Gezzz! I better go take my blood pressure medication!As we age our stomach does not produce the same level of digestive acid and as such from time to time we need to consume some Betaine HCL to let the stomach transfer it into the needed acid for total digestion of food. I learned of this from my wife's nutritionist over a decade ago. They shared a story I've heard onto and metaphored just slightly when I've told others in the last several years.
Think about this from a vehicle perspective 1st, okay?
The "idiot light" comes on in the fuel gauge on your dash. So instead of fuel you pour in anti-fuel. Your telling the stomach to shutdown and make the small and large intestine do all their work AND the stomachs work too. Something they are not designed for. How much benefit comes from that?
The gasous sensation is the stomach gurgling that it needs more acid to do its job properly.... So give it that Betaine HCL and all of a sudden the relief is detectable.
By and large the whole anti-acid OTC is a good intentions "wrong tool" that's still perpetuated. Yes, there are some folks with other issues like the flap doesn't seal well or correctly anymore at the top. That's different situation. IBS is another altogether different beast as well..... Allergies are yet, another situation.
So don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. Okie dokie smokey?