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Heartburn After Drinking Natural Protein Powder Shake. Why Did This Happen?

After drinking "true athlete" natural protein powder in a shake, I had pretty bad heartburn.. In the shake I also added milk, bananas, and strawberries. It's not the brand of whey protein powder because this has happened with other brands as well. I also tried it with just water, and the same thing happened. I'm a runner and I work out, drinking the protein shakes post work out. Lastly the whey powder I have now is very natural and has no additives. Is there anything I can do to not have heartburn ?
posted on Fri, 22 Nov 2013
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Hello!

Thank you for the query.

You need to know that foods which needs to be digested (like carbohydrates or proteins) stimulate stomach acid, bile and pancreas acid secretion. When this acids meet only pure proteins without other stuff like fiber, fat and other additional food parts, this acids can not be absorbed by this foods so we have a situation of too much acids. This gives you heartburn reaction.
Its because protein powder is not a natural thing for human body.
So you may try to add some regular foods along with this powder and see if this will help.

Hope this will help.
Regards.
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Heartburn After Drinking Natural Protein Powder Shake. Why Did This Happen?

Hello! Thank you for the query. You need to know that foods which needs to be digested (like carbohydrates or proteins) stimulate stomach acid, bile and pancreas acid secretion. When this acids meet only pure proteins without other stuff like fiber, fat and other additional food parts, this acids can not be absorbed by this foods so we have a situation of too much acids. This gives you heartburn reaction. Its because protein powder is not a natural thing for human body. So you may try to add some regular foods along with this powder and see if this will help. Hope this will help. Regards.