0:00.0	Welcome to the Dr. Berg's Healthy Keto and Interminate Fasting Podcast, where Dr.
0:07.7	Berg takes you on the journey for the truth about getting healthy and losing healthy weight.
0:12.9	Today I want to talk about the most important things you need to know if you have acid reflux.
0:27.9	So I have this diagram of the stomach, there's a valve on the top part, and there's a valve on the lower part.
0:33.9	The valve on the top prevents acid and food from regurgitating up through the esophagus.
0:40.8	The valve on the bottom controls the food from the stomach into the small intestine, as well as controlling the food and bile from regurgitating back up into the stomach.
0:51.4	So both of these valves are sphincters. It's like a circular muscle that is controlled by the autonomic nervous system.
1:01.4	So the muscular control is kind of a gradual contraction and a gradual relaxation until it's fully open.
1:08.4	And so the problem we have with these valves is they're open at the wrong time or close at the wrong time.
1:13.4	We have a big problem with acid and bile ending up in the wrong place.
1:18.4	Now, because they're controlled by the autonomic nervous system, that means that they're highly influenced with this thing called stress.
1:28.4	And this is why there are so many digestive problems that can be affected by stress, like acid reflux, heartburn, and the list goes on and on and on.
1:38.4	And so if you have acid reflux and a lot of stress, you're going to have to do something to reduce that stress before it starts improving.
1:45.4	The other thing that controls these sphincters is calcium.
1:49.4	Calcium has the function of muscular contraction, so it helps close these sphincters.
1:56.4	But most of the time people are lacking the vitamin that controls calcium.
1:59.4	And I'm talking about vitamin D. If you're deficient in vitamin D, you're not going to have enough calcium.
2:05.4	And the valve is not going to close fully.
2:08.4	And incidentally, vitamin D also acts like cortisol in the body.
2:14.4	And it has a lot to do with controlling stress.
2:16.4	And by taking vitamin D, that can actually help reduce your stress.
2:20.4	And can help directly close the valve just from the function of vitamin D itself.
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