Betain HCL

Betaine, based on theories about the importance of stomach acid, has been recommended for a wide variety of problems, including anemia, asthma, atherosclerosis, diarrhea, food allergies, excess candida yeast, gallstones, rheumatoid arthritis, and thyroid conditions.

Betain HCL has been shown to relieve ulcers and esophageal reflux (heartburn). This sounds paradoxical, since conventional treatment for those conditions involves reducing stomach acid, while Betaine actually increases it. According to some research that has been done shows that by having less stomach acid leads to incomplete breakdown of proteins in the stomach which in turn have adverse reactions to the ulcers.