Big Pharma can’t stomach this study

Don’t be alarmed by any loud crumbling noises you may hear as you read this article – that’s just the sound of a billion-dollar industry collapsing under the weight of its own bad meds.

The latest research makes it more clear than ever that acid reflux problems aren’t being caused by stomach acid – which means antacid meds such as proton pump inhibitors are the exact wrong approach.

The new study, which is undoubtedly being torn out of the journal Gastroenterology by Big Pharma execs this very minute, found that the damage to the esophagus that was presumably caused by stomach acid… is actually being caused by an immune system reaction.

Researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center were able to simulate gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD, in rats by performing a procedure that allowed bile and stomach acid to enter the esophagus.

And what they learned stunned them. Esophagitis, which should have developed immediately, didn’t take place for weeks.

“That doesn’t make sense if GERD is really the result of an acid burn, as we all were taught in medical school,” Dr. Stuart Spechler, senior author of the study, said in a news release. “Chemical injuries develop immediately. If you spill battery acid on your hand, you don’t have to wait a month to see the damage.”

And that means if you’re suffering from an acid reflux condition such as GERD, there are a number of possible solutions – but only one answer that’s almost guaranteed to be wrong, every single time: prescription meds designed to reduce stomach acid levels.

The $10 billion spent annually on these meds represents one of the biggest swindles in modern medicine. Not only are they ineffective, but some of them actually cause the very condition they claim to relieve. That’s why so many people see their reflux actually get worse when they try to stop taking acid-reducing meds.

If you need some immediate relief, try some deglycyrrhizinated licorice. That’s a funny word, so you can call it DGL for short – that’s the name you’ll find it under at health food stores and vitamin shops, where it’s often sold as a chew.

But make sure you get the right stuff – I can’t tell you how many people have “heard” that licorice is good for acid and run out to buy a package of Twizzlers. Then they tell everyone, “Oh, licorice doesn’t really work.”

DGL is not a cure, it’s just a natural way to help relieve the symptoms while you get your stomach back in sync with the rest of your body.

Dr. Jonathan Wright literally wrote the book on stomach acid. It’s called Why Stomach Acid Is Good for You. Once you read it, you’ll realize that far from being the cause of all your problems, stomach acid is necessary and helpful – and that more people actually have problems caused by too little of it, not too much.

Best of all, the book also has some terrific answers that can help you cure your reflux without any meds at all.