How I cured my gastritis

First....she is one brave gal...consider her frustration with her doctors...and more importantly her condition....sick sick sick...Second,

she is one smart gal as we;; ...did her home work in spite of dr's and  her condition/s...began a program...stuck with it till her Gastritis resolved.

SHE TOOK CONTROL OF HER HEALTH

She knew what caused her Gastritis...Naproxin....can easily "burn a hole thru the stomach linning"...much like that of a combo of

blood thinners..i.e. cumadin and plavix....holes plus ulcers. or even

aspirin and cumadin...

She and I tottally on same page with PPI's...I'l elaborate some of what she states...consider the "ratio"..there is a natural balance of bile,

HCL and Pepsin....PPI's block the stomach's secretion of HCL...not bile..not Pepsin...the reduction effectively reduces the 

opportunity for proper break down of some foods that pepsin cannot...the ratio of Pepsin and bile  now is much greater...the only 

very slight advantage and means nothing in my mind..it does raise the stomach's ph..doesn't do much else except negatives.

The US FDA "warned physicians" about the consequences of long term use of PPI's either this year or last...finally..should

have been done years ago.

Fortunately, she did not need to deal with HPlori, and taking a second look apparently no reflux.

This protocol covers a period of 3 weeks (for those who developed Gastritis in a similar way..would suggest 4 to 8 weeks...weening down

from the 4th or so weeks...depending on how you feel..

1. Juiced...cabbage...carrots...celery (yuk with the celery...wife had to       hold her nose)....4 cups spread over the day (small amounts) 

   This is an alkaline anti inflammatory coctail.

2. Diet...small meals..avoided all acid foods and drinks..i.e. spice             pepper onions, garlic, tomatoes, sugar, beans, legumes, dairy,             caffeine, coffee, tea, 

    hot/cold water, wheat bread, or anything super salty.  I ate mostly         rice porridge, bananas, and cooked vegetables.

    can only add..we also did fresh Papaya.

3. Kifer...5 tablespoons daily...I suspect she may have been on                 antibiotics not necessarily, the PPI's dissrup the natual balance  of       the small bowel's bacteria community.

    She re introduced good bacteria, therefore boosting absorption of       needed nutrition...We used both pre and pro biotics.....but Kifer is 

    excellent.

    I had a fear the HCL would pretty much destroy the good bacteria

... so used a variation of psyllum husk powder, inulin, and water and         follwed with probiotics.

4. She drank 1/2 cup of water mixed with 1 Tbls of Apple Cider

    vinegar,   and 1 teaspooon of baking soda in the morning 

    and before bed ( she did a test of acidity...drank a teaspoon of ACV     she didn't get heartburn)

   hmm...1/2 cup isn't a lot, nor 1 tablespoon of ACV but 1 teaspoon of    BS is a lot for 1/2 cup of water ...most likely raised the ph to 7 or          more.

   I haven't suggested this mostely because "most patients don't know      their BP"..and the sodium in BS is quite high for 2 

   teaspoons daily. Pre bedtime suggested bismuth (small), or DGL          (lozenge) and Slippery elm if they cannot do DGL

   and a full glass of water in the am..7.1PH  unless they had                    LPR..then 9+usually 1 hour before breakfast..and once in a while

   1/4 cup of Pomegranate juice mixed 50 50 with 9+ PH water...usually    4 oz total (best done with main meal)

5. DGL before  meals,  chewed 1 tablet of DGL (licorice root) (heals         the stomach lining/ULCERS). This Root has been used

    for thousands of years for many disorders..its in nearly every               KAMPO (Japanese and Chinese Traditional Herbal cocktails).

   It is usually taken 15 or so minutes pre meals (we used 750mg l            lozenges)

6. Digestive Enzyme during meals.......there are basicly 2 kinds...1 works in the stomach, the other in the intestine....she most likely studie to deter,ome the best "beneficial enzymes"...keep in mind...there are between 10,000 and 20,000 enzymes in our body

each one has but a single job to do..like lactase..it can only break down lactose (dairy)..not meat..not fruit...etc.

7. Cup of bone broth everyday ...properly "selected bones" has lots of     needed minerals, and can sooth the stomach

    lining...what  amout we didn't use for soups...we used for poaching.

8. light exercise (especially walking)...those who cannot do walks          ..use other light types...always against gravity...and deep breathings

   slow...deep...no need to hold breath...and not necessary for a long      period...5 minute max for most.

Sandy is "super" and I'll repeat.... a "winner"......and...she did it in 3 weeks....just amazing...

Thanks tons Sandy for taking the time to post your amazing story...

Claudio

this is so like my story I couldn't believe it. I started with heartburn and indigestion in November 2013. Diagnosed with Gastritis in February 2014. I had the same problems with omprazole pansoprozole and another zole. Finally put on ranitidine. It's helped some. I have drank cabbage juice which is fowl but works. I now juice everyday fruits and veg, incl cabbage or kale.

i feel much better and have now started excerciseing. 

But I still have weird feelings in my left side under my rib and a tightness where my bra fits, just wondered if you've experienced anything like this. Doctors say everything is just Gastritis but need to ask questions from someone who actually has this. Hope you dont mind me asking these questions. So pleased you feel better. This gives me hope 

wife had similar..may not be the same OK?....she started with bad Gastritis...Atrophic..we got it to Gastritis...and at last endoscopy {mild),

this is over a 4 year period...the "discomfort" under her Upper Left

rib cage" lasted 4 months...she stopped wearing her bra because she was certain twaz the cause...but I suspect some continuing gastritis

inflammation...not confirmed by our GI...said "uncertain .wait awhile..if it continues we'll do some tests"...

Hope Sandy can add...think she used celery in her juicing.. ...but when we tried..wife had to hold her nose..wasn't a good combo for her.Likes" claudio

I agree with most of your suggestions above, though in my case I was unable to tolerate banana but haven't retried yet, so maybe will be OK now. I tend to have vegetables rather than fruit, but have been able to reintroduce a little fruit too now.

I keep off most grains now, and just eat a little rice and quinoa, and most dairy (just have yogurt and butter), and certainly have to avoid most sugar. I have other health issues (underactive thyroid and diagnosis of ME/CFS) so there may be other things going on, and certainly I did wonder if the gastritis was autoimmune in my case.

The other thing I did in addition to many of the things you listed is to go to a trained and qualified medical herbalist, and I think that her treatment and herbs also supported my recovery.

sorry I'm having a bad day.

not eaten much as everything setting it off. Had this for 11 months when will it end

Yes mine is sometimes lower too. Feeling a bit better today, hope you are too.

removed lactose and bread from my diet. Will try to remove fat see how that goes. I'm obsessed with reading about stomach problems hoping someone has found a miracle cure. I've been juicing for quite a while. This helps a lot, I drank cabbage juice which is not nice at all, but I must say it did help when I was really doubled over with pain.

Thanks!

i have also taken ranitidine still side effects but not as bad. I am taking Acidophilus and L Glutamine. Plus juicing and changing my diet. Still have bad days but not constantly bad. 

Is there anything else beside bone broth (Cup of bone broth everyday (heals the stomach lining) for vegterians?

I purchased organic beef bones.

How long do you cook your bones for broth.

Do you cook in a lot of water?

Please explain how you prepare your broth.

Thank You.

All your tips, suggestions have been helpful

unfortuantely there is no equivalent in the plant kingdom. The inflammatory cause is important....without it...can be like putting air

into a leaky tyre.

When the cause is "unknown" the best one can do is "tinker" these are the ones Im most familiar with..please do some checking by using science daily, your institute of health and other science based web sites.

L-Glutamine

Slippery elm

DGL

Water 7.1 to 8,2PH (this is used to give the lining a break from irritants, thus an opportunity for the microglands in the stomach lining to re functiion) used only on an "empty stomach".

Claudio

I cannot see where Sandy has been "unable" to get back to you about her bone processing.

We cured our gastritis as well...almost identical to Sandy's protocol.

This is how we processed bones soup...we do a lot because its a tad of a chore.

soak bones in tap water, replacing water as blood gets disolved and colors the water...may take an hour or so...if it doesn't color rapidly we add a very small amount of luke warm water when replacing the water.

We slow boil covered bones with some room to scoop out junks that come to the top

Usually 2hours.

We drain the pot, washing it, we rinse the bones with sink tap water, and once again slow boil...repeating the scooping process.

When there isn't any further junks to scoop...we place bone in a earthen pot (stanles is ok as well as ceramic)...we set for 2 1/2 hours at 375.

We pour the liquid thru cheese cloth. We have bone soup.

We sometimes add a pinch of salt, minced gobo/celery/carrot that are cooked seimi soft, when making a vegetable soup.

Note: While Sandy was able to cure in 3 weeks....it has taken us a lifetime....I strongly believe the ingredient that took us to freedom was L-Glutamine...2gmx 2 daily...after15 days or so, is when all symptoms were gone.

Claudio

I will go soak my bone now.

I knew there had to be a system.

Sounds like it is broth and not necessary a soup. Now, I understand.

I am willing to try anything to feel better in my body.

Minerals are important and this fore will be a way of life.

How often do you drink the broth?

I will go soak my bone now.

I knew there had to be a system.

Sounds like it is broth and not necessary a soup. Now, I understand.

I am willing to try anything to feel better in my body.

Minerals are important and this will be a way of life.

How often do you drink the broth?

Reviewing diary....first 3 weeks was 2 x daily (4 to 6 oz of the clear warm broth......we put some into the freezer in our ice cube tray for additing to vegetable water left over from steaming soups, and for poaching.

The 4th week diary is "messy"...but I think it shows twice a week "broth, same quantity" but it lookes like I added a teaspoon of Olive Oil...just before serving...meaning I did not cook the oil while re heating the broth..

Today, we continue making the "broth" but use it now as an additive to soups, and its the only liquid we use for poaching....also, , since wife hasn't any issues, once I've removed the bones from final "rinse"...I put the bones into a cast iron pot, with olive oil, a tad of salt and tumeric, into the oven at 400F (temp is more like 350F as the oven is OLD) for 1 1/2 hours, then into the broth making pot....same temp and time...except...last 30 minutes add some fresh green leaf vegetables, oh and the bones we now purchase has some "meat" although small amount.

Claudio

there is a reasearch team that began a trial to determine efficacy of their

mucosal healing protocol. below is a list of what they stated were the ingredients...not the amount, nor frequency.

I've added to the list, the common source of each.

Hope it is of "value"...

Claudio

Advanced Mucosal Healing

Polamines:

Amino sources

arginine, soy protein isolate, turkey, and spinach

glutamine, Dairy, most legumes, cabbage, beetroot, eggs

glutamate, shiitake mushroom, Japanese Dashi soy protein isolate

Note: Dashi contains MSG

threonine, soy protein isolate, sea weed, turkey

methionine, soy protein isolate, egg, sesame seeds

serine, egg, soy protein isolate, sea weed

proline , cheese, cottage cheese, soy protein isolate

Vitamins: vitamin A, vitamin D3 wit K2, vitamin C, and zinc

Note: I suspect the Vit A is “free form A”…not from plants

Note: I'd be somewhat "reluctant" to regularly use soy in premenopausal's.

Thanks again.

No longer in denial that things have changed in my body therefore I have to change. So bone broth it is 😊

Life is a mysterious miracle

this entire year have urged my 65 yearold "limeyfem", who is dibetes type 2, to take "pomegranate juice" to lower her b/s....

she has always told me her dr warned her of the suguar content...

3 weeks ago during a routine EKG, results were abnormal...she didn't tell me right off...this past Friday she finally got some PJ, ..took the 4 oz I suggested, and Saturday evening told me her b/s was 89...asked her what was it before Friday? 148...between 80 and 120 is normal (US).....(UK uses metric).She still has a way to go reducing her excess carb intake. Its far too soon to conclude that PJ will ""keep"" her in safe harbor.

PJ does a lot more, one of the many benefits, it stimulates our defenses against "organophospahtes"..that's man made?...go figure...how mysteriously wonderful life's miracles eh? copycat...

I am super confident your gonna achieve success so will be waiting in the "front row seats".....waiting for the good news.......claudio

Very helpful list.

Thank YOU.

I haven't eaten eggs in years or diary.

Guess, a few eggs may be helpful.

Also my vitamin D is lacking K.

Otherwise, I include some of each category.

Like you, I avoid soy.

I am menopausal.

Let's keep improving.

if you havent' done either eggs or dairy for a very long time, ....you may lack the enzymes to process.

Sandy used 5 tablespoons of kifer daily...at least a week

We used plain yogurt...a cup daily...forever, I added extra lactobacillius (liquid) from Health Food Grocer, 1 tablespon until it was gone...maybe 12 oz bottle...refrigerated)

Egg..do only the white a few times....then only a part of the yellow for another few times befor whole egg. I would not use any other protein at the same time until in safe stomach feelings.

Wife can do milk, ice cream and whey but she doesn't like soy..this is new as pre troubles, was a daily food for over 50 years.. oh an D3 is super super important along with k2...k2 directs calcium to the bones and not elsewhere.....claudio

Claudio

I did a little Mag, but no Zinc

I plan to do an egg 3 x per week.

I have patience and time for my body to heal

I do digestive enzymes with 2 meals a day.

I will try to add eggs slowly.

I have been told that dairy causes mucus and inflammation. That why I avoid, mill, cheese, ice cream and eggs.

A small amount for nutrition sake will not hurt.

Kelfir huh? Will try 

check your digestive enzymes....be sure "lactase" is included...

My mom at 85 was given Clostridium Dificle in hosptial setting,

We used home made yogurts over a long period before re introducing dairy...i.e. lactose

.I no longer can find my "tapes" (diary) so will guess at least one month but could have been more before...cottage cheese...and then sour cream..tiny tiny amounts at first. She held one teaspoon of cottage cheese in her mouth for a short time...thought this might quickly activate needed enzymes...no commercial digestive enzymes back then or I wasn't aware of them...Didn't know "kifer" either.

And ZINc does help as well s KIFER....Claudio

Claudio.

I thought Kefir was dairy.

What is ACV/

dairy is a wide brush...kefir, yogurts are 'LACTASE" Not Lactose....avoidance of "dairy"..milk...cream..etc are

Lactose.When one does not have adequate Lactase enzymes

in their digestie tract, they cannot process Lactose. Do a quick

search on enzymes houston..ACV....apple cider vinegar...Claudio

Can I juice the 4 cups of juice all at once and keep it in the frigde and use it as needed through out the day?  Thanks!