The Ignored But Vital Function of the Stomach

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there’s a very ignored but vital function of  your stomach that i’m going to talk about today normally people know the stomach helps you digest  protein like meats and things like that and then it’s supposed to turn into amino acids which are  the building blocks of protein so then your body can then use that to make body tissue another  function of the stomach is to help you absorb minerals like iron calcium and zinc and b12  another function of the stomach is to stimulate the pancreas to release enzymes to help  you digest food and another function is to stimulate the bile production and also your  gallbladder to help release the bile to help you start breaking down fats to then extract the  fat soluble vitamins from the food that you eat but another very important function of the  stomach is to kill pathogens now what’s a pathogen a pathogen is not a friendly bacteria so  your stomach is designed to kill pathogens and to prevent foodborne illnesses and so your  stomach has a huge function of immune defense so what’s in a stomach that helps you defend  against these pathogens number one it’s the hydrochloric acid in both quantity and ph if  you lose the acidity of your stomach acids okay so the ph normally should be between one and  three and let’s say it goes up higher to four or five or six or even seven you’re not going to  have that immune protection because it’s the concentration of acid that kills these microbes  as well as the stimulation of certain enzymes that actually dissolve these microbes but you have  other things in your stomach too that can help you like lactofurrin which is very very high  in colostrum which is milk to help a baby develop their immune system but lactoferrin also  is antibacterial and anti-fungal in the stomach you also have other antibacterial peptides which  are proteins which help defend against microbes and so if you have low stomach acids or the ph is  not concentrated or strong enough you start having side effects like infections in the lower part  of your gastrointestinal tract you can have sibo small intestinal bacterial overgrowth in which you  have too many bacteria in the wrong place normally you shouldn’t have a lot of bacteria in your  small intestine most of it should be in the large intestine if it’s in the small intestine you’re  going to have a lot of problems with bloating gas etc so without enough hydrochloric acid you can  get sibo you can get heartburn you can get acid reflux gerd and of course what’s the treatment  for that and acids tums ppis like proton pump inhibitors baking soda what does all that do it  lessens the amount of concentrated hydrochloric acid in your stomach and that leads to a domino  effect of then not being able to kill pathogens and then you end up with more pathogens  lower in your in your gastrointestinal tract and you have just a whole series of problems so  without enough hydrochloric acid you get bloating gas definitely indigestion increased risk for  allergies anemia mineral deficiencies especially calcium iron and zinc and by the way a deficiency  of zinc can then lead to ulcers which then you treat with antacids right but also h pylori can  cause ulcers and sometimes they’ll treat h pylori with antacids which then worsens the whole cycle  creating more ulcers and more need for antacids so not good and also you can end up with a bile  deficiency like i already mentioned that hcl helps you release and make bile and if you don’t have  enough bile you’re not going to have vitamin a d e or k or omega 3. more problems you can also  end up with enzyme deficiency so you’re not going to have enough enzymes to digest so you’re  going to have a lot of problems with digesting food but anyway i wanted to create this video  to talk about another function of the stomach that a lot of people are not aware of if you  haven’t seen my other videos on hydrochloric acid i put them down below check them out hey  before you go if you’re benefiting from any of my content i would love to hear about your success  story please share it in the link down below