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.