  Kommentar till text 12309 av mark lewis (1:3634/12.0)
Ärende: Salt
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Replying to a message of mark lewis to Robert Bashe:

 ml>>> then there's the standard table salt... i'm moving more and more
 ml>>> away from it as it is really metallic tasting and i tend to get
 ml>>> more heartburn when i use it as compared to the others...

 RB>>> Better have your stomach checked in that case.

 ml>> whatever for??

 RB>> To determine what it is that makes you react to common salt so
 RB>> radically. No way you can get heartburn (acid stomach) from that.

 ml> i didn't say that i reacted to the salt... i said that i eat too much
 ml> when i use that salt...

 RB>> If you'd written lemon juice or vinegar, I'd be less skeptical.

 ml> apparently you've never used an acid to counteract heartburn... i do
 ml> and it works better than anything on the market... my system
 ml> determines that there's now plenty of acid available and it stops
 ml> producing more which then helps to cut down on the acidic fumes which
 ml> are what cause heartburn...

Not sure it's acid *fumes* that cause heartburn.  Gastric reflux is usually 
caused by a weak or malfunctioning sphincter that lies at the end of the
esophagus.  This condition allows the contents of the stomach to go back
up the esophagus, resulting in heartburn.  Over time reflux causes a condition
called "Barrett's esophagus," which is a result of acid damage and which is
considered a precursor to esophageal cancer.  I had a reflux problem for
probably
20 years before I had it permanently fixed in 1996, I strongly recommend the
'Nissen fundoplication' to those who suffer from reflux.  I was on all the
heartburn
'remedies,' Tums, Rolaids, Prilosec and Tagamet at one time or another.  Since 
the surgery - which is a one-day laparoscopy (check in in the morning, check
out
the same evening) - I've haven't needed any of those medications.

BTW I do have Barrett's esophagus, once done the damage doesn't heal.  I also
have
no feeling in my lower esophagus; years ago when I was being tested the monitor
showed
severe reflux in progress and I didn't feel a thing.

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