Welcome to the Dr. Berg healthy ketone intermittent fasting podcast now your host the man taking

your health to a whole new level. Dr. Eric Berg.

I want to talk about the number one mistake that doctors make in treating heartburn.

They alkalize the stomach with things like PPI's, proton, pump, inhibitors and the number

one being nexium and number two is prelyssac.

Did you realize between the year 1992 and 2017 nexium alone, just that one PPI produced

over 72 billion dollars. So these PPI's are one of the most widely sold medications in

the world and I think there's about eight of them and they're used to treat indigestion,

ulcers, gird, gastritis and of course then the doctor will tell you to eat more fiber

in the form of whole grains, avoid fat and then eat bland foods like crackers. But here's

the problem, the grains alkalize the stomach and I think the missing link is not fully understanding

the significance and the importance of having a very acidic stomach. Your stomach normally

should be between one and three, that's extremely acidic. And with an stomach like that,

you should be able to digest pretty much anything. But you need that acid in your stomach to

kill pathogens to break down proteins and to help you absorb minerals. But if you look

up data on heartburn, as far as the cause of it, it'll say, well, you're consuming acidic

foods, you're eating a high fat diet, too many fried foods, spicy foods and gird. And if you

look up the cause of gird, it'll say, well, the cause is acid reflex, but they're not really

looking deeper than that unfortunately. And then the patient starts taking these PPI's and they

get side effects. Here are the side effects of abdominal pain, gas, constipation, osteoporosis,

sarcopenia, that's the loss of muscle mass. Myopathies, muscle problems, probably because they can

no longer absorb amino acids anymore. C-diff, which is a pathogen, anxiety, because you need these

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