How to Test Your Stomach Acid Levels at Home
Dr. Jockers Functional Nutrition
Dr. Jockers
4.8 • 688 Ratings
🗓️ 8 August 2024
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Dr. Jockers explores the crucial role of stomach acid in food sterilization and nutrient absorption, highlighting its importance for digestive health.
He introduces simple, at-home tests to help listeners assess their stomach acid levels and understand their body's digestive efficiency.
Dr. Jockers also explains the potential consequences of low stomach acid, such as bacterial overgrowth and nutrient deficiencies, emphasizing the benefits of maintaining optimal levels for overall health.
In This Episode:
- 00:00 Understanding the Role of Stomach Acid and Bile
- 02:50 Introduction to Testing Stomach Acid Levels at Home
- 04:06 The Importance of Stomach Acid for Digestion
- 13:41 How to Test Your Stomach Acid Levels
- 18:06 Optimizing Stomach Acid Production
- 22:00 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
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| 0:00.0 | The food should get predigested in the stomach. And as it moves into the small intestine, |
| 0:06.6 | it's very acidic. And that acidity actually triggers receptors in the proximal or front part |
| 0:13.5 | of the small intestine. And those receptors trigger the release of bile. Bile is very alkalizing. |
| 0:19.0 | The small intestine needs an alkaline environment. So now bile comes out. Bile is very alkalizing. The small intestine needs an alkaline environment. |
| 0:21.6 | So now bile comes out. Bile actually is also antimicrobial. It kills off a lot of the acid-loving |
| 0:29.6 | bacteria. So the acid-hating bacteria, that bacteria that can't survive in a low-acid environment, |
| 0:35.7 | they get killed in the stomach acid. And then the acid-loving bacteria get killed by good biorelease, right? |
| 0:41.1 | The emulsification there. |
| 0:42.3 | And that helps keep us from having bacterial overgrowth in our small intestine. |
| 0:48.6 | Hello and welcome to the Dr. Jocker's Functional Nutrition podcast, the show designed to give you science-based |
| 0:55.6 | solutions to improve your health and life. |
| 0:58.8 | I'm Dr. David Jockers, doctor of natural medicine, and creator of Dr.Jockers.com, and I'm the host of this podcast. |
| 1:07.2 | I'm here to tell you that your body was created to heal itself. |
| 1:11.1 | And on this show, we focus on strategies you can apply today to heal and function at your best. |
| 1:17.4 | Thanks for spending time with me. |
| 1:19.1 | And let's go into the show. |
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| 1:28.3 | and to flush out excess fluid or fats is by unclogging your lymphatic system? |
| 1:34.3 | Over time, your lymphatic system can become clogged due to injuries or bacterial invasions. |
| 1:40.3 | This can lead to chronic swelling in the arms, legs, or ankles. That's why I love |
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| 1:52.1 | dandelion extract, burdock root, and bromelin, which help cleanse your tissues, reduce swelling |
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