The salt Idea is not a bad one. I found that using the real sea salts works so much better. We have a local mine around where I live. They mine the salt straight from the earth. Real unprocessed salt doesn’t look crystalline white and it taste great. Before I found the problem the best way I delt with low stomach acid was taking HCL with pepsin. I was taking (6) 650 mg with each meal. I know I know, that is way too much. Even taking that many didn’t make my stomach burn (hot). But I could tell that it was helping as my energy increased and stools more consistent. But you would wonder why someone has low stomach acid in the first place, that is not normal. Yes that explains why I had such severe allergies both environmental and food but it doesn’t answer the question why the low stomach acid. I “eat right”, exercise, get good rest and stay away from addictive substances. In my book I was doing everything that a normal healthy functioning adult would do for good health but I was having all these weird issues that were degrading the quality of my life and of those around me. I’ve heard some of the explanations like diet, sedentary life style, ethnicity, environment, and many other things but the rationale doesn’t produce a sensible answer when you look at the whole equation of my life. I went to an immunologist to get a diagnosis of food allergies that I figured I already had. She tested me for some very common foods and I was allergic to half of them. Some included potatoes, beans, rice, carrots, wheat, soy, egg yolk, ect…. I’ve got to say I really got discouraged at that point but knowing that I was coming closer to a real tangible answer.