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Thank you for sharing that @Zpol , very interested to hear how things work out for you. How much salt do you guys eat? Its important for stomach acid production. I've had body builders including myself go as high as 30g of salt daily.
Lots of salt! I add it liberally to almost everything. I haven't quantified the amount though. It's probably helping but not 100%.
@Kang
Do you use Kosher salt or Sea salt? I'm still unsure about what's the best type. Many members on this forum recommend Kosher, but it's seems so overly processed. My instinct is to stay as close to natural as possible and so use the sea salt or celtic salt.
Good points we use pickling kicker salt both course and fine but remember iodine is important so we also have regular iodized salt for thyroid. I stay away from anything coloured
I can agree that increasing salt has had a profound positive benefit on my digestion too. Appetite increase as well.Lots of salt! I add it liberally to almost everything. I haven't quantified the amount though. It's probably helping but not 100%.
Were you able to improve your digestion?Bump. Any further input?
I've always had digestion issues; it might be connected to low thyroid, cortisol, and stress.
I had some good experiences with betaine HCL, but it's contraindicated with aspirin.
Cyproheptadine is an option as well.
Now years later what helped your digestion the most? Did you try that stuff? My digestion really sucksI have low stomach acidity too and so cannot absorb vitamins, especially crucial ones like B12, plus I have gastritis and recurring shingles. From my research glycine, taurine, and lysine can improve these issues, hence gelatin and hydrolyzed collagen are good, but, histame, arginine, and tryptophan can make things worse which one or all are in gelatin and hydrolyzed collagen.
I just started with @Kang 's AMINO PRO, and so far so good. It contains all those good AA's and not the bad ones. I have not gotten vitamin levels retested yet but will report when I do. Perhaps this supp could work for you in combo with healthy food sources. Just a thought.
Definitely the bovine pancreas supplement that I take now has helped the most. It is a game changer for me.Now years later what helped your digestion the most? Did you try that stuff? My digestion really sucks
That’s good to know!Definitely the bovine pancreas supplement that I take now has helped the most. It is a game changer for me.
I've been taking it for about a year now.
I'd say it improved my digestion by about 75%. I'm trying to get to 100% though so still working at it. I've had another huge improvement recently. I think due a colostrum supplement but it may be coincidental, not sure yet.
Zero starch helped somewhat too.
I do take the AminoPro as kind of a replacement for collagen and gelatin (which I still don't take due to the issues I stated above).
Yes. I think that pancreatic enzymes are key because they are involved in not only digestion but lysing away fibrosis and plaque. As we know, PUFA depletes these enzymes and therefore I think it makes sense to take them supplementally for a time (at least for those of us who need extra help in addition to healthy lifestyle). I've tried many of the popular digestive enzymes, like Digest Gold and high dose proteolytic enzymes (including serrapeptase), etc., but none made a noticable difference. Additionally, I read that RP said that the supplemental proteolytic enzymes can actually degrade the inner layer of blood vessels, elsewhere I read they can cause bleeding disorders. So eventually I came across the dessicated bovine pancreas. It's technically a food in my opinion, so I figure it's safer than taking those laboratory made enzymes. Also RP mentioned the use of dessicated pancreas as a successful pancreatic cancer treatment. For the record, I have also tried betaine Hcl but it gave me acid reflux and I think it can be habit forming so I quit it.But then your problem was not stomach acid but more encymes I guess? What did you try before that ?