Hi! *wave* its been awhile since I've visited MDC! : ) Good to be back!
So recently I have been looking into supplementation. For a while, when I first started eating TF (I actually eat a primal/paleo diet now, a la marksdailyapple.com and paleonu.com) I cut out all supplements because I felt I could get all the vitamins/minerals I needed from my food. However, now I've been noticing there are a few exceptions! Dr. Harris of the PaNu blog puts it as "replacement rather than supplementation"--basically replacing something that you WOULD be getting naturally if you lived in an ideal environment. So I'm taking Vit. D3 now (we dont get enough sunlight nowadays) and Magnesium Citrate (we used to get it by drinking spring and well water, city water doesn't have enough and there are really no super-good food sources of it) and Omega-3 fish oil whenever I eat conventionally raised meat (too high in Omega-6. Normally I eat grass-fed, where the ratios are OK).
Last but not least, I have begun looking into Betaine HCL, becuase I have a bunch of symptoms that point to possible low stomach acid. Sometimes after a meal, I will feel short of breath and most times I will cough a lot and have to clear my throat, and burp a lot and sometimes feel nauseous and sometimes have bad breath. I'm guessing that I have some nutrient absorbtion problems becuase I was having Mg. deficinecy symptoms before I started supplementing. All these can be symptoms of acid reflux from what I've read, which is actually commonly caused by low stomach acid causing the sphincter to not close tightly enough.
I've started supplementing but only sporadically becuase I tend to forget to take them until I'm done eating and then its too late! I've gone up to 3 capsules, but I don't recall feeling much of a "warm" feeling in my stomach--its hard to tell! Is it really obvious? Does anyone here supplement with Betaine HCL? How many do you take, and what brand? When do you take them--in the beginning of the meal, or the middle? I've been using Twinlab--I think they're 600-something mg each.
I'm going to try the baking soda test tomorrow morning--1tsp baking soda in 8oz of water, drink it when you first wake up and if you don't burp, you don't have enough stomach acid.
thanks in advance!!
So recently I have been looking into supplementation. For a while, when I first started eating TF (I actually eat a primal/paleo diet now, a la marksdailyapple.com and paleonu.com) I cut out all supplements because I felt I could get all the vitamins/minerals I needed from my food. However, now I've been noticing there are a few exceptions! Dr. Harris of the PaNu blog puts it as "replacement rather than supplementation"--basically replacing something that you WOULD be getting naturally if you lived in an ideal environment. So I'm taking Vit. D3 now (we dont get enough sunlight nowadays) and Magnesium Citrate (we used to get it by drinking spring and well water, city water doesn't have enough and there are really no super-good food sources of it) and Omega-3 fish oil whenever I eat conventionally raised meat (too high in Omega-6. Normally I eat grass-fed, where the ratios are OK).
Last but not least, I have begun looking into Betaine HCL, becuase I have a bunch of symptoms that point to possible low stomach acid. Sometimes after a meal, I will feel short of breath and most times I will cough a lot and have to clear my throat, and burp a lot and sometimes feel nauseous and sometimes have bad breath. I'm guessing that I have some nutrient absorbtion problems becuase I was having Mg. deficinecy symptoms before I started supplementing. All these can be symptoms of acid reflux from what I've read, which is actually commonly caused by low stomach acid causing the sphincter to not close tightly enough.
I've started supplementing but only sporadically becuase I tend to forget to take them until I'm done eating and then its too late! I've gone up to 3 capsules, but I don't recall feeling much of a "warm" feeling in my stomach--its hard to tell! Is it really obvious? Does anyone here supplement with Betaine HCL? How many do you take, and what brand? When do you take them--in the beginning of the meal, or the middle? I've been using Twinlab--I think they're 600-something mg each.
I'm going to try the baking soda test tomorrow morning--1tsp baking soda in 8oz of water, drink it when you first wake up and if you don't burp, you don't have enough stomach acid.
thanks in advance!!
