Dr. Nathan Bryan

And most Americans, 75% of Americans are deficient in magnesium.

95% of Americans are deficient in iodine.

I mean, it's a huge problem.

No, these are like the Prilosec, the Prevacid, the Nexium, the prescription medications are Omeprazole, Pantoprazole.

Today in the U.S., I think it's probably worldwide, you don't even need a prescription for these from your physician.

You can go to your local drugstore and you can buy these, what we call proton pump inhibitors or PPIs.

What about Tums?

Over the counter.

So there's a difference in—so Tums and things like baking soda are a buffer, right?

Sodium bicarb or calcium carbonate, and it's a buffer, right?

So if you have an acute bout of hypersecretion of acid, you can take a Tums or some buffer, some base, alkaline substance, to neutralize the acid, right?

Neutralizing acid is completely different than inhibiting its natural production in the polyuric cells of the stomach.

Yes.

Well, there's certain classes of antacids.

There's what we call H2 blockers.

There's proton pump inhibitors.

And then there's the natural buffers that are just kind of neutralizing the acid environment in the stomach.

Gaviscon, I'm trying to think what class that falls under.

I don't think it's widely used here in the U.S.

I mean, the main drugs used here are Prilosec, Nexium, Prevacid.