Most doctors associate heartburn with an overacid stomach, but in Iridology it will routinely appear as an underacid stomach and the supplementation of HCL will usually take care of the problem. Cancer of the stomach is more apt to grow if the stomach is underacidic. Belching or gassiness is often associated with food that is improperly digested and is fermenting and rotting. This means that it needs organic sodium in order to form the stomach lining. Organic sodium cannot be obtained from table salt or sea salt.
Sodium deficiencies are rare in our day and time, but they can occur.
Some foods that contain organic sodium include celery, spinach, Swiss chard, romaine lettuce, red beets, collards, strawberries, squash, pumpkin, sweet potato, figs, and lemons. These are listed in their order of sodium content, celery being the highest and lemons being the lowest. Diets high in sodium foods will also help to prevent old age stones, tumor growths, arthritis, and all hardening processes. Some stomach ulcers are caused by bacteria. Most bacteria are destroyed if the pH level of the HCL in the stomach is balanced at 2.0.