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<\/a>acid<\/a> enables break\u00addown of food. Stom\u00adach acid is the sec\u00adond stage of diges\u00adtion, after chew\u00ading. Very high lev\u00adels of acid, pH 1\u20132, are very impor\u00adtant for this process. Strong stom\u00adach acids:<\/p>\n- \n
- Ion\u00adize<\/a> min\u00ader\u00adals to sup\u00adply min\u00ader\u00adal and prim\u00adi\u00adtive amino acids<\/a>;<\/li>\n
- Kill bac\u00adte\u00adria<\/a>, par\u00ada\u00adsites and organ\u00adisms in food to pro\u00adtect the body from inva\u00adsion;<\/li>\n
- Sup\u00adplies acid enable the liv\u00ader to dump tox\u00adins.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Insuf\u00adf\u00adi\u00adcent stom\u00adach acid, hypochlorhy\u00addria<\/a>, enables bac\u00adte\u00adria, and oth\u00ader organ\u00adisms to sur\u00advive. Dur\u00ading diges\u00adtion, these organ\u00adisms fer\u00adment<\/a> food and cre\u00adate car\u00adbon diox\u00adide<\/a>. This flow car\u00adries or per\u00adco\u00adlates<\/a>, gas\u00adtric acid<\/a> and food back up the esoph\u00ada\u00adgus<\/a> which caus\u00ades dis\u00adcom\u00adfort, and even\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly dam\u00adages tis\u00adsues in and near the upper diges\u00adtive tract.<\/p>\n
Symp\u00adtoms and effects:<\/p>\n
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- Weak, but still caus\u00adtic, stom\u00adach acid irri\u00adtates the esoph\u00ada\u00adgus caus\u00ading heart\u00adburn<\/a>;<\/li>\n
- Cas\u00ades exces\u00adsive burp\u00ading or belch\u00ading<\/a>;<\/li>\n
- Acid Reflux or GERD, or Gas\u00adtroe\u00adsophogeal reflux dis\u00adease<\/a>;<\/li>\n
- Chron\u00adic esophogeal irri\u00adta\u00adtion results in weak\u00adened tis\u00adsue, result\u00ading in struc\u00adtur\u00adal dys\u00adfunc\u00adtion or hia\u00adtus her\u00adnia<\/a>;<\/li>\n
- Per\u00adsis\u00adtent irri\u00adta\u00adtion can result in malig\u00adnan\u00adcy or esophogeal can\u00adcer<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Per\u00adsis\u00adtent, chron\u00adic, weak stom\u00adach acid leads to often seri\u00adous health con\u00adse\u00adquences result\u00ading from chron\u00adic stress<\/a> metab\u00ado\u00adlism which diverts chorides need\u00aded for diges\u00adtion to oth\u00ader meta\u00adbol\u00adic roles.<\/p>\n
What Causes Hypochlorhydria<\/a>?<\/h1>\n
In sim\u00adple terms, any form of bio\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal stress<\/a><\/strong><\/em>. Did you ever notice:<\/p>\n
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- Diges\u00adtion stalls imme\u00addi\u00adate\u00adly with emo\u00adtion\u00adal or phys\u00adi\u00adcal chal\u00adlenge?<\/li>\n
- Nau\u00adsea often accom\u00adpa\u00adnies pro\u00adlonged stress?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Chlo\u00adride serves many roles in the body:<\/p>\n
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- Pri\u00adma\u00adry agent for Hydrochlo\u00adric Acid, HCL, in the stom\u00adach to digest food;<\/li>\n
- Sec\u00adondary oxi\u00adda\u00adtion agent as a back\u00adup to oxy\u00adgen to burn off (oxi\u00addize) tox\u00adins;<\/li>\n
- Cel\u00adlu\u00adlar Neu\u00adtral\u00adiza\u00adtion of per\u00adsis\u00adtent tox\u00adins;<\/li>\n
- Gen\u00ader\u00adal elec\u00adtrolyte.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nDr. Emmanuel Revi\u00adci<\/a> doc\u00adu\u00adment\u00aded that most, if not all<\/em>, path\u00ado\u00adgen\u00adic cells absorb chlo\u00adride<\/a> into the dou\u00adble bonds<\/a> of unsat\u00adu\u00adrat\u00aded fat\u00adty acids<\/a>.
\nRevi\u00adci cor\u00adre\u00adlat\u00aded chlo\u00adride stress phys\u00adi\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy to both:<\/p>\n- \n
- Sys\u00adtemic chlo\u00adride deple\u00adtion result\u00ading in insuf\u00adfi\u00adcient stom\u00adach acid;<\/li>\n
- Appear\u00adance of chlo\u00adrine oxi\u00addized lipids on the sur\u00adface of the intes\u00adtine result\u00ading in bow\u00adel dys\u00adfunc\u00adtion, often diag\u00adnosed as diver\u00adti\u00adc\u00aduli\u00adtis<\/a> and Chron\u2019s dis\u00adease<\/a>;<\/li>\n
- Med\u00adical Shock<\/a>, result\u00ading in reduced blood flow, and dys\u00adfunc\u00adtion in the upper small intes\u00adtine which<\/li>\n
- As a result of stress.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
For the pur\u00adpos\u00ades of this paper, stress results in a sequence of diges\u00adtive dys\u00adfunc\u00adtions which wors\u00aden depend\u00ading on both sever\u00adi\u00adty and dura\u00adtion of the stress:<\/p>\n
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- Phase 1 \u2014 Loss of stom\u00adach acid (Deple\u00adtion of chlo\u00adride avail\u00adable to the stom\u00adach for diges\u00adtion);<\/li>\n
- Phase 2 \u2014 Intesti\u00adnal inflam\u00adma\u00adtion (Accu\u00admu\u00adla\u00adtion of chlo\u00adride oxi\u00addized lipoids on the sur\u00adface of the intestines).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Med\u00adical Shock<\/a>, result\u00ading in reduced blood flow, and dys\u00adfunc\u00adtion in the upper small intes\u00adtine which<\/li>\n
- Cas\u00ades exces\u00adsive burp\u00ading or belch\u00ading<\/a>;<\/li>\n
- Kill bac\u00adte\u00adria<\/a>, par\u00ada\u00adsites and organ\u00adisms in food to pro\u00adtect the body from inva\u00adsion;<\/li>\n