HCL question

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Hi, Is there a maximum for HCL? I took 9 capsules totaling 4500mg after dinner

yesterday but still not filling the buning on my stomach. It was a little

uncomfortable but not a burning sansation though. Should I keep increasing the

dosage? How many is too many? How strong is the burning feeling? Could I have

missed it (is it possibile)? Thanks

Wanda

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Thanks Bee!

I stayed on 9 capsules of HCL for 3 meals. Then took 8, some content of the HCL

and taste back right up to my mouth and I had to spit it out, and had diarrheas

3 times. The next morning I woke up with a swollen face more on the left side.

The next meal I took 7, some content back up but no diarrhea. So I took 6 for

the following meal which is the next day's lunch, same thing happened like 7. Is

this call acid reflux? Why this happened? I sip baking soda with water after

cap. 8, 7, & 6. I skipped HCL for last night's dinner but feeling uncomfortable

(indigestion). What should I do now? take smaller dosage or stop taking any? It

did help with digestion better than sauerkraut and I am out of sauerkraut (made

some last night, ready in 4 days). Should I continue to sip baking soda with

water for my heartburn? Thanks for your help.

Wanda

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> > Hi, Is there a maximum for HCL? I took 9 capsules totaling 4500mg after

dinner yesterday but still not filling the buning on my stomach. It was a little

uncomfortable but not a burning sansation though. Should I keep increasing the

dosage? How many is too many? How strong is the burning feeling? Could I have

missed it (is it possibile)?

>

> +++Hi Wanda,

>

> I think 9 capsules is enough. No you couldn't possibly miss that burning

feeling, which is heartburn.

>

> Also be alert, since in future as your digestion improves you will need to

lower the doses, but again you will get heartburn if you are taking too much, so

you lower it accordingly. Many people can stop taking HCl altogether once their

digestion is good.

>

> I only need to take HCl when I am stressed because stress lowers the stomach's

production of HCl.

>

> All the best, Bee

>

[Guest guest]

>

> Thanks Bee!

> I stayed on 9 capsules of HCL for 3 meals. Then took 8, some content of the

HCL and taste back right up to my mouth and I had to spit it out, and had

diarrheas 3 times. The next morning I woke up with a swollen face more on the

left side. The next meal I took 7, some content back up but no diarrhea. So I

took 6 for the following meal which is the next day's lunch, same thing happened

like 7. Is this call acid reflux? Why this happened? I sip baking soda with

water after cap. 8, 7, & 6. I skipped HCL for last night's dinner but feeling

uncomfortable (indigestion). What should I do now? take smaller dosage or stop

taking any? It did help with digestion better than sauerkraut and I am out of

sauerkraut (made some last night, ready in 4 days). Should I continue to sip

baking soda with water for my heartburn?

+++Hi Wanda,

Heartburn, also called acid reflux, is a burning sensation in the chest, just

behind the breastbone or in the esophagus. The pain often rises from the stomach

into the esophagus and upwards in the chest. So since it isn't obvious you feel

any burning, you may not have heartburn.

Hopefully you started with 2 HCl and increased it according to this article, and

you took them 30-45 minutes after you finished eating your meal:

http://www.healingnaturallybybee.com/articles/dig5.php

Also it is very important to drink enough fluids with meals - see Stomach Acid

to understand digestion better:

http://www.healingnaturallybybee.com/articles/dig14.php

Diarrhea wasn't caused by taking HCl, instead it is because your body is getting

rid of toxins, so it is a normal detoxification symptom.

Also the swelling in your face wasn't related to taking HCl or indigestion.

Are you completely on this program yet? If so, how long have you been on it

completely?

Please describe more about how you are feeling uncomfortable and then I may be

able to help you.

All the best, Bee

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Hi Bee,

I was on SCD for .5 month then found your site and am on this program for about

1 month, but for a few time when I took mag. & cal. powder I mixed them with a

TBS of apple sauce that I made for my daughter. I find it easier to take the

powder that way. I did not calculate the Protein, Fat, and Carb ratio of my

foods. I just ate more fats, less meats & lots of veggies.

>

+++ Hopefully you started with 2 HCl and increased it according to this article,

and you took them 30-45 minutes after you finished eating your meal:

> http://www.healingnaturallybybee.com/articles/dig5.php

Yes, I did & took up to 9 cap. then decreas by 1 cap. at a time for 3 meals.

+++ Also it is very important to drink enough fluids with meals - see Stomach

Acid to understand digestion better:

> http://www.healingnaturallybybee.com/articles/dig14.php

I drank lots of water to help me flush the pills down. (I have hard time

swollowing pills)

+++ Please describe more about how you are feeling uncomfortable and then I may

be able to help you.

>

It feels like heaviness on my chest.

This 2 days I stop all the sup. and HCL for I wasn't sure why the content of HCL

kept backing up to my mouth when taking 8, 7, & 6 cap.

I took swedish bitters to help with fat digestion. Is it legal?

Oh, I only took B complex (nutritional yeast flakes) 1 time and bumps show up on

my left hand & very itchy so I stop taking it.

I will restart the HCL and other supp. but not the B complex. Will eating more

liver help with the B vitamins?

Thanks much

Wanda

[Guest guest]

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> Hi Bee,

> I was on SCD for .5 month then found your site and am on this program for

about 1 month, but for a few time when I took mag. & cal. powder I mixed them

with a TBS of apple sauce that I made for my daughter. I find it easier to take

the powder that way. I did not calculate the Protein, Fat, and Carb ratio of my

foods. I just ate more fats, less meats & lots of veggies.

+++Hi Wanda. It is important that you calculate your ratios!

> > >

> +++ Hopefully you started with 2 HCl and increased it according to this

article, and you took them 30-45 minutes after you finished eating your meal:

> > http://www.healingnaturallybybee.com/articles/dig5.php

>

> Yes, I did & took up to 9 cap. then decreas by 1 cap. at a time for 3 meals.

+++Do I understand you correctly: You started with 9 capsules and then

decreased them ?? That's the reverse of the instructions, which says you start

with 2 HCl and increase them.

>

>>> It feels like heaviness on my chest. This 2 days I stop all the sup. and HCL

for I wasn't sure why the content of HCL kept backing up to my mouth when taking

8, 7, & 6 cap. I took swedish bitters to help with fat digestion. Is it legal?

+++A feeling of heaviness on your chest doesn't mean you need HCl or have

digestive issues. Swedish bitters isn't going to help, since fats on this

program don't require any digestive enzymes or bile in order for your body to

absorb them, since they go directly from the intestines through the lymphatic

system into the bloodstream, which is unlike other kinds of fats.

+++Heaviness on the chest is usually because of stress, either physical, due to

poor health, or emotional and mental stress. So I think you should just do deep

breathing exercises to switch your body off of its fight/flight system:

http://www.healingnaturallybybee.com/articles/breath4.php

>

> Oh, I only took B complex (nutritional yeast flakes) 1 time and bumps show up

on my left hand & very itchy so I stop taking it. I will restart the HCL and

other supp. but not the B complex. Will eating more liver help with the B

vitamins?

+++I think you don't need to take HCl.

+++Getting those bumps and itching is what should happen because of the niacin

(B3) in the flakes, so please don't stop taking them - see this article that

explains what a niacin flush is all about:

http://www.healingnaturallybybee.com/articles/niacin.php

All the best, Bee