The TRUTH about Apple Cider Vinegar & Baking Soda, Is It Healthy? 🍎🍏

Hello Health Champions. A lot of people have  gotten benefits from apple cider vinegar such  

as weight loss and improved digestion but  now some people are starting to mix apple  

cider vinegar with baking soda so today i  want to talk about the benefits of those two  

separately but also what really happens in the  body when you mix the two together coming right  

up hey I'm Dr. Ekberg I'm a holistic doctor and  a former Olympic decathlete and if you want to  

truly master health by understanding how the body  really works make sure you subscribe and hit that  

notification bell so you don't miss anything when  we talk about apple cider vinegar and baking soda  

we have to talk about ph because that is what  gives them their characteristics baking soda  

is an alkaline substance it's a base with a ph of  9.5 and apple cider vinegar is an acid with a ph  

of 2.5 so anything above 7 is a base anything  below 7 is an acid and 7 is neutral so what is  

supposed to be normal in the stomach what normally  is produced in the stomach and the answer is  

hydrochloric acid the stomach is supposed to be  an acid vat your stomach makes hydrochloric acid  

and it's a very strong acid it's down here  with battery acid so in a healthy human the  

ph is supposed to be between one and three it's  supposed to be an acid vat and this is so that  

we can digest protein so that we can absorb  minerals and so that we can kill pathogens so  

in order for us to break down food that's  the whole purpose of eating in the first  

place is to break it down so we can absorb  it and utilize it but furthermore that acid  

is an immune barrier it kills off pathogens  that we happen to ingest so just looking at  

this we can say that acid is a normal occurrence  in the stomach but baking soda is not now here's  

a very very common misconception a lot of people  believe that heartburn happens because you have  

too much stomach acid and i can see where people  would think that because it burns and there's acid  

there so it has to be too much right well no it's  the exact opposite that heartburn happens because  

we don't have enough acid by the time you add  acid almost everyone gets improvement in symptoms  

so the condition called hypochlorhydria means not  enough stomach acid not enough hydrochloric acid  

is extremely common and it depends on age because  as we age we produce less hydrochloric acid  

stress is another factor that will interfere with  the production that will reduce the production of  

stomach acid why is that because any time  you're stressed your body is shutting down  

digestion in order to prioritize defending  you against the outside world another factor  

is hypothyroid very very common when your  thyroid slows down when it's underperforming  

there is also less production of hydrochloric acid  another reason for not enough acid is a bug called  

age pylori and this is a stomach bug that raises  the ph and actually causes ulcers by interfering  

with the protection with the protective lining  in the stomach and also antacids things that  

people take to relieve heartburn is a huge problem  for hypochlorhydria because when you put a base  

in there like tums or pepcid ac it neutralizes  the acid and it interferes with that digestion so  

any of these reasons or all of them put together  can give you hypochlorhydria so you can see how  

common this is another misconception that was  popularized by a book called alkalize or die  

is that most people's bodies are too acidic but  just because the book is very persuasive and  

popular doesn't mean it's correct and the truth of  the matter is that ph is something that the body  

regulates that it's not that acid or base are bad  it's that they have to be in balance you have to  

have the right amount of acid at the right time  and then you have to neutralize it and balance  

it out at another time and it turns out that acid  is much easier for the body to neutralize that the  

body has these mechanisms to get rid of acids  the first way is in the urine that if you take  

a ph strip to your urine and it measures acidic  that doesn't mean that your whole body is acidic  

that means your body was successful in getting  rid of acid to bring the body back to balance so  

that's one way the body can get rid of acid but  the fastest and most powerful way that your body  

can correct ph and get rid of acid is to breathe  to hyperventilate that's a way that you can become  

alkaline in seconds and if you want to try this  then just start breathing in and out as hard as  

you can as fast as you can and what you will  find is that within seconds you're going to  

get a little bit dizzy and this means that you are  becoming too alkaline because what you're doing is  

you're blowing off carbon dioxide which is acidic  so by eliminating something acid you become more  

alkaline and your body regulates this through  the breath all day long so acid is pretty easy  

to get rid of so it's not true that most people  are too acidic let's talk about the benefits of  

apple cider vinegar and baking soda so apple  cider vinegar does two things it supports  

digestion because it is an acid it supplements  the digestion with something that is naturally  

supposed to be there the second thing though is  that the vinegar which is also called acetic acid  

is supposed to be very acidic in the stomach but  as it works its way through the digestive tract  

several hours later it is in the lower intestine  and now it is more neutral or alkaline and now  

this acetic acid turns into acetate which is a  short chain fatty acid and this short chain fatty  

acid is a fuel if it gets back in your circulation  you can use it for fuel just like an mct oil but  

it also fuel for your gut flora and these two  mechanisms together result in reduced appetite  

improved insulin sensitivity and through that we  can improve type 2 diabetes and hypertension and  

cardiovascular disease and basically all the other  problems associated with metabolic syndrome which  

is insulin resistance and now the benefits  of baking soda and the biggest reason people  

talk about benefits of this is that it provides  relief of the symptoms of heartburn now in my book  

that may be kind of a benefit short term  but it is not a benefit long term because  

any time that you take something for something  when you take a substance for a symptom then  

you are ignoring the underlying cause so yes  short term if you have a crisis you could use it  

but long term you're allowing the real problem to  get bigger and in that sense you're making things  

worse every time baking soda is obviously also  used for baking it can be used as mouthwash as  

toothpaste as deodorant air freshener laundry  whitening supposedly bathroom cleaner you can  

use it to polish silverware you can use it as  weed killer but if you notice all of these are  

except for the first one there's nothing here that  really involves that you're ingesting substantial  

amounts of baking soda so i have not found any  convincing arguments or research that you should  

eat baking soda on a regular basis i don't think  that there's a need on a regular basis to add that  

much sodium and add that much alkalinity to the  body or the digestive tract now when you take  

them together you have to realize that one is an  acid and the other is a base so they're basically  

canceling each other out you're neutralizing  the ph so if you're looking for symptom relief  

if you have a burning sensation when you take  the apple cider vinegar and it's not because  

you didn't dilute it then you could mix the two  and it would help relieve that burning sensation  

now you're gonna forfeit you're gonna undo the  digestive support that you would get from that  

acid but the other benefit the acetate the short  chain fatty acid is still going to be there and  

there's probably some benefit from each but you  will get some benefit from the short chain fatty  

acid and again these are made in a healthy  gut they feed the gut bacteria and they can  

help with appetite regulation these short chain  fatty acids can alter can improve the metabolic  

signaling so you can improve your metabolism  and you can improve the breakdown of fat  

now if you take the two together if you mix them  you have to keep the following in mind you want to  

take it on an empty stomach why is that because if  you take baking soda together with the apple cider  

vinegar and you're having food at the same time  the baking soda will interfere with your digestion  

just as if you took tums or pepcid ac or something  else that blocks the acid you cannot digest food  

properly after that and what about the other  benefit from the short chain fatty acids you will  

still get that benefit but if you can't tolerate  the apple cider vinegar without the baking soda  

then i think that you get more of a total benefit  so try that first and use the baking soda if you  

can't tolerate the apple cider vinegar if you  feel these videos have helped you in your quest  

for health please consider joining as a member  and if you'd like to learn more about how to  

get truly healthy then check out that video next  thank you so much for watching see you next time