The FACTS about Vinegar and Heartburn

In the article below, an experienced nutritionist gives you the explanations on the vinegars that should not be consumed by heartburn patients, and another kind of vinegar that actually works to significantly reduce your medical impairment besides being a good supplement for your food plan. In essence, we answer the question of the relevance or not of vinegar in your food plan against heartburn. There are many varieties of vinegars available for western consumers, but medical and paramedical practitioners are unanimous in their belief that just one of them is suitable for sufferers of heartburn.

We can define heartburn as the sensation of burning in the area of the throat or the chest, often with a bitter or sour taste. Although this can happen to people who are quite healthy (but not more than once a week), chronic heartburn is taken to be a symptom of a disease known as acid reflux, or gastro esophageal reflux disease (GERD). Other than heartburn, severe cases of GERD may also display symptoms of problems in swallowing, loss of weight, hoarseness and asthma. If neglected, GERD can then degenerate into a more severe condition called Barrett's esophagus with the risk of cancer of the esophagus as well.

In a healthy organism, a circular muscle lets food and drink flow one way into the stomach, but closes to prevent any flow back in the opposite way. It is when this muscle is weakened due to certain factors discussed further on, that stomach juices can get back into the esophagus (this is the definition of acid reflux), damaging the interior and provoking heartburn. In medical terms, this circular muscle is the lower esophageal sphincter (LES), and the ailment is gastro esophageal reflux disease. The LES is the valve or circle of muscle closing off the esophagus from the stomach.

Factors responsible for GERD may be direct agents causing the condition, others worsening a condition that already exists. There are both principal and secondary factors that contribute to GERD, and there are also complex interconnections between them. These causative elements include:

1. Undue production of gastric acid. In many instances (often because of inherited characteristics), the human organism may over-fabricate stomach acid that then overflows back into the esophagus to corrode lining cells.

2. Excessive multiplication of Candida. In certain instances, Candida can demonstrate far too much growth, swamping out the immune system and generating over 79 varied toxins that can cause the body impairments in various ways, GERD being one of them. Candida is the mono-cellular fungus found in any case in the human body (mainly in the areas of the genitals and the intestinal apparatus) in amounts that are symbiotically controlled by the rest of the body's natural internal flora.

These conditions are worsened by most kinds of vinegar, including white vinegar, malt vinegar, balsamic vinegar and wine vinegar. The reason is that all these vinegars form acids when they are consumed, therefore increasing the acidity of the intestines and also the blood. This in turn triggers acid reflux and increases its level of severity. In addition to this, it is a recognized fact that these foods are the prime culprits together with white flour and sugar (and similar refined carbohydrates) in stimulating Candida overgrowth.

The exception to this however comes from organic apple cider vinegar. This vinegar can significantly lessen esophageal inflammation and act on Candida to bring the level back down. It can also restore the alkali balance in your digestive tract, which the other vinegars cannot do either.

The sole dependable way to avoid the recurrence of heartburn is to tackle the internal factors that are fundamentally responsible for the acid reflux. But it should be noted that no instant solution for heartburn itself exists because this ailment is brought on by a combination of the internal factors.

The one solution that will bring the required results is an all-natural, holistic one.

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Jeff Martin is a certified nutritionist and author of the #1 best-selling e-book, Heartburn No More . For Further Information: Vinegar for Heartburn

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