It can happen with some nutrients and other substances -- eating polar
bear liver can give you a massive overdose of vitamin A, too much
licorice is bad for you due to one of the acids in it, and too much
seafood may cause you to exceed the RDA of mercury :-)

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    These are my opinions only, but they're almost always correct.
      "If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants
          were standing on my shoulders."  (Hal Abelson, MIT)

I take them only when I need them.  Like when I eat too much and get bloated.  I
think they are much better than alka-seltzer.

Ora

what enzymes do you think helped you?

Yes, these supplements can really benefit of the middle aged.
GERD sufferers need to change their sleep position from sleeping
flat to that of a tilted position. Many success to suppressing
GERD symptoms by sleep in their recliner. Ideally, the back
needs to be propped up such that it doesn't go below 30 to 35
degrees toward 0 degrees.

I'd reword this. Too maximise the absorbable of folate, b-12,
and inositol, the nutrients needs to be cleaved by hydrolysis to
yeild free folic acid, b-12, and inositol. You need ample HCL
for hydrolysis of food borne compounds.

I'll ditto that.

I don't quite agree and I don't quite disagree. Treating "acid reflux"
and "heartburn" with calcium carbonate is a very poor strategy
as there is the rebound effect.
But that rebound of acid levels would help to yield more
absorbable calcium in most people.
But some of the most impaired might have reduced calcium
absorption.

I'll suggest though that the dysfunctions of in the digestion coming with
middle age are not just a product of the decline in the output
of digestive enzymes but also from a declining nervous system.
Hence the weakening of the lower esophageal sphinter that leaks
when the person become recumbent to sleep.
The bulk of GERD/acid reflux damage happens at night during sleep.
Having said that, it is also quite clear than the decline in HCL production
and digestive enzyme would result in dysfunctions in the GI motility not
through declines in the actual nervous system but
through absent or inadequate hormonal signaling
being sent to the GI tract for control of motility (that includes the LES,
the stomach,
the small intestine, and gall bladdder and related) and bile release.
To release the GI tract regulating hormones CCK and secretin,
the lower stomach and duodenum needs to sense a lowered pH produced by
with the ample HCL production of youth and healthy adulthood. The additional
pepsin in the context of a sufficiently acid environment, would also improve
the
signals for the synthesis of the aforemention gut hormones as free peptides
are also
a signal to that end. Taking additional HCl seems to speed the exit of
food/chyme
from the stomach while helps the bile to be release, all of which seems to
prevent refluxing. The trick for the average GERD sufferer is to get healed
which takes weeks at best. This is possible with the acid suppressing drug
like
Aciphex and Prilosec but (and this is a big but) over the long term
these meds are toxic. The problem is the Doctors will not suggest a enough
of a change in sleeping position to fully prevent night time acid reflux.
The Doctors will suggest raising the head of the bed, six inches, this is
NOT enough...
not nearly. Moreover, they use proton pump inhibitor when they could use
the less expensive and less toxic sucralfate which costs 40 dollars a month
versus
150 dollars a month. And they have never heard of the need for additional
stomach acid and enzymes as it exactly opposite of what they imagine as
the only effective means of preventing the recurrence of GERD.

I'll suggest GERD sufferers get healed by any means possible such as PPI
meds,
or more safely with sucralfate but they MUST at the same time dramatically
change
their sleeping position to what I have already suggested.

Don't get me wrong, some people have other disease processes that result in
massive acid production and hence require the use of proton pump inhibitors.
Even then patients and Doctors need to alert for the endocrine disruption,
nervous system damage, and kidney damage that can come with their use.
The problem is that the Doctors are in my experience almost never alert
until
it is too late; therefore, the patient has to be alert and not leave their
medical
care to the judgement of ..............

Disclaimer:
I don't claim to be a Doctor and this is written for my entertainment.