Proper secretion of gastric acid is beneficial to our health. Gastric acid is an important digestive juice secreted by our upper digestive tract. Gastric acid is mainly used to help us digest and absorb many nutrients. First, gastric acid can convert pepsinogen into pepsin, thus digesting food in protein, and pepsin is the initial enzyme of many digestive enzymes. For example, it is also related to the digestive enzymes of starch. In addition, gastric acid is also related to the absorption of many trace elements, such as iron. Gastric acid also affects the absorption of vitamin B 12. For this reason, gastric acid is very important to our nutrients, which are digested and absorbed.
However, if gastric acid is secreted too much, it will do great harm to our health. In the past, the theory that gastric acid had peptic ulcer was acid-free and ulcer-free, that is, gastric acid was a damaging factor. If the stomach acid is too much, it will lead to gastritis or even peptic ulcer, or gastrointestinal bleeding, and complications such as ulcers will also occur. Therefore, in addition to the clinical symptoms of hyperacidity, the symptoms of acid reflux and heartburn are more obvious, and more serious organic lesions will appear. When the patient has obvious symptoms of acid reflux and heartburn, it is suggested that the patient should be treated symptomatically.
Although it is a loss to say that you don't listen to the old man, you still have to have a scientific basis, so remember to eat three meals a day on time.