Comments on: Test Your Stomach Acid: Health Blog

By: jacques

jacques — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:12:03 +0000

Hi Jon. Do you have any idea how to obtain the Gastro-Test capsules (”gastro string tests”)? I used them for years but it seems the company that made them is gone.

By: Jon Barron

Jon Barron — Mon, 26 May 2008 20:57:12 +0000

For more information on the Heidelberg test (including physician referrals), check out http://www.phcapsule.com/.

By: Antonella Lewis

Antonella Lewis — Mon, 26 May 2008 14:06:05 +0000

Sent me more info on Heidelberg test

By: William "Jay" Knowles

William "Jay" Knowles — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:06:44 +0000

I am 48y.o. and know that when I take apple cider vinegar with my meals I typically have more energy and feel better afterwards. Apple cider vinegar is great…. If you use it and feel better afterwards you probably are deficient for stomach acid. Its way cheaper than the 700$ test.

By: klaus uhle

klaus uhle — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 03:24:01 +0000

I know about a crude test
1) eat a protein rich meal
2) swallow a tbsp apple cider vinegard
If you feel better than you might be acid deficient and should take hcl/enzym capsules

By: michele

michele — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 01:12:52 +0000

jon,i need some help,i was given several botox shots-oculinum brand name ,i was given these for carpal tunnel neck spasms and then the neurologist gave me on around t3,t4 area of my spine, for some reason she told me to hold my breath ,she proceeded with this clear solution and within 10 mins i was in e.r. with a punctured right lung pneumothorax that was 5/4/06 a chest tube was put in to breath ,my guts shut down completely ,i had electrical currents shock my body ,my sympathetic nervous system went crazy,i was bed ridden for 5 months i could not walk lost all limb movement ,now my pituitary has shut down ,brain swelling,vision problems bladder problems etc. it effected my whole body ,i need something to get this out of my system do i do a liver clease first?? my gall bladder is having problems and i have a hepetic lesion on it -i had none of these problems before this !! my cholesterol is high

By: Jon Barron

Jon Barron — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:22:29 +0000

It’s not quite as simple as that. Betalain, the red beetroot pigment, is a pH and redox indicator. It is structurally unstable at the extremes of pH, loosing its color in alkaline conditions and undergoing irreversible decomposition (to pink or yellow) in acid solution. Studies have shown that betalain is decolorized by hydrochloric acid, ferric ions and colonic bacteria preparations, but not by pancreatic or mucosal enzymes.
However, it appears that betalain is stabilized by certain reducing agents, primarly oxalic acid. It seems that the difference between people who show red beet color in their urine (beeturia) and those who don’t rests with oxalic acid in the colon. (Note: food sources of oxalic acid include parsley, spinach, and even beetroot leaves.) The more oxalic acid present in the colon, the more pigment available for absorption, which then determines if the urine will be colored. The concentration of oxalic acid will depend on the residue of the enteric oxalic acid not absorbed from the small intestine (which can vary among individuals).
Another variable is the colonic bacterial metabolism. It has been hypothesizeded that beeturia (colored urine) can be influenced by the presence or absence of a bacterial decolorizing system. There are around 500 species of bacteria in the colon whose enzymes can be induced and have an influence on the pigments that are present in the colon.
In the end, stomach acid does not appear to be the determining factor in having colore urine after eating beets.

By: Frances Poole

Frances Poole — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:34:35 +0000

I read of a test where you eat 250 grams of beetroot cooked or in juice IF YOUR URINE GOES A RED OR PINKY COLOUR, YOU ARE DEFICIENT IN HYDROCHLORIC
ACID.

By: alan marshall

alan marshall — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 05:36:05 +0000

hi jon, could please tell me if you have heard of RISOTREINE,stabilised rice bran. it claims to be the most nutrint dense food on earth. Is that true? and why?