I agree with Symbi, I admire all the energy you have and all the work that you put into this forum.

She's our showgirl...la la   la la   la la la...with yellow ribbons in her hair.

Debra

Big hugs Lola

I'm sure you have observed frustrations of many at various levels. Nothing is a personal as our health (and integrity) and many of us can become quite passionate about really wanting to believe there are absolute answers when we intuitively know there is no absolute in this life

Allow me a to leave this post with some humor:

A very wise man once said "wherever you go, there you shall be"!
(I crack myself up!)

Quoted from Kumar

When we ask some questions or try to point some points that we think are edit issues (many be by mistake) do you perceive that we are attacking Dr D or questioning his authority? Sorry, your response somewhat makes me feel that way.

Whether she does or doesn't think Dr. D. is being attacked isn't really the issue...  She presents information from Dr. D. because he is the one that presented the information you are asking about, so who better to answer the question or point out contradictory evidence than the Dr. himself...  

I think that it is contradictions between individuals of the same type that push Dr. D. to continue research into individuals to add differentiators into the software to make the results more accurate.

Quoted from nwiser

Symbi - thanks for the edit. So now I'm getting that us nonnies have
more stomach acid (for digesting animal protein), but less intestinal alkaline phoshatase? Sorry if I sound like an idiot

Sorry, didn't reply earlier, I think you got it.  I wish Dr D would confirm for us though.

The IAP is backed up by information from this website as above, but the more stomach acid I've only seen mentioned in LR4YT.  The nonnie diets (and the Explorer diet - made up mostly of nonnies) have more meat frequencies which supports that information.

I do agree with Symbi. Thanks Lola for clarifications. After all, I love your regular quotes, "follow the book....", as that is what I have been trying to do for the last four years. Cheers!

Amazone - If candida infection is due to low stomach acid, why is it in the encyclopedia (blood type) that says O's have the highest rate of candida infection?  Not to be argumentative and what not, just this stood out as contrary to what Dr. D has written.  What is the mechanism of this seeming contradiction?

Ok i'm an idiot!!  This post is over a year old!  Moving on!!  

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

Quoted from DoS

Also you should know heart burn or indigestion in general in individuals may be caused as much by low stomach acid as it is by high stomach acid. That is something the medical field ignores a lot; that the symptoms of low and high stomach acid are the same.

This I find very interesting. I have heartburn on occassion and was wondering how that could happen if I have low stomach acid.

I had GERD that i think came about from smoking and drinking every day.  I took antacids of various types for a year.  I believe the antacids actually make the problem worse, because it upsets your natural stomach function.  I stopped smoking in this time and do not drink nearly as often.  I am now antacid free for over one month, eating the explorer diet for the most part, and have no GERD at all!!!  I really think that not smoking has made the biggest difference, as well as not drinking so much alcohol.  I now feel very good eating healthier choices too that work with me.  

We do a lot of stuff that can irritate our stomachs or digestive systems, thats the first line of defense!!