The Top Signs of a Digestive Enzyme Deficiency
Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast
Dr. Eric Berg
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🗓️ 11 October 2023
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Today I want to cover the top signs you’re deficient in digestive enzymes.
There are five pieces to this puzzle, and we’re going to break down each one.
1. The stomach
Top symptoms of a deficiency in stomach enzymes:
• Indigestion
• Gas
The best natural remedy:
• Betaine hydrochloride
2. The pancreas
Top symptoms of a deficiency in pancreatic enzymes:
• Problems digesting fat
• Bloating
• Abdominal pain
• Deficiencies in fat-soluble vitamins
The best natural remedies:
• TUDCA
• A supplement containing pancreatic enzymes
• Betaine hydrochloride
• Ox bile
3. The gallbladder
• Does not produce enzymes but contributes to enzymes and supports the absorption of fat-soluble nutrients
Top symptoms of a deficiency in bile:
• Bloating
• Belching
• Burping
• Deficiencies in fat-soluble nutrients
• Pain in the right shoulder or neck
• Fullness under the right rib cage
4. The small intestine
Top symptom of a deficiency in enzymes from the small intestine:
• SIBO
The best natural remedies:
• Betaine hydrochloride
• Ox bile
• The carnivore diet
• Intermittent fasting
• Garlic
5. The large intestine
• Does not produce enzymes, but the microbes in the large intestine do produce enzymes that support digestion
Top symptoms of a deficiency in these microbes:
• Diarrhea
• Constipation
• Fatty stool
Natural remedies:
• Leafy greens
• Probiotics
• Fermented foods
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| 0:00.0 | Let's talk about enzymes. What would be the number one symptom that you would get if you were |
| 0:05.3 | deficient in digestive enzymes? You're really dealing with about five different pieces of this puzzle |
| 0:11.6 | that you have to understand. You have the stomach, you have the pancreas, you have the gallbladder, |
| 0:16.8 | you even know the gallbladder does not produce enzymes. It's involved in enzymes and you have the |
| 0:22.7 | small intestine and you have the large intestine. So let's start with the stomach. What enzymes |
| 0:28.5 | does the stomach produce? Well, primarily one called pepsin and pepsin has everything to do |
| 0:34.8 | with adjusting protein. But the stomach also makes another enzyme called lipase, which can help you |
| 0:40.9 | break down fats. But only like a backup if you don't make it from other organs. We'll talk about |
| 0:47.6 | that. But pepsin is a very powerful protein enzyme that helps you break down protein. And pepsin |
| 0:56.6 | is activated by hydrochloric acid in the stomach. And one of the big problems with you not having |
| 1:02.2 | enough of this enzyme is really not having enough hydrochloric acid. But maybe you have acid in |
| 1:08.6 | your stomach, but just the pH is not acid enough. And if you don't have the acid, you're not going to |
| 1:15.4 | have the release of the enzyme. And you're going to experience various symptoms. The number one |
| 1:20.8 | symptom you're going to experience is indigestion. And then you're going to get gas. Those are the two |
| 1:26.9 | primary ones. But if you're not digesting protein, okay, because you don't have enough acid, |
| 1:33.3 | you're going to have all sorts of things that are going to occur lower in the digestive track. |
| 1:38.9 | For example, that acid is also necessary to activate the gallbladder to release bile. And if you |
| 1:47.5 | don't have that activation, then we don't have enough bile. And then we don't get the necessary |
| 1:52.6 | detergent to help extract the fat, soluble nutrients from the fat that you eat. And then we have |
| 1:59.4 | undigested protein material that ends up in the small intestine. And now both the pancreas and the |
| 2:06.4 | small intestine have to overcompensate. And they have to produce more enzymes to help break down |
| 2:13.2 | this material. And many times this doesn't happen. So you end up with all sorts of issues with gas |
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