Zinc carnosine causing stomach discomfort!?

[June]

I’ve been taking zinc carnosine for a couple days after a short stint with apple cider vinegar. I believe I may have gastritis and ACV really irritated it. I stopped the ACV and started zinc carnosine afterwards to hopefully heal some of the damage. I’m fine during the day and I take my zinc carnosine 2 hours before bed since I discovered it makes me sleepy. I notice a couple hours in that my stomach is not feeling great in bed. I feel heartburn! Same happened nights before but I didn’t connect it to the zinc carnosine. Why is it causing me stomach irritation!? Doesn’t make sense. Isn’t it suppose to heal?

 

[laleto12]

Try to take it with meals

 

[Dave Clark]

I’ve been taking zinc carnosine for a couple days after a short stint with apple cider vinegar. I believe I may have gastritis and ACV really irritated it. I stopped the ACV and started zinc carnosine afterwards to hopefully heal some of the damage. I’m fine during the day and I take my zinc carnosine 2 hours before bed since I discovered it makes me sleepy. I notice a couple hours in that my stomach is not feeling great in bed. I feel heartburn! Same happened nights before but I didn’t connect it to the zinc carnosine. Why is it causing me stomach irritation!? Doesn’t make sense. Isn’t it suppose to heal?

I would try using some glycine, it is protective to the stomach, plus it will also help with sleep.

Studies on the antisecretory, gastric anti-ulcer and cytoprotective properties of glycine - PubMed

Glycine, a neutral amino acid has been studied for its ability to inhibit gastric secretion and to protect the gastric mucosa against chemically and stress-induced ulcers. Acid secretion studies were undertaken in pylorus-ligated rats with and without glycine treatment. Experimental gastric...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

I use zinc-carnosine at bedtime every now an then, and have no issues with it regarding stomach. You may have a sensitivity to zinc, which some people do when using it on an empty stomach. So, like mentioned above, you can try it with food, but I would try the glycine first and see if that helps, since zinc-carnosine works better when taken on an empty stomach, from what I had read.