Solaray High Potency Betaine HCL with Pepsin - Hydrochloric Acid Supplement for Digestive Health - with Betaine Hydrochloride and Digestive Enzymes - Gut Health Support - 60-Day Guarantee, 100 VegCaps

Did you know that sometimes GERD is caused by low levels of stomach acid? Your esophagus fails to close if the level of acidity in your stomach falls too low.I had GERD for over 10 years. It was the side effect of a medication I was on. My internist mistakenly thought my stomach acid was too high and put me on proton pump inhibitors. Which pretty much guaranteed that I would have GERD forever.Luckily I have a new doctor. She correctly diagnosed me with low stomach acid, not high stomach acid.So first I tried one of these capsules with every meal , things improved but the problems didn't go away. Then my doctor said double it up. That did the trick. In less than a week, the results were obvious. My GERD was greatly improved. My gas went away, along with bloating, and the gut cramps. Within six weeks, I was able to try skipping the HCl and the digestive enzymes, without experiencing relapse.Now the reason why I was producing so little stomach acid was because my digestion was broken. In order to heal your digestion , you need to support it using HCl and digestive enzymes. You will probably need more digestive enzymes than the ones contained in this product but there are many excellent ones on the market.In order to heal the gut, you need to support it with glutamine . Glutamine is an amino acid that is used by the gut for energy, and it is required for essential function. It is also used to produce glutathione . Glutathione is the master enzyme that regenerates all of your other antioxidant enzymes . Periods of high stress can strip all of the glutathione in your body. Finally glutamine is also required to produce GABA . Fluctuating levels of GABA in your brain can alter your mood drastically. It's best not to exceed the recommended dose of glutamine in order to prevent this. During periods of trauma or broken digestion or high stress your daily need for glutamine will exceed any normal diet. Therefore doctors will recommend 2 to 3 g of glutamine taken on an empty stomach.Collagen : collagen is required for gut function. In order to heal the gut you need to supplement with collagen. You can do this by drinking bone broth or by taking a powdered collagen supplement.Vitamins. You need all your vitamins and minerals in order in order to heal. This is actually a very complicated topic because many vitamins will block absorption of other vitamins and minerals . Or they can only be absorbed in very precise ratios. But it's safe to say, that centrum or One-A-Day are lousy vitamins. It's mostly because they're not very bioavailable. In order to find a good bioavailable multivitamin you will need to do a lot of research . I would normally recommend Hardy.'s Essential Nutrients except it's such an expensive brand. Vitamin C is required for healing collagen . I was supplementing with 4 to 6 g when I noticed my collagen was healing at an accelerated rate. Make sure you get bioavailable versions of magnesium and zinc supplements.Saccharomyces boulardii: is good if you have some kind of gut trauma. The Saccharomyces actually fights gut inflammation.Bob's Red Mill unmodified potato starch: is resistant starch. Resistant starches are not digested by the gut , instead they are digested by your helpful probiotics. The body doesn't absorb the resistance starch therefore it does not raise glucose levels. Some of the byproducts of the resistance starch help feed the gut as well as feeding your good probiotics. Potato starch is the most concentrated source of resistance starch that you can use. The therapeutic dose is 1 tablespoon taken up to three times per day. Start with 1 teaspoon if you're not used to this stuff.Fiber: it was an eye-opening revelation to me, the difference in fiber quality . It turns out one of the key characteristics of fiber quality is the length of the fiber. Shorter fiber unfortunately feeds some of the bad inhabitants of your gut as well as the more helpful probiotics. Longer fiber feeds your helpful probiotics while starving the parasites. PGX is a trademark form of glucomannan which is extracted from the Konjac root. PGX has undergone a special form of processing which preserves the length of the fiber. I went from Metamucil , to glucomannan , to PGX . And as I upgraded from bad to best, my diarrhea went from relentless to gone.Protein synthesis: healing is by definition the production of new materials to replace that which is broken or gone. Therefore you need to initiate the production of new proteins . To do this you must eat 30 g of proteins in one meal. For example that would be five large eggs. It's an unfortunate amount of food, but nutritionists recommend for anyone trying to heal from a major trauma or medical condition, that you need to eat 30 g of protein three times a day for maximum healing. I find it difficult to do more than 30 g per day , and ended up rearranging my protein intake so that I would eat it all in one meal. But if you want your gut to heal quickly, you really do need to initiate protein synthesis so that you can start replacing some of your missing body functions.Good luck and good health!

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As someone who has had my gall bladder removed, I began to have many issues with digestion. My Doctor prescribed anti-acids and I took many over the year and felt worse and worse. I had gas, bloating and reflux, especially at night. After much research, I decided to try probiotics and fermented foods. I felt a bit better but still had many issues, I developed a hernia that I was told was normal for someone my age.while researching hernias I discovered I was probably low in stomach acid rather than high??? I was confused and after consulting a natural doctor decided to carefully try supplementing with HCl and pepsin. I have been able to stop my expensive anti-acids and feel so much better. my stools are also much improved. This is the third brand I have tried and much prefer these to the others I tried prior to these. These are capsules and are easy to swallow. They are very effective and I can eat foods I have not been able to eat in years and not suffer ill effects. Do be careful to start gradually. I take 2 of these with each meal but would start with just one tablet day at dinner and work up slowly.If this review has been helpful to you please click thumbs up below. I appreciate your feedback.

I have digestives issues as well just like the others reviews. I did my research and found out my stomach was not making enough acid. upon trying the HCl as directed (slowly) they seem to be working. I've been taking them for almost a month I'm up to three pills before every meal and sometimes I take a extra one after if my stomach doesn't settle but I only did that a few times when I first started I don't have to do that anymore. I also find that I don't have to take them after every meal anymore as well so I'm thinking about going back to two pills instead of three. who want to take up to ten pills I know I don't, it would also make this product costly to people who don't have much like myself. I have been enjoying foods that I was unable to eat but I'm being cautious not to over do it, like coffee, I might drink one every three days and boy do I enjoy it. overall I like the HCl it's a work in progress I'm still having some Gerd issues I would say I'm about 75% better and it hasn't been a month yet and I've been doing without my medication all this time that say's a lot so even when I do have flare ups it's endurable. like I said a work in progress

I was completely freaked out by the idea of adding acid to my stomach, and yet here I am writing a 5 star review of this product.I have an ongoing problem with yeast and fungus, and after several dental procedures late last year, and the accompanying antibiotics, it was way out of control. I read that fungus and yeast can only take over when the stomach acid is low and therefore not keeping them in check. I knew I had low stomach acid, so I thought why not give it a try?I took 1 each day with breakfast for 3 days, then upped it to 2 a day for 3 days, 1 each at breakfast and lunch. And the fungus started to retreat and my skin started to heal up and stop itching, ears started clearing out, etc. So I added in 3 per day, one each meal, for 3 days, and it felt like the tide was steadily turning. This got me to day 10. I then added in 2 for breakfast and got a touch of heartburn. I figure that was my answer, so I backed off to 1 per meal again. I felt like I still could use some more to control the fungus even more, so I added in a late snack in the evening with 1, and it did the trick. I guess 4 a day is what is right for my body right now. Fungus / yeast is leaving, my skin is healing up nicely, ears are clearing out, it's a freaking miracle if you ask me!I will add that I eat a pretty clean low carb diet, no sugar, dairy, grain, alcohol, nightshades.I am going to buy the 250mg and see if 1 650 plus 1 250 each meal works for me.