How I cured my gastritis

Thank you Maurice, that is good to know.

When I was taking them, I felt that they were helping with my mood but I am not sure and I don't dare taking them anymore because of my stomach. One webmd one of the side effect of fish oil is heartburn. I read too other places that people complained that it was irritating for the stomach.

Also there was a study recently showing scientifically that fish oil doesn't do anything positive for health contrarily to eating fish which has a positive effect (Even though webmd says that fish oil helps lower tryglycerids). Eating whole fish seems to be better for health. You might want to read an article published in the New York Times 3 days ago called "lots of reasons to eat fish".

I think more and more that all these supplements are just meant for the big companies to make money and that we need much less than we think if we have a healthy diet.

im so off fish now you have no idea, I was eating it every day for weeks and didnt really notice anything different.  I can easily eat chicken and turkey with cabbage, broccoli or Green Beans at night so Im sticking to those for protein and the fish tables for Omega 3 unless my stomach doesnt like them.

Hello Sheny! this is my first time writing here but I have been following Ines advise and her diet recommendations. My daughter is doing the low acid die .

I have to say this is the only time that I found somenone with nausea all day (as my daughter has) her sympstom is only nausea. (no pain nor burn).

We are desperated looking for solutions to her problem.

Thank you all for your posts and specially Ines.

Thank you Sheny. I remember thinking that maybe it would never go away. What a relief to feel good again.

I had some nausea from time to time, but never very strong except once after exercising.

Hi Sheny, at the begining I was having pain only and lots of burps, really a lot, very umconfortable. At some point the pain got less and less and I thought that I was getting better. Last weekend I began to feel nausea after meals, I went to doctor, they think that I have an ulcer and gave me carafate. Carafate worked partially until and thanks to this post,I realized that I was eating stuff that didn't allow my stomach to heal and in fact these foods were triggering the nausea (aloe vera before breakfast, tons of salt, ginger, cinamon, fatty stuff). I continued the carafate, I stopped the bad foods and now I feel better. Nausea is a sign of ulcer, usually. I will be having an endoscopy in 3 weeks.

Hi daisy..yes..most of my simpstom only unbearable nausea for 24 hour a day for 10 month..sometimes vomiting ..no stomach pain..lay on my bad for 10 month..every ppi,doctor,can,t help much..i try everything..but this one month i am taking dexilant..and nausea bit better..but got stomach burn sometimes..how long yor daughter has been nausea?is she doing endos? How old is she?

Hi lady..all my symptom mostly only unbearable nausea and vomiting..almost without pain..except like stomach tightening..but can,t hold on with nausea..can,t doing anything except trying to hang on...i am so afraid for every food that i take..because it just like verything just make it worst..but after taking dexilant..nausea bit better..but stomach burning so unbearable sometimes..how long you have gastritis? Tell me ur result for an endos..

Hi Sheny,

I've been fighting gastritis since November last year. At the beginning I felt burning in stomach and chest when eating. The first endoscopy showed inflammation of stomach. I was prescribed Nexium. But I used to be a cafeine/chocolate addict, I reduced the intake but screwed up the treatment. Second endoscopy 3 months later, showed inflammation of stomach and negative for H. Pylori. I stopped drinking coffee, chocolate but was eating stuff I didn't think that were irritating my stomach (aloe vera, ginger), I was blaming the pain on some other foods or bad habits, like eating big meals at night. I had to change lots of habits and keep testing foods, eating a bit of this and waiting for the reaction. But also I have a bad reaction when bending, moving, lifting stuff, I couldn't even drive my car after meals. Practically I could not move for at least 30-40 minutes otherwise had strong pain in breastbone that lasted for hours. I had pain and lots of belching just with movements. I used to feel very bloated after eating, so that I had to remove my bra and in addition lots of reflux when I drink water with meals, so I had to stop doing that as well. Just small sips of water cause me burps. I'm thinking that I must have hernia hiatal, so I'm visiting another GI in 3 weeks and I'm getting tested again. This time I decided to change doctor.

Very recently I began to feel nausea after eating, although there is no pain. Also I have sore throat and it is getting worst. I've been taking omeprazole since march this year and continue taking it. It does not seem to be helping.  Anyways I continue taking it. I began to take carafate which has helped to reduce the nausea and also I have eliminated Aloe vera, ginger, cinammon in my diet. I've been feeling some relief, just now had my breakfast (1/3 cup melon, 1/3 cup papaya and 1/3 cup ripe banana) and began to feel nausea again and no pain, I guess it was the banana, I can eat only bananas when they are very very very ripe ...I'll let you know about the results of the tests.

Hi Gopi,

Thank you for sharing.

I am doing the same as you except for all the acid fruits and the dairy, and I stay away from lemon juice. Also I find raw beet in juice a little bit irritating, not too bad though. I cook them now.

I agree with you about raw green leaf that are hard to digest because of the fibers, I put them in my juice though to get the benefits.

DGL licorice helped me to sleep when I had pain in the past.

I don't understand the problem with soy. I eat a lot of soy now, mostly tofu (firm for lunch or dinner, silken for smoothies) and tempeh. I tolerate it very well.

I agree with you that exercise is important if you have the energy. I was walking and meditating when I was feeling bad (with the lack of sleep it was hard to do anything more strenous). Now that I feel good again I started running 2 miles 3 times a week. I plan to add one mile every month. It helps a lot with sleep, stress and anxiety, therefore it helps with the stomach.

Ines, did you not find that it tired you out and caused you to burn even more calories which are very hard to take in to begin with?  I have a couple of 15 minute walks per day usually, but since this started I have lost 1/6 of my body weight so I really dont want to be losing more through strenouous exercise, despite the fact that Id love to start cycling again.   Otherwise there will be nothing left of me. 

soy produced more gas in me, which worsen my belching symptoms.

If you can't eat much, you probably won't have the energy to exercise strenuously. But as soon as you can eat bigger amount of carbohydrates, sleep well, and don't have much pain anymore, it is good to exercise. I did not exercise much when I was in pain. I was too tired and in pain to have the courage, and when I did it anyway it would make me so hungry that I would start eating things that I was not supposed to. But now that I feel good again, I feel that exercise dynamises my body (it was slowed down with the lack of calories I guess) and it helps with stress/anxiety/sleep.

Matt, how is your stomach feeling now? You could cycle leisurly for now. How do you tolerate large amount of potatoes or rice?

I think the best way to explain it right now would be "sensitive".  Feels like its. been through a mangle.  Cant tolerate large meals at all, having Chicken Sandwiches in the day and Rice Krispies and Weetabix as snack, with White Meat potatoe and Cabbage at night.

I don't think Rice Krispies are good for you, they contain ascorbic acid. What about plain rice or oatmeal instead?

Believe it or not, it tried oatmeal first and I hate the stuff but I bit the bullet and ate it, and within minutes my stomach was going mad!  It doesnt seem to with rice krispies or weetabix.  I was having 5 weetabix a day for the calories and fibre, but I think it went a bit too far on the fibre front and thus why when I did goto the toilet it, shall we say, left nothing inside me!  So I cut back on the weetabix a bit and started rice krispies.

What kind of soy products did you consume?

Hi, Im 6 days on from completing my triple therapy treatment and the stomach grinding has subsided dramatically.  However, still feeing very lethargic at times and meals are still awkward in that I cant eat decent size meals yet like I used to and so am running out of energy I think.   Getting 1500 calories per day is still an issue as everything I eat has been low fat, not by choice, but that is the gastritis diet for you, so lost another 3 pounds last week making a total on 28 lbs in total from day one of the gastritis prognosis.

If anyone can advise how long it usually is before you start to be able to eat normal things in a normal fashion and thus get a decent level of calories per day that would be nice to know.   e.g.  A while pot of cottage cheese is 250kcal. Thats the same as 4 biscuits!!

Hi Matt,

What is your BMI?

I was very lethargic before too. With low calorie intake, the body goes in starvation mode, reducing its expenses to match the intake of calories. Make sure you eat enough proteins in your meals (at least 100g-150g) at lunch and dinner so you loose mostly fat and not muscles.

A few weeks ago I started feeling better and being able to eat bigger amount of food. I still stay away from fat as it is not good for the stomach but I eat much more carbohydrates. I started running too to wake up my metabolism.

The first time I took the dexilant, it took me two months to feel good and be able to eat the amount of food I wanted. The second time I took it, it took me one month, I guess I was better when I started and I had a much better knowledge of my diet. But I was diagnosed with mild gastritis. I imagine it would have taken much longer if I had had a more serious cases of gastritis.

Current BMI is 18.4

Yes that is a bit low, just below normal. How are you doing these days?

Hi, I am doing OK..and wife is just "OK"...we haven't begun yet as I must convince her to be compliant at least for 2 months....Following a very similar protocol in 2011, she completely (?) recovered..from 96lbs to 114lbs and then she got off the program and within days.hit bottom...and began to eat small meals without adequate intake of essentials...thus her 98lbs..Her biggest problem is "compliance"....difficult..once she feels good without issues...she reverts back to her previous cooking and eating habits....many times I've had her up to 101lbs to 104lbs, that would be the max....consequentyly no protocol will work without compliance. Crazy...Had total success with my 4 children and elder mother.I'm fairly knowledgeable with gastroentrology but by no means an expert. Interesting...many of the stuffs that you tried but were not welcomed by your stomach...worked fine with her.Shows we differ...and or our conditions while "seemingly identical"...have differences. I am a student of ALS possible/probable treatments/therapies...alll roads do not in anyway lead to Roma... I've been "excited" to learn of "breakthru's"....nonsense....I am very skeptical of our medical community's research pronouncements..150 years and we are not a mm near anything that might slow or arrest progress of this horrible disease. sorry for the rant...hope too you are doing well. Claudio