Reddit mentions of Doctor's Best PepZin GI, Zinc-L-Carnosine Complex, Non-GMO, Vegan, Gluten Free, Soy Free, Digestive Support, 120 Veggie Caps

Zinc orotate is very inexpensive and seems to be effective. https://www.amazon.com/Zinc-Orotate-9-5-200-Tabs/dp/B004UAPG46/

Zinc carnosine isn’t very expensive and can definitely be taken on an empty stomach. I take it with NAC. https://www.amazon.com/Doctors-Best-Zinc-L-Carnosine-Complex-Digestive/dp/B0035BYOSA/

If you eat a lot of red meat you don’t need to supplement zinc.

Try zinc l-carnosine. It's helped me a lot. Takes about 2-4 weeks to work. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1856764/

You can find it on Amazon, check out the reviews, most people are pretty happy with it.

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NSAIDs plus Zinc L-Carnosine should fix that for you.

http://www.nature.com/nrgastro/journal/v4/n5/full/ncpgasthep0778.html

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Here’s what I take.

Doctor's Best PepZin GI, Zinc-L-Carnosine Complex, Non-GMO, Vegan, Gluten Free, Soy Free, Digestive Support, 120 Veggie Caps https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0035BYOSA/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_mFwMBb6JKGHJ6

I'm no doctor, but I've had ulcers. Here's how I healed my ulcers (also, this regimen is safe even if you don't have ulcers, it can only help, IMO).

1. Kick the Prilosec -- OTC medicines ultimately did not work to heal my stomach. They just treated the symptoms. Instead of Prilosec, Take some Deglycerized licorice (DGL) 20 minutes prior to every meal. I like these.. These should sooth your stomach, and stop the burning.
   
   
2. You need to follow a lower-fat, lower-protein diet, until your stomach heals (and possibly, indefinitely, depending on what your body is capable of handling). Lean meats, complex carbs, veggies, and select fruits (i.e. bananas and apples). This diet will allow your stomach to recover quickly. For the first week, you could try a really bland diet to speed healing, such as the BRAT diet. Bananas, white rice, applesauce, and toast. That will take a lot of the strain off of your stomach, pancreas, and liver. DO NOT eat this diet for longer than a week, it is not nourishing enough. Just until your stomach begins to feel better, then ease back in some root vegetables, and lean meats. Be sure to cook your veggies thoroughly, to make it easier to digest. Also, make sure to eat more frequently -- do not fast or take long breaks between meals. If this means eating smaller meals, then so be it.
   
   
3. Zinc Carnosine has helped me and others heal from ulcers completely. It takes several weeks to begin working, but it helps the stomach repair. You can get some here. Read up about it, too -- it is used commonly in Japan for ulcers.
   
   
   

You might need to lower the dosage and definitely take it with food.

I switched to Zinc Carnosine and don't have nausea anymore but I have always taken my supplements with food.

I've had a mild sore throat for years. I've noticed that it flares in the morning when I eat late. This suggests silent reflux as a cause. I've read that reflux can be caused by inadequate stomach acid (HCL). I also had very long digestion times (5-7 hours). I frequently noticed ammonia on my breath. I started with a hypothesis that I had H. pylori, which creates ammonia and suppresses stomach acid. I read that Zinc Carnosine can knock out H. pylori, so I gave it a shot.

After a month or two I noticed an occasionally upon waking, I had an extra burst of energy in the morning. Instead of feeling like I had a bungee cord connecting my sternum to my pelvis dragging me down, I felt a sense of internal energy after getting out of bed. It was only occasional, but it was very different, so I kept taking the zinc carnosine.

I watched a talk by Jerry Tennant where he says that you need an acid (such as apple cider vinegar[ACV]), iodine, selenium and thiamine to produce HCL. I was already taking ACV, and doing well with zinc, so I added that other supplements.

Another thing Tennant mentioned was taking boron 6 mg before bed to displace flouride. I tried that and notice an immediate reduction in pains that were making it difficult to sleep.

I read somewhere (maybe Ben Lynch) that you cannot convert glutamate to GABA if you are manganese deficient. I tried Mn 10 mg in the morning and really liked the results.

At this point I found Seeking Health Trace Minerals Complex which has everything I was already taking. They also have a version (II) that omits copper, if it is a problem for you.

I also tried ConenTrace tablets, but I didn't really like it.

I don't think I have h. pylori (the tests are always negative), but I'm pretty sure my stomach acid is low. I really like the results I've had taking minerals, which suggests 1) I'm not absorbing them, 2) I'm excreting them or 3) I have toxic metals interfering with my use of nutritional metals. Still figuring this one out.

If you decide to supplement minerals, take at the end of a meal if you're prone to stomach irritation. Consider pulsing every other day or week to see how you feel with and without.

Oh, and all of my standard bloodwork for minerals has been pretty "normal" (in range).

Since you're trying to do everything, have you looked into supplements? I've started taking 3, two seem rather effective and I've yet to notice a difference with the third. My doctor told me to take protonix (prescription) twice a day before food so I could only have food twice, and thanks to the gastritis I couldn't have much, so I was I losing a lot of weight and suffering from symptoms of malnutrition ( it didn't help that rice and ensure aren't exactly super calorie dense). Thanks to the supplements I can have small meals without needing prescription meds, so I've started feeling much healthier. I got them all off amazon, so I'll just like to what I bought.

American Health Multi-Enzyme Plus, Super Papaya

Take this with food, it's digestive enzymes and other stuff. It decreases my after-food pain.

Enzymatic Therapy DGL Chewables

It's some sort of fancy licorice. This makes the biggest difference, it's that really lets me eat that third time. The downside is that it tastes like licorice, which I personally despise, but I've gotten used to it.

Zinc Carnosine Complex with PepZin GI

This one is supposed to help stomach lining. I don't know if it works, but I doubt it hurts.

Thanks to these I've started being able to eat more and feeling better.

When you're able to start introducing more foods, I suggest starting with starchy vegetables. Potatoes, sweet potatoes, carrots, corn, and butternut squash are some of the ones I'm able to handle most of the time. I can also do canned pears, I make my own apple sauce (it's super easy and tastes much much better), and plain chicken since I was worried about nutrient deficiencies.

Good luck! I'm entering month 5 now. I found out about a month ago that milk is a trigger for me. That was a hard blow, it was something I've turned to my whole life when I had an upset stomach or trouble eating, it's been by far the hardest thing to give up. No milk, butter or cheese, although I'm going to try A/B experiments to see if I can regain butter and aged cheeses which are lower in lactose.

Do you take pepzin gi? If not take it. Seriously


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