How does the Heidelberg pH Capsule
System work?
A miniature high-frequency transmitter which
is encapsulated for swallowing, continuously
transmits the pH values from the
gastrointestinal tract.
The frequencies
transmitted, are picked up by a Solid-state
Self Contained Transceiver (worn by the
patient). The pH Levels from the Stomach
are transmitted to a Computer and Displayed
on the Monitor in Graph form.
There is a hospital procedure whereby a
naso-gastric tube is introduced into the nose.
The patient must cooperate by swallowing to
allow the operator to penetrate the tube into
the stomach.
This is a drastic and
unpleasant procedure.
A suction device
aspirates (sucks out) some of the stomach
juices and the operator determines the pH
with a lab procedure.
THE HEIDELBERG pH CAPSULE SYSTEM
What Happens To
What You Eat?
If a Hair Analysis has been performed on
you, showing trace mineral deficiencies and
/or abundances, the Heidelberg pH
Gastrogram virtually always corroborates
your doctor’s diagnosis by showing abnormal
pH readings either in the stomach, small
intestine or both. If this is your case, a
carefully prepared medical program which
includes a proper diet, a specifically tailored
vitamin and trace-mineral supplementation
regimen and possibly, an exercise program
will be prepared for you.
Unfortunately, this drastic hospital procedure
is not carried through to the small intestine
where food conversions and absorptive
processes take place.
Fortunately, the
Heidelberg pH Capsule does the complete
job.
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The Heidelberg pH Capsule eliminates the
need for the “Stomach Tube”. It allows your
doctor the opportunity to simply and
painlessly determine these vital pH data in
his office...
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NO HOSPITAL ADMISSION...NO SPECIAL
PROCEDURES ROOM...NO STOMACH
TUBE...NO DISCOMFORT!
This Gastrogram depicts the swallowing of
the pH Capsule, a normal fasting-acid
presentation with an alkaline challenge,
(which is a 5 cc dose of a saturated solution
of sodium bicarbonate).
Your doctor will be able to do much more for
you, health-wise, by putting your gastric pH
diagnostic information (pH Gastrogram)
together with all of your lab work, plus his
physical examination of you.
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Ask your doctor for more information. In the
event that he feels you would benefit from
this new diagnostic procedure, he will give
you a special instruction sheet and have
his/her receptionist set up an appointment for
you.
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The Importance of
Gastrointestinal
pH Balance
The sight and smell of food stimulates water,
or saliva in the mouth. Saliva contains an
enzyme, called amylase, which mixes with
the food that is chewed. The body is unable
to make use of starch, but it can use certain
sugars, even though both of these are
carbohydrates. Amylase breaks down the
starches into a sugar that the body can use.
(More amylase is provided by the pancreas in
the duodenum).
Food is propelled in the esophagus by
swallowing.
The esophagus is a tube
approximately nine inches long, which
empties into the stomach.
The stomach is a hollow, pouch like structure
that lies beneath the diaphragm, which is
under the ribs on the left side of the
abdomen.
The stomach measures
approximately six to eight inches in length by
three to four inches in width.
Many people think that most foods are
digested in the stomach. This is not true, but
digestion does begin here.
The stomach’s function is to churn food and
break it into smaller particles. The normal
stomach contains hydrochloric acid, pepsin,
mucin and the intrinsic factor which is
necessary to absorb Vitamin B-12.
The acid and pepsin initiate digestion and the
mucin coats the wall of the stomach. Mucin and
other factors protect the stomach wall from
digestive action. Stomach acid has effects on
meats, cheese, fish and other foods. It also helps
pepsin to change proteins into amino acids.
Very little of what is eaten is absorbed
directly through the stomach wall - only
certain minerals, water and alcohol. The
stomach empties directly into the small
intestine through the duodenum.
The duodenum is a segment of the small
intestine, which extends several inches
immediately beyond the stomach. Bile from
the liver and enzymes from the pancreas are
secreted as needed into the duodenum to
mix with foods passing through the small
intestine.
These substances hydrolyze fats and split
proteins and carbohydrates. Proteins are
changed into amino acids and fats are broken
down into glycerin and fatty acids. Starches
and sugars now become glucose.
The small intestine of an adult is a muscular
tube, which is approximately one-half an inch
in diameter, but it is 20 to 22 feet long! It is
lined with tiny, finger-like projections, called
villi.
The normal pH of the small intestine is pH 7.0
(neutral) to pH 9.0 (alkaline). Liver bile and
pancreatin from the pancreas need this
neutral-to-alkaline condition in order to work
properly for you in the breakdown of fats and
converting proteins to amino acids.
We do not absorb proteins in the form that we
have eaten them. They have to be converted
by enzymatic action into amino acids. In
healthy patients, amino acids are absorbed
into the bloodstream through the wall of the
small intestine. There, they are transported
to cells in every part of our bodies.
The amino acids are the fundamental building
blocks of life; therefore, it is equally as
important for your doctor to know the pH of
your small intestine as well as the pH of your
stomach.
A large number of people (more than 30%)
over the age of 60 have very little or no
hydrochloric acid in their stomachs. The
presence of hydrochloric acid and pepsin in
the stomach is essential to initiate digestion
of foods that we eat.
Stomach hyperacidity, delayed emptying
time, with subsequent highly acid small
intestines, appear to be more common than
the lack of acid (hypoacidity) in all age
groups.
Malabsorption, stomach gas, belching,
bloating, flatulence and irritable bowels can
be dealt with much easier by your doctor
when he can monitor and record the pH
levels of both your stomach and small
intestine. The Heidelberg machine displays
the pH on a meter and simultaneously
records it on a pH Gastrogram for future
reference.
What can be done to learn whether you have
proper pH both in the stomach and small
intestine? Your doctor now has a unique
Heidelberg pH Capsule System.