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H pylori and stomach acid
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Hey ,
Sauerkraut is slightly acidic. With H. Pylori this isn’t a problem. But what can happen is that H. Pylori can damage the lining of the gut or small intestine. This can create ulcers. Only when ulcers are present people might react to sour foods.
Since your numbers might not be optimal but aren’t high either, the chances of ulcers are low. I just mentioned it because I like you to keep it in the back of your mind. IF you react to sour foods, this could be a reason why.
If you didn’t notice anything happening while eating sour foods, it is not much of a problem and you can just enjoy sauerkraut and other acidic foods
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on your answer it caught my eyes “taking mineral supplements”. I don’t take it personally unless I need it but recently so many functional medicine drs or practitioners have been promoting the importance of minerals and how most of us are lacking many without knowing and they drink daily electrolytes especially after sweating in gym or sauna and since there is no accurate test that is reachable to everyone so what to do? Is it ok what they’re promoting or better not to drink electrolytes daily?
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Hey ,
Minerals are important for sure! Normal dosing of electrolytes won’t be a problem!
Some (often unintentionally) people take minerals from multiple supplements. The accumulation of nutrients that can neutralize the acidic environment in the stomach can in some people contribute to lower availability of stomach acid.
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can you please tell me what is the optimal dose of mastic gum for pylori? Is 1g morning before meal is good or should be more than 1g throughout the day?
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also just a note, I’m still drinking Matula tea and will be done in 5 days but a friend of mine had it and her pylori tested positive, still, and she was emailing them but no answer. It’s hard to contact that company. Also they don’t make sense with their price when it comes to shipping, if you order two boxes you still need to pay the shipping twice! Which I’ve never seen in any website.
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sorry to hear you’re having trouble reaching them. I’ve been hearing this recently from others as well. Not sure what to tell you… I don’t know the company owners or any of their employees.
I know that if results are still positive, they usually offer a money back guarantee or a complimentary 1-month kit to repeat the course. Did your friend try emailing them about that? Is that why they haven’t responded yet?How are you feeling so far? Do you feel it’s helping you?
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yes and she cousins reach them.
B, I asked you above earlier what what is the optimal dose of mastic gum for pylori? Is 1g morning before meal is good or should be more than 1g throughout the day? Also, you said to take baking soda with the antimicrobial, doesn’t baking soda neutralised stomach acid? So how can the antimicrobial capsules be processed without HCL? -
can you Please answer the above questions? Thank you
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yes, 1g is typically what you will find in formulations but it’s not uncommon for some treatments to go up to 3g in severe cases, and in between meals.
Yes, the baking soda trick is meant to lower stomach acid AWAY from meals to help draw out the bacteria from hiding which makes the antimicrobial treatment more effective. This is the reason why doctors prescribe antacids with antibiotics for H Pylori treatment.
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I believe I just did. Please let me know if I missed any of your questions.
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sorry I didn’t notice and didn’t get notification. One more thing, if we are getting the natural antimicrobial treatment for h pylori, as you said sometimes we need to treat it between 30 to 90 days . So, when it is the right moment to test? Can we do it while still taking supplements so we don’t interrupt the treatment or what exactly?
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And the 1g mastic gum do you recommend taking it once for example morning or decided into two doses ?
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no – I typically wait about 45 days after a course of antimicrobials to retest with Diagnostic Solution’s H Pylori only stool test
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most formulations offer 1g capsules, so in those cases it’s 1 to 3 capsules away from food
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so please can you clarify these points to me:
– how do we know how long should we carry on with the treatment especially symptoms usually cease after two weeks from treatment and sometimes earlier. If we stop after 30 or 45 or 60 days and wait 45 days to test and it came back positive. Then we have to repeat the whole treatment?
– the Matula tea company want to retest immediately after the course in this case high percentage that results will be failed negative after treatment which make me feel they are playing with the refund thing.
– are you saying inky the mentioned test is valid? Breath test and stool test at the hospital are not accurate? What I know that urea breath test is better than any other test.
Thank you for clarifying and for your time.
Stress from what we are witnessing these days isn’t helping but I need to wrap my head around these details.
Thank you B and please note it took me to rewrite twice this reply and then third one copy and paste to send it as it was giving me “web error” I forgot to screenshot it.
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