Bloating and Stomach Discomfort

These super common, highly uncomfortable symptoms are more than just an aching gut feeling. Most often they indicate at least one of a few common digestive weaknesses. You may be surprised to learn that most doctors go about addressing treatment of these symptoms in ways that have serious, negative consequences down the road. Listen in as Tony, Will and Kinna bring to light the most common causes of bloating and stomach discomfort and share what to do to actually fix the root issues in most cases.

In this Episode You’ll Learn

That the majority of cases of bloating in the stomach comes from bacterial overgrowth in the stomach. These bacteria ferment the food you eat and create off gases which generate pressure (bloating) in the stomach.
Stomach acid usually creates an internal environment in the stomach that prevents bacterial overgrowth.
When stomach acid levels are deficient, bacteria can populate the stomach, which leads to bloating, discomfort, increased exotoxins in the body and increasingly impaired digestion.
Supplementing with betaine HCL will often kill off the bacteria in the stomach, improve digestion and alleviate symptoms of bloating and stomach discomfort.
Sometimes the bacteria in the stomach has created a protective biofilm that shields them from acid damage. In such cases, it usually isn’t enough to simply supplement with betaine HCL because the acid can’t get to the bacteria to kill it off.
In such cases, supplements like d-limonene (an extract derived from orange peel) can help destroy the biofilm protecting the bacteria and make the them vulnerable to stomach acid or supplemental betaine HCL.
As such, supplementation with d-limonene and then betaine HCL can often effectively eliminate gastric bacteria, improve digestion and relieve symptoms of bloating and stomach discomfort.
A couple common causes of bloating in the intestinal tract are impaired bile flow and/or exotoxins produced by bacteria in the intestines.
When either stomach acid or bile don’t reach the food as it goes through digestion the consumed food will often putrefy, resulting in bloating and gas.
Certain foods contain fibers that intestinal bacteria tend to ferment in ways that can contribute to gas and bloating in the mid and lower abdomen.
In our Digestive Issues Course we teach how to identify which aspects of your digestion need improvement and what steps to take to correct your digestion.

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Comments

John Boatner

August 23, 2016 at 6:07 pm

Can d-limonene or HCL supplementation cause some bloating initially, and go away with continued use?

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  November 27, 2016 at 4:40 pm
  
  Hi John. We actually see that happen a lot, and it makes sense if you think about it. Bacterial waste is very alkaline, so if there is a bacterial overgrowth in the stomach, that environment would be more alkaline than intended. When you add d-limonene to wipe them out, that reaction can cause gases and bloating initially as you wipe them out. Adding HCL into that environment would create a reaction similar to mixing baking soda and vinegar. It creates a fizzy mess and the expansion of those gases can create magnified bloating. We hear from most people that this reduces once they wipe out enough of a layer of that bacteria.
  
Dot Bartman

October 9, 2016 at 6:02 pm

How do I get started with the digestive health issue?

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  November 27, 2016 at 4:42 pm
  
  Hi Dot. We cover the steps on how to improve digestion in most of our books, like Kick Your Fat in the Nuts. We also cover it in detail, with videos, in our almost free 4-week digestion course. We created this as a free course, but our system requires a charge for all registrations to keep out the spam registrations, so we made it 50 cents. You can find the course here: https://kickitnaturally.com/courses/