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so recently had a question from someone

that wanted to know should I be drinking

water when I’m eating food okay so let’s

just talk about that there’s several

points to cover the thought is that if I

drink too much water it’s going to

dilute the hydrochloric acid my stomach

and that’s gonna weaken my ability to

digest food that hydrochloric acid

normally is there to then trigger

enzymes in the stomach to help you

digest protein primarily and absorb

minerals and kill off microbes okay so

that’s why we need that acid there now I

could not find any human studies that

prove that drinking water is going to

dilute this inhibit digestion however

here’s my thought on that if you’re

doing a complete protein meal like for

example my first meal today which is

about one o’clock I’ll do all protein in

fat okay and then I’ll do a lot of my

salad at the next meal with a little

protein a little fat but I do most of

the protein of fat at the first meal I

just recommend that if you’re gonna

drink water add a little vinegar it’s

gonna help you keep the pH where it

needs to be but definitely don’t do

alkaline waters don’t add any calcium

carbonate to the meal because that’s

gonna dilute it like you wouldn’t want

to take an anti acid while you’re eating

like tums or anything like that that

would be very very bad and over the

years some people swear by it they say

they digest better with more water

some people don’t so you just got to

test the waters so I really think it’s a

trivial thing it’s not like the

important thing like what’s more

important is what you’re eating okay the

quality of food that you’re eating and

basically if you’re thirsty drink water

if you’re not don’t drink but don’t

force yourself to drink a lot of water

especially when you’re doing protein

because potentially it could dilute the

hydrochloric acid and we can the ability

to break down protein now if you’re

doing salad with a meal or you’re

combining a good amount of salad with

protein you may even find that you’re

more thirsty at the end of the meal

because a lot of that fiber actually

attracts water and it gels up in your

colon so your body will tell you to

drink a little more now I will drink

more water when I eat a salad

definitely compared to what I’m just

doing protein so again it’s not a

hardcore rule that you have to do

water or you have to avoid water see

what works better for you I will say

that the majority of population is low

in stomach acid so if you have a

weakened digestive system and let’s say

your stomach is not strong with a good

enough acid probably not go crazy on too

much water simply because it’s common

sense you don’t want to dilute that

start to build it up with something

called betaine how to chloride I’ll put

the spelling down below and even outside

of vinegar or outside of vinegar pills

and the way that some people know that

they don’t have enough acid in the

stomach as they start getting acid

reflux okay because that valve on the

top of the stomach has sensors for the

pH and so it will close if the stomach

acid is strong and it kind of opens if

it’s weak so if you’re getting

regurgitation for example it potentially

could mean that you need more acid

alright guys so in summary the answer is

it depends

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