Natural Ways To Support Stomach Acid can be found HERE

Disclaimer: This information should NOT be taken as medical advice. We do a different HCl tolerance test with clients that is guided by their practitioner at the right time in their healing journey, but this is a great resource and some info provided is credit to Dr Jockers.

• Access full article here: https://drjockers.com/10-ways-improve-stomach-acid-levels

Note: This should NOT be done if you have active heartburn, reflux, gastritis or GERD. This would be contraindicated on a PPI as well. We advise working with a practitioner to ween off proton pump inhibitors while doing upper GI healing and then begin this test 2 weeks after you’re symptom free.

The Betaine HCL Challenge Test: This is a very reliable test you can perform if you have the symptoms above and failed the Baking soda test.

🌟 It will cost you a bottle of Hydro-zyme Betaine HCL, which you will probably need anyways to help you restore HCL levels if they truly are low.

To Perform the Test do the Following:

1. Buy some Betaine HCL with pepsin (we use Hydrozyme by Biotics Research to start the test, can be purchased in our Fullscript practitioner account)
2. Eat a high protein meal of at least 6 ounces of meat (you can have veggies too)
3. In the middle of the meal (never in the beginning) take 1 Hydrozyme Betaine HCL pill
4. Finish the meal and observe what you notice.

Possible Outcomes:

1. You Don’t Notice Anything: If you do not notice any difference it is most likely that you have low stomach acid levels.
2. You Notice Indigestion: If you notice a burning, hotness or heaviness in your chest then these are signs you have adequate stomach acid levels.

It is best to do this test 2-3 times in order to make sure you aren’t getting a false positive.  There are 3 main reasons for someone getting a possible false positive.