Having sufficient levels of stomach acid is key for healthy digestion. Without sufficient stomach acid, you might experience symptoms like acid reflux, heartburn, bloating, and constipation, and low stomach acid could eventually lead to dysbiosis in the gut. Most people with bacterial overgrowths often struggle with low stomach acid. If your body doesn’t have enough stomach acid to break down the foods you eat, then that means only partially-digested food will be moving through the digestive tract. This food can get “stuck” in the GI tract and sit there, putrefying! People who feel like they can’t digest protein, specifically, or feel like food leaves a “lump” in their stomach often have low stomach acid, as do people with a history of using NSAIDS, proton pump inhibitors, or antibiotics. Most conventional doctors will give acid-blocking medications to people experiencing heartburn or acid reflux, which only further depletes the person’s stomach acid and makes the situation worse.

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