What Is Betaine HCL? – Dr.Berg Explains How To Use It | DrEricBergDC

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I wanted to talk about this ingredient

called betaine hydrochloride what is it

I have this in my

digest formula and a lot of people keep

asking like what is it and what is it

doing it’s basically a natural compound

it’s a natural amino acid found in beets

spinach beef and shrimp it’s in other

foods as well it was originally found in

beets and that’s why they call it B team

or a betaine okay hydrochloride but it’s

a combination of betaine and

hydrochloric acid really really really

important if you have SIBO small

intestinal bacterial overgrowth because

because one of the functions of this

strong acid in the stomach is to prevent

pathogens and unfriendly microbes from

going from the stomach through the

stomach into the small intestine so very

important so what this ingredient is

meant to do is increase the acid in your

stomach and when I say increase the acid

and talking about lowering the pH the

lower the pH the more acidic and the

stomach pH should be between one 1.5 and

3 which is extremely low and extremely

acidic that’s going to improve the

absorption of vitamin b12 minerals trace

minerals and protein what the acid does

if it hits this this level right here is

it activates a very powerful protease

which is a enzyme that breaks down

proteins thereby breaking down protein

into amino acids and if you don’t have a

strong pH you will get undigested

proteins and that creates a big problem

and then also we talked about this it

kills pathogens so anything that you’re

eating that’s a pathogen that’s kind

that goes in the stomach should be

killed in this ph right here so it’s

going to protect you there’s even a

condition that you can look up called

hypo chloride riah that’s basically low

stomach acids it’s actually very common

in anyone over the age of 50 and at each

decade that you age you actually have a

lower amount of stomach acid what’s

fascinating is if you look this up

on Wikipedia you’ll see the first

symptom is GERD gastroesophageal reflux

disorder which basically is a fancy word

for heartburn and this is the confusion

you have heartburn but under low stomach

acids low stomach acids cause heartburn

they do because unless you have a really

acidic stomach you’re not going to be

able to close the valve on top of the

stomach and the acid is going to splash

up into the esophagus and burn that area

and irritate it so this remedy is really

good for GERD okay and acid reflux make

sure that you don’t take calcium at the

same time as you take this because it

kind of will neutralize the acid I

recommend taking this before the meal

and a lot of times you would need quite

a bit like maybe five six tablets before

the meal and then you can start eating

it’ll assist in making more acid and it

does take some time to build up because

potato chloride is not like extremely

acid it just gives you the building

blocks for your own body to make more

acid to the point where it’s made enough

acid and then you don’t need any more of

this so it’s kind it’s not a long-term

product the other point I want to bring

up is antibiotics and two acids tend to

destroy the stomach acid making you more

dependent on more medication and more

antibiotics alright there you have it

that’s what betaine hydrochloride is

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