Re: What causes high hcl?

Based on your comments I just looked up what gastric acid is made from and, as you said, it is a small percentage of hydrochloric acid and a lot of it is potassium chloride and sodium chloride.

I have low blood pressure and low sodium, even though I eat quite a lot of Sea Salt (I think this is to do with an adrenal problem) but have recently been drinking salt water during the day to address this. I noticed the salt water making my stomach feel better, but thought the minerals in the sea salt were simply neutralizing some of the acid in the moment.

However, now I'm thinking your theory makes sense and that my gastric acid has been too high a percentage of hcl and not enough sodium chloride. Maybe continuing to drink the sea salt water will solve this issue.

Very interesting!

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