Originally Posted by thestudbeast

The large amounts of calcium in the milk has an alkalizing effect on the stomach and so will help with heartburn. The ash it leaves is acidic which is something completely different.

Because it has an alkalizing effect on the stomach it is advisable not to eat any meat or fish with milk as it buffers your stomach acid leaving you open to infection and limiting the digestion of the protein.

Body builders need both an acidic and an alkaline state at different periods of the day so a well time pint or two of milk will do no harm. The quality of the milk is much more important than the source (goat or cow). Raw unhamogonized milk from free range animals should be valued over all others.

Heartburn is a symptom of bigger problems that need to be dealt with, using anti acids should be avoided at all costs. Most people suffering from heartburn have low stomach acid! Yep you read that right, the low stomach acid causes lack of digestion of food in the stomach and stops it from passing on into the digestive tract. This food then ferments in your stomach causing an acid build up (but it's not stomach acid ie HCL) and so your body is unable to deal with it. The solution, well NOW foods super digestive enzymes will help as they contain betaine HCL (stomach acid) and pancreatic enzymes).

Sorry to lower the tone of this thread!