Heartburn?

gsp90x

Every time I have to back into ketosis I have horrible heart burn for about 2 weeks. I'm suspecting it's just because my body hasn't caught up to making enough acid to digest the different food. (as dragonwolf suggests) When I go out of ketosis it's generally for a week or two on purpose.

I will also have bouts of it if I change my diet in big ways (too many pork rinds, chicken skin, dairy etc).

When this happens, if it's super intolerable, I will take zantac because the heartburn will also trigger asthma (which then is hard to get under control again) but I will also drink ACV "tea" in the evenings.

I use a big mug, boil water and add a tsp to a tbsp of apple cider vinegar. This is more of a management strategy for the two week period. It doesn't completely get rid of it, but makes it manageable until my body adjusts.

pedroepaz

Karlottap wrote: »

Hi @pedropaz, if you are addressing me, yes I am taking the exact brand of gastric enzymes that I began when I started this process. I'm using the acv for actual heartburn with great results there. It's just the tummy pain that comes in between the weaning dose of Protonix (I've been on some form of acid reducer/proton pump inhibitor for 24 years) that is the worst part right now. I will make it though! I'm determined to be healthy all the way around! Interesting video! I have learned from some great people here that cabbage can be beneficial for ulcers too (the video mentioned coleslaw)! Thank you for posting and for your recommendations!

I remember once I decided to give up protonix for good, I read that it would be 2 weeks of agonizing rebound reflux. Boy was it hard not going and taking a pill for relief. But just as the posts I had read, after that period it just got way better quick. I know exactly what you mean. I hate that it's so hard to give up, I was told I would have to take it for the rest of my life. But I am proof that it can be done, just stay determined and you'll no longer have to rely on the meds

pedroepaz

Oh I feel you on that @gsp90x that's why I've literally just stopped getting out of ketosis lol. As long as I'm very strict and avoid all artificial sweeteners and excess protein intake. I swear digestion is so effortless, no symptoms of any upset whatsoever. Lchf is a godsend, what makes it so unbelievable is that some days I'll consume 220 grams of fat and digest it with no problem (I still take essential enzymes). When taking an acid reducer it was the opposite, fat was impossible to digest due to the lack of acid needed to digest it.

KarlaYP

Thank you @pedroepaz! It good to know that this does eventually pass! I'm working it!!

auntstephie321

I take prilosec daily. I wonder if acv would help me. I did take some today after I got horrid burning gas pains in my intestines, that rarely happens but when it does I'm curled up in bed with a heating pad all night. After the acv on warm water it took an hour or so and I felt fine. Maybe I should try it for my reflux, I get inflammation in my esophagus from the reflux though, not really like a heart burn feeling, I didn't even realize that's what was causing it till an allergist couldn't find any other reason for my throat swelling after eating.

KarlaYP

The video that @pedroepaz posted made a lot of sense! I believed I learned more about the cause from it, than what I learned in nursing school. I'm, it's the opposite of what we've always been told! Sound like that's something you've heard before? Really, everything we have learned has been wrong! It's no wonder we are so unhealthy!!

pedroepaz

@Karlottap omg is that the truth, I sat there and told my gastro doc I wanted to stop taking protonix to avoid the magnesium depletion. He was like "I'm not aware of any magnesium depletion". I pulled all the info up on my phone and told him since he had been taking protonix himself for over 15 years, he should seriously look into stopping it himself. He was like oh wow, I have to consider that. We live in a world of misinformation for corporate profits. The medical industry and their protocols are a profit based industry. Many doctors are paid off by big pharma.