4 Proven Ways to Test Your Stomach Acid Levels at Home
Dr. Jockers Functional Nutrition
Dr. Jockers
4.8 • 688 Ratings
🗓️ 12 December 2025
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Dr. Jockers dives into the importance of stomach acid for proper digestion and overall health. He explains how low stomach acid can lead to nutrient deficiencies, gut infections, and digestive issues like bloating and reflux. Dr. Jockers also shares simple at-home tests to determine if your stomach acid levels are sufficient.
You'll learn how stomach acid plays a key role in breaking down protein and absorbing vital minerals like magnesium, zinc, and iron. Without enough acid, your body can't effectively absorb nutrients, which impacts energy levels, skin health, and immune function.
Dr. Jockers also offers practical tips to improve stomach acid production naturally, including how to activate the vagus nerve and optimize digestion with simple lifestyle changes. By the end of the episode, you'll have actionable steps to support your gut health and boost nutrient absorption.
In This Episode:
00:00 Introduction to Stomach Acid and Digestion
00:31 Importance of Stomach Acid
01:39 Blood Sugar and Insulin Resistance
03:49 How to Test Your Stomach Acid Levels
04:00 Role of Stomach Acid in Digestion
10:31 The Steak Test
14:12 Apple Cider Vinegar Test
15:59 Baking Soda Test
17:21 Optimizing Stomach Acid Levels
21:04 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The baking soda is sodium bicarbonate. The sodium bicarbonate will meet with the hydrochloric |
| 0:05.1 | acid. So it's a base and an acid. And when the base and the acid mix, it should produce carbon |
| 0:11.6 | dioxide as a byproduct. And so when people do this, you consume that. You should really burp |
| 0:18.8 | in about roughly three minutes, within three minutes, |
| 0:22.3 | ideally within a minute. Well, welcome back to the podcast. Today's episode is on four |
| 0:26.8 | proven ways to test your stomach acid levels at home. This is a really important topic. If you're |
| 0:32.0 | not producing enough stomach acid, you're not going to digest your meal well. You're going to be |
| 0:36.2 | more prone to developing different |
| 0:38.6 | infections, whether it's CBO, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, or whether it's parasites, |
| 0:44.5 | or yeast overgrowth. If you're not producing enough stomach acid, you're not going to absorb |
| 0:49.2 | nutrients while. You're not going to break down protein well. It's a really critical topic. |
| 0:53.3 | And I'm going to show you how you can test your stomach acid levels at home without doctors, |
| 0:57.7 | without, you know, expensive lab tests, and really understand how you're digesting your food. |
| 1:03.2 | You're in for a treat here. |
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| 1:10.2 | We've got the best articles on stomach acid, how to test your stomach acid, whatever major health topic you're looking for. You're going to find it at Dr.jokers.com. We also offer long distance health coaching. So if you're looking for a great health coach, check us out, Dr.jokers.com. We work with people all over the world. And of course, take a moment, |
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| 1:37.4 | And let's go into the show. Blood sugar imbalances and insulin resistance are at the root of |
| 1:42.6 | almost every major health problem. |
| 1:44.6 | When your blood sugar and insulin rise, you can't burn fat. And your mitochondria get chewed up by |
| 1:49.7 | high levels of oxidative stress that increases inflammation throughout your body. This leads to fatigue, |
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