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The Evan Brand Show

Burning Questions: Acid, Reflux & the Upper GI

The Evan Brand Show

Evan Brand, BCHN, FNTP

Health & Fitness

4.8802 Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we explore the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract—the critical passageway that begins at the mouth and extends to the first part of the small intestine. Join us as we break down the anatomy, function, and common disorders of the esophagus, pharynx, and stomach. From swallowing mechanics to acid reflux, we’ll uncover how this complex system supports digestion and what happens when things go wrong.


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the podcast. I'm your host, Evan Brand. If you're new here, I'm board certified in holistic nutrition.

0:05.1

I've been running an online functional medicine practice for over the last decade now. I've seen over 5,000, probably over 6,000 cases now in my one-on-one practice where I help people investigate.

0:15.9

And I run labs that your doctors don't run because they're not trained on this stuff in medical school.

0:20.6

And I'm trying my best.

0:22.1

I do give talks to the labs every year to teach doctors this stuff.

0:25.0

But on average, your conventional doctor has very little, if any, training in nutrition,

0:30.4

and especially zero training in functional medicine, organic acids testing, GI map testing,

0:35.7

all this stuff I talk about and do every single day in the

0:38.3

practice and in my personal life.

0:39.8

They are not being taught this stuff.

0:41.6

So I'm working as hard as I can to get these guys up to speed, but unfortunately they're just behind.

0:46.5

And the labs that I run help you to investigate a wide variety of symptoms that you may be suffering with.

0:52.5

Things like anxiety, depression, chronic fatigue,

0:55.3

skin issues, autoimmune conditions, joint pain, joint problems, Lyme disease, mold toxicity, you name

1:01.1

it. We can investigate and then fix those issues by using these labs. And I do it all day,

1:06.0

every day. So this is an incredible process for me. I really love it. I'm really passionate about

1:10.5

it. You'll see why because it's just so powerful.

1:13.5

And I've been doing this for 13 years now.

1:15.4

This podcast is going to continue to run like this because there's just so many people out there.

1:21.1

The vast majority, I'd say 98% of people in the world still have no idea that functional medicine even exists. They think

1:28.0

the only model of health is a drug model to mask the symptoms and not get to the root cause.

1:33.4

And that's just, it's just a tragedy. And so my goal with this show for the last decade and

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