I realize this is not relative to the goings-on in the world, but I believe it is a direct result of the stress we have all endured since 2020. This site has been a saving grace for me. I've saved and archived lots of health and wellness posts over the years, which I refer to often. This time, I am asking this community if anyone here has had any experience with Gastritis and Intestinal Metaplasia? I was just diagnosed with both as I have had a lot of silent reflux over the years and it damaged my gut. I do not want to take PPI's. I also tried the baking soda route for pH balance, but I need to watch my salts. My goal is to reverse the damage, if possible, in time for my follow-up endoscopy in a year. I loathe taking medicine, so any advice is appreciated!
Side note: I drink way too much coffee and sparkling water, so will be limiting that going forward. I exercise daily, eat healthy, take Ivermectin once or twice a week for good measure along with a handful of high quality supplements daily.
A lot of the health threads feature enthusiastic keto and carnivore anons. Are you up for changing in this direction?
Added: this is a link to one healer's specific discussion of intestinal metaplasia. https://darkovelcek.wordpress.com/2022/08/12/gastric-metaplasia/
The TLDR is that 1) too many veggies dilute and degrade stomach acid, causing difficulty digesting and migration of gut flora to stomach, and also translating to greater intestinal digestion difficulty, and 2) a lack of salt handicaps the ability of your circulatory system to exchange nutrients and remove waste from the bloodstream to the cells.
Don't take my word on the salt. Research salt for ranch animals, pets and wildlife: there is a ton of literature on the importance of salt to health in animals. It's only humans that are "educated" to believe salt is bad. We are harming ourselves whenever we follow a doctor's advice to limit salt. The lies run deep; keep an open mind and perform your own research.
Yeah, I'm about there and have heard a ton of podcasts about the benefits. I just need to toss the veg and other anecdotals aside! Maybe I'll go full keto for the holidays.....
I went carnivore since March, and have no regrets, only good things to report about it. The hydration is very important, maybe even more important than the switch in solid foods. (I've heard that some who do the switch overlook it and quickly get constipated.)
Second this carnivore 8 months. Keto 4 months before that. I can see my abs again!
Absolutely 0 digestion issues. Even farting and burping are gone!
If I was diagnosed with a gastric issue I would go full lion diet for 90 days. Beef, water, salt.
Thanks for the additional info. I typically have an enormous salad with spinach, chicken, and veggies for lunch and it probably is making things worse. Ha! I may as well go full keto to see how quickly I feel better. The salt thing is suspicious because it says to avoid high salt with a stomach lesion, but I really don't eat a ton of extra salt.
Salt baths are another option, especially if you're close to the ocean.
Went ketovore 3.5 years ago - lost 30lbs and brain fog. Feel 20 years younger. Lots of good info out there. Doctors Downunder have numerous educational videos. Good Luck fren.
Thank you for the advice. Do you eat any fruits or vegetables at all?
When I started it was just keto - under 20 total carbs , 80% fat [oh yum] 20% protein, I did eat broccoli and cauliflower as well as romaine lettuce for the first 9 months or so. But found they didn't agree with me after a while. I made sure to add salt and I think that helped me not get the 'keto flu' that affects some people when they begin. Now that I am ketovore I eat meat, fat, eggs, cheese, heavy cream in my coffee [not milk], I eat raspberries blueberries and strawberries in moderation. It's funny how difficult it is to get rid of the brainwashing we've heard all our lives -that we will die without fruit and vegetables and Fibre! Oh my.[ Find Zoe Harcombe videos on Fibre very informative and funny] Anyway everyone is different and people find their comfort level. If you just give up sugar, bread, rice , cereals & pasta it will be a start, but when your body starts using ketones instead of glucose your engine will rev up. Anyway I'm only an ordinary person who's done a bit of reading and had a great experience. Good luck :)
Thanks! I am out 80/20 right now - 80% protein, 20% other... mostly veg, fruits and the occasional sweet potato. I do have cheat meals once every couple weeks like pasta or pizza. I can live without those!
I'm 80% fat [bacon,butter,beef occasionally an avocado] and 20% protein [beef,chicken,fish,eggs]. Hope you feel better soon. :)
I would suggest doing a stone flush since it is possible that what is causing your issues is too much bilirubin in your system. According to natural healing type people, a stone flush a good thing to do in general to maintain good overall health, so it's one of those things that you have nothing to lose by trying it.
Eat a zero fat breakfast and lunch. Stop eating and drinking at 2:00 pm. At 6:00 pm, drink a Tablespoon of epsom salt dissolved in 3/4 cup of water. Do this again at 6:00 pm and 8:00 pm. At 10:00 pm, drink 1/2 cup grapefruit juice mixed with 1/2 cup olive oil. Go straight to bed. The next morning, if you wake up at 6:00 or later, drink a Tablespoon of epsom salt dissolved in 3/4 cup of water. If you wake up before 6:00 am, wait until 6:00 to drink the concoction. Do another round of epsom salt 2 hours after the first dose. 2 hours after that, eat a high fat food (ie brie cheese, ice cream, cheesecake, etc) to trigger your body to release bile.
The stones will start coming out in the morning. When stones pass, it is obvious as they are bright green and float. I am going to wager a bet that you see hundreds.
Research GAPS diet for gut repair
Thank you for this - I just eye-balled the premise and note it mentions avoiding starchy vegetables (which I eat) and incorporation of digestive enzymes. I will check it out.
i fixed my gut by following dr steven gundry's advice. he also addresses starchy vegetables. he has several books, a huge online presence, and is very very good.
I have had GERD for 20 years. I first went the H2 blocker and PPI route. Now I just follow certain rules. No big meals after 4pm. A snack of some nuts or an apple is OK around 5-6pm.
But this is the most important: sleeping on a wedge. Don't raise the head of your bed with blocks or bricks. It's too sketchy, especially if you have pets. Buy two foam wedges, and stagger them with some folded blankets, etc., to support your pillow. When you get it all put together, your head should be about 8-10 inches higher than your legs. It takes a little getting used to sleeping this way, but now I prefer it to laying flat.
I was a professional singer before the silent GERD took my voice away. These steps still didn't restore my voice, but they keep the worst of the condition at bay. As long as you're disciplined about the eating changes, you'll be good.
The suggestions others have posted about food intolerances, coffee, etc., are good too. Another thing you may want to look at is sugar.
I never thought about the wedge, but will try tonight to prop my head up. Thank you - and yes, sugar is terrible. I do put that in my coffee, so if I stop coffee, that is gone, too!
Unfortunately, propping just your head will do nothing. It has to be your entire torso. Good luck, and best wishes!
Have you been genetically tested for celiac’s disease?
Yes, it was negative. The biopsy was also negative. I have mild food sensitivities to wheat, corn, chocolate, casein and dairy. I try to avoid and eat a high protein, veggie and legume diet
Sounds like your diet is a very good one. Husband is celiac, he has to avoid most soups such as cream of mushroom etc because of the wheat in them. I wish I had more insight. Hopefully there are other frogs in this pond with more wisdom.
Thank you. Yes this place is a pond of knowledge!
Another possible cause is Ileitis, which the AMA says only animals get, not humans... but humans are animals, too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqHzu_wGAjI
And, another tool that natural health people advocate is enemas. The average person has something like 14 lbs of poop backed up in their digestive system. Sometimes the reason why you are uncomfortable is because of the back up, and helping your body eliminate the back up leads to everything moving down the digestive tract better. It's another one of those "no harm in trying" kinds of things. I'd do one a day every day until no more old poop comes out (which can take a week or more!).
Thank you for both recommendations! Have you done the first one? I thought I had clogged bile ducts and started taking Tudca, but then the endoscopy revealed it looked like I had an ulcer at one time and was healing. Hence the abnormal cells.
Also, I am all for colon cleanse! Those make you feel light and free.
I also want to clarify that if you do the stone flush, you won't need to do the enemas (at least in close time proximity to the flush; you may want to do enemas in the future to keep from getting too much backed up). All the epsom salt in the stone flush gives you diarrhea, so the flush takes care of the old poop build-up. It's killing two birds with one stone (flush!). ;)
The "first one being the stone flush" (from comment above)? Yes, I have done a stone flush. It wasn't fun, but it wasn't as bad as I expected it to be in terms of discomfort.
Or, if by the "first one" was ileitis, that is treated with an antibiotic.