it affects stomach acid. I would venture to say that you are VERY alkaline. I used 10 drops after building up over a period of time. The second morning of 10 drops almost put me in the hospital with vomitting and a racing heart, I thought I was having a heart attack. This was a few months ago. I just recently performed a rather dumb experiment last week, by using 10 drops again, two NIGHTS in a row, and guess what, nothing. No nausea at all. Something isnt right here. If I bought into the 'dieoff' theory, then I would have been totally disappointed last week.