In life, many middle-aged and elderly people have different degrees of acid reflux and heartburn symptoms, and in severe cases, they even have difficulty sleeping all night. Western medicine believes that it is caused by excessive gastric acid production, so proton pump inhibitor

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In life, many middle-aged and elderly people have different degrees of acid reflux and heartburn symptoms, and in severe cases, they even have difficulty sleeping all night.

Western medicine believes that it is caused by excessive gastric acid production, and generally, proton pump inhibitors (such as: omeprazole , pantoprazole , etc.) are given for treatment. After taking this type of drug, it can indeed relieve symptoms in the early stage, but the effect of taking it for a long time will worsen, which will aggravate digestive tract problems. Why? In fact, most of the acid reflux and heartburn in middle-aged and elderly people are not due to excessive gastric acid secretion. On the contrary, is caused by the reduction of gastric acid secretion.

1. Reasons for the reduction of gastric acid secretion in middle-aged and elderly people

1) The function of B cells secreting gastric acid is declining year by year;

2) The release of gastric acid depends on the effect of zinc, and the content of zinc in the human body usually decreases with age.

2. Why does the symptoms of acid reflux and heartburn occur when gastric acid secretion decreases?

Middle-aged and elderly people have reduced gastric acid and decreased intestinal motility (i.e., indigestion), and can easily lead to excessive growth of small intestinal bacteria. After eating st starchy food , bacteria use starch fermentation to produce a large amount of gas that causes gastric flatulence. In addition, the lower end of the esophagus (cardia) is not closed tightly, gastric acid will flow back into the esophagus, resulting in acid reflux and heartburn.

3. How to effectively regulate functional medicine?

1) Relieve stress and eat regularly. Avoid eating foods that are prone to fermentation (including sugar, starch, and soluble fiber), and disable irritating substances such as caffeine , alcohol;

2) to supplement probiotics and prebiotics. Use bacteria to treat bacteria to reduce the overgrowth of bacteria in the small intestine;

3) Supplement betaine hydrochloride to improve the pH value in the stomach.

If you have the above symptoms, you might as well try it too.

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