A nutritionist told us once:
THE BODY NEEDS PROTEIN AND B VITAMINS TO MAKE ENZYMES.
We are born with the capacity to make enzymes, but that can somehow be used up - by poor habits for years, for example. Some people will never again be able to make their own enzymes (she said), in really extreme cases. (Those people will always have to take enzyme supplements.) The rest of us, after a certain age, might have to make an effort to get the protein and the B-vites we need.
So, my husband, who used to get a lot of heartburn, got into the habit of keeping a protein bar in his nightstand.
When he got heartburn at night, he would eat some of the protein bar.
Within a few minutes, the heartburn always went away.
Others may need to use B-vites instead or in addition.
I, too, have used this when I get that acid feeling.
As a friend pointed out, "The stomach is making acid because it's trying to digest food! You kill the acid with antacids, and what have you got?"
What, indeed?
Pass the protein.
THE BODY NEEDS PROTEIN AND B VITAMINS TO MAKE ENZYMES.
We are born with the capacity to make enzymes, but that can somehow be used up - by poor habits for years, for example. Some people will never again be able to make their own enzymes (she said), in really extreme cases. (Those people will always have to take enzyme supplements.) The rest of us, after a certain age, might have to make an effort to get the protein and the B-vites we need.
So, my husband, who used to get a lot of heartburn, got into the habit of keeping a protein bar in his nightstand.
When he got heartburn at night, he would eat some of the protein bar.
Within a few minutes, the heartburn always went away.
Others may need to use B-vites instead or in addition.
I, too, have used this when I get that acid feeling.
As a friend pointed out, "The stomach is making acid because it's trying to digest food! You kill the acid with antacids, and what have you got?"
What, indeed?
Pass the protein.
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