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Stomach Acid Self-Test:

Hydrochloric acid (HCl) is necessary for the breakdown and digestion of many foods. You can determine if you need hydrochloric acid with this simple test. Take a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar or lemon juice. If this reduces your heartburn, then you need more stomach acid. If it makes your symptoms worse, then you have too much HCl and you shouldn't take enzymes that contain HCl. If it helps the symptoms, sip pure apple cider vinegar and water with meals. You can also use Betain HCl tablets instead of vinegar.  If after trying Acid self test you find your heartburn gets worse, use some baking soda to neutralize the acid.

The common thought about Acid Reflux / Heartburn is that it's caused by too much Acid in the stomach. ....."This May Not Be The Case!"  If there is a lack of stomach acids,  undigested food may accumulate at the bottom of the stomach, causing the remaining weak stomach acid, to be pushed up into the esophagus. Hence Acid Reflux.

Source: Prescription for Nutritional Healing

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Thyroid Self Testing

Dr. Broda Barnes, found over 50 years ago that the body basal temperature was a good indicator of thyroid activity, in particular, the body temperature on arising from sleep. He wrote a book about thyroid activity and the various ills and problems arising from low (hypo) thyroid activity.

Testing Thyroid Activity

Place a thermometer next to your bed at night. Next morning, on awakening, check your body's temperature (follow the instructions that came with your thermometer on proper use of measurement). You should do this while still laying in bed and not moving around. Write down the result right away before you forget. This is known as your Early AM Basal Temperature, and the "normal" should be at least 97.8 . If you have a low-grade infection this may read higher than your "normal", therefore you should repeat the above procedure every other day for a week or so and get an average. Menstruating females should also do it on the 2nd and 3rd day of period.

If lower than the normal, you are probably hypothyroid, and if higher, then you are probably hyperthyroid (or you have an infection somewhere).

Some of the symptoms of hypothyroidism can be: 

• Wake up tired
• Unusual fatigue unrelated to exertion, 
• Feel chillier than most people, often needing to wear socks to bed
• Dress in layers because of needing to adjust to various temperatures throughout the day
• Feelings of anxiety that sometimes lead to panic
• Trouble with weight, often eating lightly, yet still not losing a pound
• Experience aches and pains in your muscles and joints unrelated to trauma or exercise
• Increased problems with digestion or allergies
• Feel mentally sluggish, unfocused, or unusually forgetful, even though you're not old enough to have Alzheimer's
• Anyone in your family who has ever had a thyroid problem
• Suffer from dry skin, or are prone to adult acne or eczema
• Go through periods of depression, and/or lowered sex drive
• Diabetes, anemia, rheumatoid arthritis, or early graying of hair
• Experience your hair as feeling like straw, dry and easily falling out
• Experience significant menopausal symptoms, including migraine headache
• A history of whiplash or other neck injuries (which may have damaged your thyroid)
• Significant exposure, now or in the past, to chlorine, bromine, or fluoride
• Feel utterly exhausted by evening, yet have trouble sleeping

Recommended Books:

• Hypothyroidism: The Unsuspected Illness by Dr. Broda Barnes 
• Thyroid Power by Dr. Shames