Microblog: Limit Drinks before and during Meals Including Water

Since we’re talking waters-Many weight-loss coaches promote drinking a big cup of water before meals. The thought is that your stomach will be fuller and so you will eat less.

💡For optimal digestion, we need our stomach acid to be at a pH of 1.5–3.0. Most people are deficient in stomach acid (HCl).⠀

❓Why?⠀

👩🏻‍🏫I’ve talked about digestion which includes having adequate amounts of stomach acid at a pH of 1.5–3.0.

❓So why not drink water before and during a meal?⠀

👩🏻‍🔬In chemistry, what happens when 2 liquids mix?

They find a new equilibrium.⠀

💧So then, drink a lot of water before a meal and what does that do to your stomach acid-which is a liquid?⠀

🌊Yes. It dilutes it.⠀

And this is why higher pH waters, alkaline waters and baking powder is not good to consume daily.
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❓What happens if our stomach acid pH level is high? The digestive cascade fails.⠀

🥩Our digested foods + salivatory enzymes break down into bolus. And bolus + gastric juices in the stomach become chyme. The pH of the chyme TRIGGERS the small intestine (where most nutrients are absorbed) to…