Fascinating! Thank you for this. I totally agree. Just as I don't expect my car to run on no gas with bald tires and oil that has dwindled to sludge, I don't expect my body to do well on a diet of Burger King, Diet Coke, and pharmaceutical drugs.

I will try that for heartburn! I usually take some homemade lemonade (lemon juice, simple syrup or sugar, water) and then put in a few teaspoons of baking soda and drink that. It's very pleasant and fizzy, actually, yet it seems to work on the exact opposite principles as your vinegar trick because of the basic nature of baking soda and the acidic nature of vinegar.