Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), otherwise known as acid reflux, affects an extraordinary number of adults worldwide. According to the journal Gut, between 18 and 28 percent of the adults in North America suffer from the disease, as do 9 to 26 percent of Europeans and up to 33 percent in the Middle East. Those numbers appear to be rising. The medical community’s response is to put you on an acid blocker; however, that is a symptomatic approach. Those medications when taken long term come with serious side effects including increased risk of dementia, heart attacks, kidney disease, stomach cancer, and strokes. Wouldn’t you prefer to dig into the root and get rid of it if it at all possible?
The natural understanding of acid reflux is that it is caused by the body compensating for a lack of digestive enzymes. Those amazing enzymes do 75% of the work of digesting or breaking down your food in order to absorb the nutrients from them. So having acid reflux is also a sign of malabsorption in many cases. There is a very easy way to support your body and give it the help it needs to head back to “normal function” which is taking Digestive Enzymes with each meal each day to replenish the deficiency. I have personally seen many people see such an improvement, they have been able to come of medications!
So if you or someone you know and love are suffering from acid reflux, then why not give digestive enzymes a try to see if they also work for you? We offer excellent ones from both Solgar and Now. In addition, probiotics along with the digestive enzymes can increase their effectiveness by replenishing the good gut bacteria and further aiding in the digestive process as well as preventing opportunistic infections which some studies are showing can be a contributing factor to acid reflux.
Come in today and ask us to show you our digestive enzyme and probiotic (both refrigerated and shelf stable) selection!
