Swedish bitters is the cure. One tablespoon, 3 times daily for one month brings high and low stomach acid back to homeostasis

Good information, but as always....it is very difficult to find a gastroenterologist who will actually help!! All they want to do is prescribe PPI'S!! It is very discouraging!!

Great to see you on video, Norm. It's a first for me who bought your book "Fast Tract Digestion" in 2013. It's one of the few books I actually read cover to cover. And it helped me big time!

Thanks for the informative vid. Subd'. I have been taking a PPI's for approx 25 years. As I recall I started with Prilosec but not long after was put on Prevacid and have ridden that train for a very long time. I got wind of possible bone fracture issues and have been on alert since. I am 58 years old. Now I have what feels like every major joint in my body has arthritis, hips...shoulders....hands.....feet.....back.......etc. For the last few years I have been asking my gastro and my regular Dr if I should stop taking this PPI but the over all consensus is that it solves my acid issues. I do get heartburn if I stop taking it....and I feel the damage is done to my bones....joints....and stomach health. I had my gallbladder removed 25 years a go as well so things are stacked against me. I have lived fairly well with a pretty decent digestive system I believe especially with the awful diet I have had for most of my life. Recently I have experienced some really odd bloating and also odd cramping like pain in my kidney areas. Sometimes my stomach will get locked up and I will feel like I cant eat a bite even though I havent eaten much and know I should be hungry. This got me watching videos like yours and I believe that I could certainly have SIBO or low stomach acid. So on my own I started taking my PPI every other day to get my stomach producing some more acid....which it sure did. I also have switched to decaf coffee and lowered my diet soda's to just one a day. One of my suspicions was that too much caffeine with the coffee along with more caffeine and horrible chemicals in the soda may have finally caught up with me. I have yet to figure out if its the coffee or the soda that is tensing up my stomach or if I had a stomach bug. I just wish there was an easier way to test for these issues. Also it seems that I would really need a specialist like yourself to put me through all of the tests to figure out exactly what is going on...SIBO....low acid....leaky gut.....etc? No doubt I fall in one of those categories. One of the only ways that I get relief is moving around and working on a project......if the project is physical and has me sweating that's even better. It seems to help with digestion and lets my stomach relax. Anyway sorry for the long ramble....I am just grasping for straws and making stuff up on my own but I would love to have a specialist like yourself help me do a more scientific look at my situation. Thank you

Great explaintion..Doc..

Wow, my dad died of stomach cancer in 2014, and he had been on PPI twice daily for a decade! I asked him to double-check with his doctor if this was absolutely necessary. But he said "anything my doctor prescribes...I don't question, I trust him implicitly". He also had pernicious anemia and osteoporosis for the last few years. I take a PPI, but only when I feel an ulcer coming on...and only for a few days. My doctor asked why I don't take it every day ... I have osteopenia...and I don't want it to get worse! Thank you for this important information!!

Good info

Ever since i took a ppi been having digestion problems

So, stick with the RDA (the Recommended Deficiency Allowance) for supplementation. Got it.

I have some of the symptoms. I believe I have low acid. I have/had H pylori.

Every time I take antihistamines I get very bad bloating and general indigestion, this has alerted me to the possibility of low stomach acid.

Great video Dr Norm. Definitely different to other videos I've seen on KZfaq regarding this topic. I suffer from the symptoms of GERD. I generally have reflux all day and up my throat to back of mouth. I still have yet to see a gastroenterologist. My GP has prescribed me pantoprazole 40mg which i have been on for a couple of weeks. It's helped to ease the discomfort in my throat though i still get reflux. I definitely do not want to be on PPI long term. I understand the importance of a healthy gut and it eats at me that i have to take PPI to help one area of my body but yet cause damage to other. I've had a breath test done and came back negative for H Pylori. I heard you mention functional medical practitioner. I've been also thinking about seeing one as been highly recommended by someone i know. I've seen a lot of fixes if someone has low stomach acid, but what if stomach acids level aren't low? How can it be treated without staying on PPI long term?

Thanks Doc ❤ My blood work always shows low sodium and low chloride even though I eat a lot of sea salt and I drink electrolite drinks (coconut water, but I've stopped now bc of the carbs). I just started taking HCl with digestive enzymes, but it didn't alleviate all the symptoms. Apparently, I have SIBO now, too. I watched your SIBO video. It was very informative. I'm going no carb with intermittent fasting. I just don't understand why my sodium and chloride are always low, but I did sweat a lot with the digestive problems, so maybe that's why. I also have exercise induced asthma, and my elastase stool test was 149. I don't take any medications except the enzymes and some supplements that I'm reducing now. I use an asthma inhaler and estradiol cream. I do have high cholesterol, but I don't treat it bc the HDL is high. The whole thing is 250. I did have an endoscopy several years ago that showed an irritated stomach and bile in the stomach. I figured that must be from low stomach acid bc enough acid would have neutralized the bile. Thank you for all this great information.

Hello if I have sibo can I take more than the RDA of zinc since it’s most likely I’m not absorbing nutrients? Please help 🙏

Hi Dr, can you please tell me can long term antibiotic use cause low stomach acid. I had a 6cm bladder stome, enlarged prostate. Surgery delayed for 18 months due to covid. Prescribed every antibiotic available, ibuprofen, paracetamol,maxitram, amatriptaline for pain. Since Surgery i have been having various gut and digestion issues.

Few things you can try to help with this: - Blood type diet (search for a video called ‘An introduction to the blood type diet’ by Louisa) - Steaming your food for 15-20 minutes to make your food less dense, reduce cooked food toxins, and retain more nutrients and enzymes - Eat more raw food, raw food retains all nutrients and enzymes otherwise destroyed by cooking with none of the toxins and denatured proteins in cooked food which might help with digestion

How long does it take for pumps to come back to normal been having digestive problems for 6 months

So doc..what am I suppose to do..stop ppi and require dilations all the time. What is your answer to that?

I stopped taking my anti acid and started taking apple cider vinegar before my meal but on the second day I got bad heartburn and it was burning. I rushed to take low fat milk because it is only thing that comforts the burning. So please tell me what I need to do? Taking apple cider vinegar or anti acid again? On my endoscopy I have been told I have chronic gastritis and gerd. Please help me with your advice 🙏

Any tips to get the cells to produce new acid pumps as you are speaking about? For example if one has been on PPIs for 5-10 years but quitted 6-12 months ago, any experience with how long it normally takes to get back to working?

I had taken PPI (Nexum 40mg) twice a day for about 7 months, and now I'm very susceptible to infection. How I can check for hypochlorhydria at home?

I believe there are three tests for weak stomach acid. Heidelberg test being the best, but Betaine HCI increased dose test and burping test.

does low acid can cause gastritis?

Can it cause hair loss

None of those for me.... But can take a dozen hcl, no warmness. Also failed the baking soda test. Did that several times

Some people need to be on PPI's for life..they have a bad LES, or just create lots of acid due to stress. Why risk esophageal cancer, stricture etc.

It's a liver blockage bitters r good but vagitables juices cure fast.

You eat lots of carbs sugars...your vit b1 goes low bcs of high carb diet...thus your vagus nerve lacks vit b1 thus lack of stomach acid..simple 😊

Hi, If an endoscopy shows minor scarring of the esophagus indicitive of reflux /gerd, is the scar always a result from high stomach acid, or could low acid still be the cause of esophageal scarring?

Can hyperparathyroidism cause low stomach acid

Dr! I have a horrible situation and I need you help! I have bad gastritis and Methane SIBO. I can’t take PPI’s because I need stomach acid and bile to help the SIBO. The SIBO is causing so much inflammation it’s putting me into a state of low t3 syndrome. What do I do? I need bile and stomach acid, but it hurt my gastritis. I also don’t think my stomach is producing stomach acid anymore.

Eating a low meat diet will also do this. You don’t use it you lose it. People eating a high plant base diet with low fat will suffer the most.

Are you more likely to have low stomach acid if you have a hiatal hernia?

You do consults?

Hi dr.please do you have any idea of someone taking like 10 to 12 pills of hcl and still not feeling any warmth in his stomach ? Please

I believe I have methane sibo or low stomach acid. I was diagnosed with gastritis. I took apple cider vinegar mixed with water for a month but it stopped all bowl movements. Any ideas why?

hi doc,does apple cider vinegar worsen a gastritis?

Can eating too many raw vegetables and greens on an empty stomach decrease stomach acid?

hello sir, i'm 17 years old..i'm really stressed i have LPR, is modifying lifestyle and diet will cure this? I have no more money for this plisss answer i have health anxiety because of this this almost one year that effected my all ENT area

Dr I texted positive to H pylori and I have been suspecting I have LPR since early last year but I saw a gastro doctor last two months and he said I have bile reflux. I do not know how to ascertain if I have low or high stomach acid and I seriously do not want to be on PPI. Messaging from Nigeria. Please help by responding.

Hi doc,can Oxycodone reduce stomach acid

What about drinking habits, like drinking before or after a meal?

The gastritis thing doesn't make any sense. How could someone have gastritis from low stomach acid. Gastritis is inflammation of the stomach. Gastritis caused by low stomach acid makes zero sense. What would be causing the inflammation ? 😂😂