Mike, check out the book "Why Stomach Acid is Good for You".  It recommends
Harold's Betaine Hcl protocol.

Alan

On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 6:39 AM, M. G. Devour <[email protected]> wrote:

> Harold wrote:
> > My experience with low acid causing GERD was to take Betaine HCL
> > 500mgs.Starting with 1 cap. 15 minutes B4 first meal, next meal take 2
> > caps 15 min B4,next meal 3 B4, keep doing this until a burning peppery
> > feeling is reached,then back off 1 cap.I had to reach 7 B4 I got this
> > feeling.This protocol was followed until the peppery burn was
> > experienced with less and less number of capsules.Now I very rarely
> > have to take one.
>
> I'm going to look into this.
>
> > AND this along with a radical change of diet put a
> > welcome end to GERD,and H-Pylori, the Ulcer causing Bacteria.
>
> Just to complete the picture, Harold, what is the general nature of
> your change in diet, please?
>
> >  I started this treatment after talking [E-mail] with Dr. Charles Duffy
> > of Dallas when he said that in 30 years of Med. practice ,he could not
> > recall any patient presenting with too much acid.He said they were very
> > deficient, with low to none.
>
> Hmm, does he have a web site? Nothing turned up on a superficial web
> search.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike D.
>
> --
Alan Jones