{"id":2830,"date":"2026-01-11T16:07:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T00:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chapters.westonaprice.org\/marincountyca\/?page_id=2830"},"modified":"2026-01-14T15:34:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T23:34:45","slug":"january-11-2026-stomach-acid-and-vitamin-b12","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chapters.westonaprice.org\/marincountyca\/events\/january-11-2026-stomach-acid-and-vitamin-b12\/","title":{"rendered":"January 11, 2026: Stomach Acid and Vitamin B12"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/chapters.westonaprice.org\/marincountyca\/files\/2025\/12\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2828\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nori Hudson, East Bay WAPF chapter leader and nutritionist,  talked to us about\u00a0<strong>\u201cThe importance of stomach acid and its relationship to vitamin B12 availability.\u201d<\/strong> Many people who experience acid reflux are misdiagnosed with too much acid and put on acid blockers. Unfortunately, in addition to raising the risks of osteoporosis, allergies, parasitic and other infections, this reduction or loss of adequate stomach acid opens the door to all the chronic health issues of old age, due to the loss of B12 absorption. This talk identified symptoms of both too little stomach acid and too little B12 and which will help avert potential health issues often chalked up to \u201cold age\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"611\" height=\"930\" data-id=\"2837\" src=\"https:\/\/chapters.westonaprice.org\/marincountyca\/files\/2026\/01\/HCL-and-Vit-B12-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2837\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"605\" height=\"454\" data-id=\"2835\" src=\"https:\/\/chapters.westonaprice.org\/marincountyca\/files\/2026\/01\/HCL-and-Vit-B12-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2835\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"605\" height=\"454\" data-id=\"2836\" src=\"https:\/\/chapters.westonaprice.org\/marincountyca\/files\/2026\/01\/HCL-and-Vit-B12-4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2836\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"605\" height=\"392\" data-id=\"2834\" src=\"https:\/\/chapters.westonaprice.org\/marincountyca\/files\/2026\/01\/HCL-and-Vit-B12-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2834\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Stomach Acid &amp; Vitamin B12\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kfSFItMoRo4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"476\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/chapters.westonaprice.org\/marincountyca\/files\/2026\/01\/HCl-and-vitamin-B12-Slides-Graphic.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2841 size-full\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chapters.westonaprice.org\/marincountyca\/files\/2026\/01\/HCl-and-vitamin-B12.pdf\">Download Slides<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nori Hudson, East Bay WAPF chapter leader and nutritionist, talked to us about\u00a0\u201cThe importance of stomach acid and its relationship to vitamin B12 availability.\u201d Many people who experience acid reflux are misdiagnosed with too much acid and put on acid blockers. Unfortunately, in addition to raising the risks of osteoporosis, allergies, parasitic and other infections,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/chapters.westonaprice.org\/marincountyca\/events\/january-11-2026-stomach-acid-and-vitamin-b12\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":82,"featured_media":0,"parent":308,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2830","page","type-page","status-publish","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapters.westonaprice.org\/marincountyca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapters.westonaprice.org\/marincountyca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapters.westonaprice.org\/marincountyca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapters.westonaprice.org\/marincountyca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/82"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapters.westonaprice.org\/marincountyca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chapters.westonaprice.org\/marincountyca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2830\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapters.westonaprice.org\/marincountyca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapters.westonaprice.org\/marincountyca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}