Apple cider vinegar
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Has anyone tried drinking Apple cider vinegar to help with hiatal hernia symptoms? I read that it works but I feel it's too acidic for me to try.
Kindly advise.
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Notes on Apple cider vinegar
franbrew chrissy51966
Posted
hi i believe that we have had this discussion about a year ago . well i have now myself come off the ppis . i weaned myself off then very gradually over a time off four months . i didnt actually take the apple cider vinegar but drank theplain kefir and bicarbonate soda. But the vinegar is meant to be acidic , i learned over this last year that ppis strips you of stomach acid. And not enough acid can have the same symptoms as too much. it wont be easy coming off the ppis but if you get indigestion take a quater teaspoon of bicarb in four ounces of water drink it slowly if it works then it means that you need the acid !! but dont over do it .Also i have been taking probiotics for six months . i havent suffered for about six weeks with heartburn ect . if you need more info let me know . AS this is getting a long story . All the best fran
Guest chrissy51966
Posted
Sounds like a load of crap to me. Here are all of the other "wonderful" things apple cider vinegar is alleged to do:
Don't waste your money on apple cider vinegar. It's being marketed as an amazing cure all, just like all of the patent medicines of the past, which actually caused harm.
And if your hiatal hernia symptom is heartburn, I guarantee that drinking apple cider vinegar will make it worse.
If you Google apple cider vinegar, you will find glowing testimonials telling you how great it is. But these are the modern day equivalents of the shills that patent medicine hucksters planted in the crowds to help sell their crap.
Guest chrissy51966
Posted
OK, this happens to be in my wheelhouse. I'm a retired research scientist, and my specialty was and is analytical chemistry.
If you take a quarter teaspoon of bicarbonate, and you feel better, it means you have TOO MUCH ACID. (I apologize for the caps but wanted to make the point clear.
Bicarbonate (more precisely sodium bicarbonate) neutralizes acids. A solution of sodium bicarbonate in water is actually alkaline, and if you consume enough to react with all of the acid in your stomach, your stomach will be alkaline.
Kefir is slightly acidic and contains lactic acid and acetic acid. Acetic acid is the acid in vinegar.
So if you are taking both kefir and sodium bicarbonate together, depending on which is the greater amount, you will be adding either a weak alkaline solution or a weak acid solution to your stomach.
Either way it goes you will definitely have gas to pass in your stomach (the amount depending on how much you take), because when sodium bicarbonate reacts with acids, it neutralizes the acid, and produces carbon dioxide gas.
chrissy51966
Posted
Thank you all for taking the time to reply,I appreciate your input. The internet is really feeding us a lot.