Xisca
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Overall very good post, except maybe the 1st sentence: if you focus on thyroid and forget about drenals, you create an umbalance between the 2. I think we do not need to stimulate thyroid directly, but 1st care about adrenals and mineral balance. I agree very much with what you said about Na and K. Also maybe have a look at the balance between Ca and P? Too much Ca to P will not help with stomach acid...
I also agree with sugar being bad for stomach acid! If I want to wake up at night with stomach burn, I just have to eat ripe bananas for dinner!
I also agree with dendelion and bitters in general. When eating less sweet, they become even more enjoyable.... I think olive leaf can also be good, they are bitter and said to be good if h. pylori. Cider vinegar with greens is good to start a meal, and then proteins.
For teeth, you can use the xylitol mouth wash. Also mouth wash with baking soda, and carefully not swallowing any and rinse with water after. Baking soda is bad for stomach acid.So far the best premise is to do everything to stimulate thyroid, which in turn increases acid production and helps fight SIBO and similar digestive issues.
From what I've read we need Vitamin b6 and zinc to make stomach acid. Sodium chloride and potassium chloride are the main two components; so adequate salt and potassium.
From the magnesium thread:
Magnesium Deficiency, A Brief Review
Low magnesium causes an improper use of vitamin b1, which causes low stomach acid. So Vitamin b1 is important for stomach acid production and needs magnesium for this function.
Magnesium is also needed for proper thyroid function, as well as iodine, selenium, vitamin a, zinc, etc.
Interestingly pork chops are high in vitamin b6, zinc and vitamin b1 and for a meat are pretty high in potassium, with about 10% magnesium. However higher in omega 6 pufas; I think 2-3 grams per 100ish grams of meat. I try to cook them so the fat comes out and either ditch the fat or let it settle; the saturated rises to the top as a white lard and the pufa/monosaturated sit under and is orangeish and can be discarded.
I have had great success Concentrace magnesium from Monno. 2.6 ml contains 260 mg of magnesium. However it does contain contaminates like a sea salt would. It is the concentrated minerals from the sea salt lake in Utah I believe, with the sodium removed. I believe it is magnesium chloride then? I am trying to figure out which type so I can buy a cheaper source of it and add it to water. I combine this with a lot of salt, as salt helps retain magnesium. I find it very calming and soothing, causing very deep relaxing sleeps.
I have had great difficulty with other magnesium supplements, especially citrate; citrate causing extreme irritability and aggression.
Interestingly you can find that mineral-rich spring waters can have a lot of magnesium; some 300mg per liter, and some even 600mg per liter.
I had difficulty increasing calcium with it causing inferior digestion, while this magnesium has greatly increased motility and superiority of it. Combining magnesium with calcium appears to be the best. Displaced calcium and even inefficient absorption come up with studying low magnesium in relation to calcium. Based on the spring water data it would then make sense that cultures/tribes with high calcium probably had very high magnesium diets too; their water alone would provide quite a bit.
Apple cider vinegar is very helpful, but hard on the teeth. Mixing it with some water helps dilute this and eating cheese after helps remineralize the teeth. However apple cider vinegar also increases potassium loss and I assume other minerals, as well as lowering blood sugar. So compensating with these would seem useful, especially in large doses. I read one German case of a woman who was having up to 500ml of apple cider vinegar daily over a prolonged period; diluted in water, who developed extremely low potassium as a result.
You can also read that bitters help stimulate stomach acid. The most economical source seems to be dandelion and the key is to chew on them as long and thoroughly as possible. This brings us back to making sure we chew our food thoroughly to help in the digestive process. Protein consumption appears to increase stomach acid more than anything and interestingly low protein is a key component of a slow thyroid.
I am studying this more, but came across this quote in this link:
Food Combining – Jeremy E. Kaslow, M.D.
"Sugars inhibit the secretion of the hydrochloric acid in the stomach."
This is rather interesting if true, as it makes sense; if bitters increase stomach acid, then the opposite would decrease it.
However more study is needed to verify all the details. In the link he states that sugars/starches do not require much stomach acid to digest and that too much is counter-productive when digesting them; that is a unique claim that I will study more.
He recommends consuming sugars/starches on their own. Proteins and fats separately with something like apple cider vinegar.
So it seems so far what is needed is faster thyroid, salt, potassium, b6, zinc, b1, magnesium, coffee, taurine, proteins; especially gelatin, some apple cider vinegar and less water with meals.
Milk and cheese are high ph, so hypothyroid would have difficulty with them.
Exercise wise, walking before and after meals would be helpful. I have found the days I train I have the best digestion and the day after the training. High intensity burst training to build more muscle and lung strength. Sweating as much as possible. Sauna therapy also is very helpful; dangerous if excess sweat isn't countered with water, salt and the other vitals; coconut water is the best, far superior to gatorade.
I wonder what else there is to boost stomach acid.
I also agree with sugar being bad for stomach acid! If I want to wake up at night with stomach burn, I just have to eat ripe bananas for dinner!
I also agree with dendelion and bitters in general. When eating less sweet, they become even more enjoyable.... I think olive leaf can also be good, they are bitter and said to be good if h. pylori. Cider vinegar with greens is good to start a meal, and then proteins.