Although this diet BEAT the current recommended diet by Italian professional societies (CTR) consider using it short
term and supplementing the diet similar to recommendations by Drs. Mark Hyman and David Ludwig noted below, with healthy fat, wild caught fish, berries, and fermented dairy (if tolerated), since the restriction of certain groups could lead to nutritional
deficiencies especially vitamin B12 and
calcium.
Owing to reduced absorption of
calcium, zinc, iron, magnesium, and vitamin B12, long -
term antacid use is associated with increased risk for several alarming outcomes: chronic kidney disease (6,7), iron
deficiency (8), hypomagnesemia (low blood magnesium)(9,10), bone fractures (11,12,13), B12
deficiency (14), pneumonia (15), and dementia (16,17).