Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
TREAT DIGESTION NATURALLY! To find out more see our bookings page here: https://www.byronherbalist.com.au/appointments/
My name is Todd Mansfield and I’m a clinical herbalist dedicated to digestive health. Every week I treat Australian and New Zealand patients with IBS, IBD, SIBO, reflux, indigestion, bloating, loose bowel movements and constipation.
Follow my work here: instagram.com/byron.herbalist
For everyone else, I’m passionate about supporting you so follow along with this free content to support your digestion naturally!
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Low stomach acid is one of the most missed drivers of bloating and I look for heavy, red meat protein = bloating to be a cue!
HCl aka hydrochloric acid aka stomach acid is there to break protein down and trigger the rest of digestion. If it’s low digestion slows, protein doesn’t get properly broken down, it lingers, ferments and feeds the wrong bugs.
That’s where gas (particularly smelly rotten egg gas) bloating, and that heavy “brick in the stomach” feeling comes from.
If someone tells me they feel worse after protein then low stomach acid is top of the list straight away.
TREAT DIGESTION NATURALLY! To find out more see our bookings page here: https://www.byronherbalist.com.au/appointments/
My name is Todd Mansfield and I’m a clinical herbalist dedicated to digestive health. Every week I treat Australian and New Zealand patients with IBS, IBD, SIBO, reflux, indigestion, bloating, loose bowel movements and constipation.
Follow my work here: instagram.com/byron.herbalist
For everyone else, I’m passionate about supporting you so follow along with this free content to support your digestion naturally!
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Low stomach acid is one of the most missed drivers of bloating and I look for heavy, red meat protein = bloating to be a cue!
HCl aka hydrochloric acid aka stomach acid is there to break protein down and trigger the rest of digestion. If it’s low digestion slows, protein doesn’t get properly broken down, it lingers, ferments and feeds the wrong bugs.
That’s where gas (particularly smelly rotten egg gas) bloating, and that heavy “brick in the stomach” feeling comes from.
If someone tells me they feel worse after protein then low stomach acid is top of the list straight away.
