Those of us with gas + bloating

Stereo, thanks for sharing.

I like to hear that you've been doing great.

I had some issues with gas and bloat too, and since implementing PepZinGI after each meal, I've had no issues with either. Been doing that for the last 3 months.  

soystud,

Not sure about a lasting fix...

but the small little PepZinGI does the trick for me

Yes, pretty much... Regardless of what the meal contains

I never noticed a difference with digestive enzymes and bloating but oil of oregano keeps my bloating to a minimum.

Haha i love oregano. My sister is so sick right now so i gave her a few capsules. The last thing i want is a head cold.

I know theres a baking soda test you can do. Its on the scdlifestyle website. Ive never done it but you could test it out for us all!

Its funny. I have been using my iphone to write comments and i have to constantly edit my horrendous attempt at english. My fingers type a foreign language.

stereofidelic89 said...
I've been supplementing with Betaine HCL for a few months now, and I can't tell you how great I feel now. While this may or may not help UC symptoms, its definitely helped restore stomach acid to adequate levels, thus reducing my bloating, fatigue after eating and gas. I'm able to go out and enjoy a high carb meal without feeling and looking like total crap.


I use Country for Life brand $10 for like 250 pills on PureFormulas.com and I take 4 600mg pills before each protein-meal. You start with 1 pill, and work your way up until you feel any discomfort. I've safely gone up to like 6 pills without any adverse effect.

Here is the article, may be worth revisiting for some you.
scdlifestyle.com/2012/03/how-to-supplement-with-betaine-hcl-for-low-stomach-acid/
Very cheap supplement by many different brands.

Man, I don't get this.

If you go by this line here:



"1. Digestive System - Most digestive disorders, such as indigestion, nausea, bloating, gastric reflux, are symptoms caused by excess acid in the gastric region and not enough alkaline minerals in the intestinal tract. If the alkaline minerals from enzyme rich foods are missing then the pancreas will become exhausted, and once the pancreas is exhausted, it loses the ability to decode the food and tell the body what to do with it. This will lead to a degenerative spiral of entropy where organs become confused and inflamed."

Notice where it states, bloating as one of the effect of excess acid. The Betaine HCL, precisely creates more acid.

One school of thought that I've read about our disease is we have an unbalanced PH level, going more towards acidic level, therefore we want to bring it to alkaline or neutral. Yet this Betaine HCL, increases the acidic level.

I mean, I don't know, what's the story here. Man, I'm so tired of this crap. I got other things to think of in my life than freaking reading about this stuff.

www.mindbodygreen.com/0-6243/How-to-Balance-Your-pH-to-Heal-Your-Body.html

InSoFla, which brand of Pep Zin GI do you take? I'll like to try some.

This thread is a bit confusing, because its got two things going on.

PepZinGI looks to be Zinc carnosine, a compound that can heal the lining of the GI tract. If it helps with stomach acid, that would be a secondary effect, not primary. I take Zinc carnosine for a stomach ulcer.

Betaine HCl is a stomach acid supplement that's supposed to help those with hypochlorhydia. The SCD lifestyle page has a test, but that one is very unscientific, and unreliable. There are other tests, depending on how much you want to spend, to test for low stomach acid. One is a simple pill you swallow. It's got a string that goes down your throat and into your stomach. The string absorbs moisture from the stomach. After a few minutes you pull it out and test the pH. This one is slightly more reliable, but can still take repeated tests to ensure accurate results. My cost on this one was $34. It showed I had no stomach acid at all. The last test I know about is the Heidelberg capsule test. It is a capsule with a radio that you swallow. It measures the pH of your stomach and transmits that to monitoring equipment. Then you take an alkaline challenge, and see if your stomach returns to an acid state. Best test for stomach acid. Also the most expensive (around $350, last I knew). I've not had that one done. I'm currently at 8 HCl pills per meal, and still don't feel the burning that you're supposed to feel. But I have noticed less undigested food comes out. So, looks like I keep going. I think I read somewhere that people have taken up to 20 HCl capsules before a meal. Theoretically, you're supposed to be able to decreased that as your stomach 'remembers' how to make stomach acid. I sure hope so.

Max, I use doctors best. And am quite happy with it, well priced through amazon.