Hello All.
as like many made some changes and thought things were going well and had bad episode so you get googling again. What are the thoughts and if any one has tried any type of digestive enzymes and had any success with them. are the only suitable if you are intolerant to some foods.
Regards
Yes, the NHS nutritionist recommended to me to take digestive enzymes and it does help, but I’ve had to be careful of what to take as it seems to slow things down and you can end up moving from D to C, with bad belly aches! It’s usually recommended if you have a disease which means you don’t produce enough enzymes naturally, you then take one with every meal. I found this was too much and just take one with my main meal. Of course it could just be placebo effect! As with all these things, it’s imprecise and dosage varies from brand to brand so I think you just have to experiment. NHS GP looked very suspicious when I told him I was taking them, so it’s not a standard treatment. If you type enzymes in the search box there’s a few others who have tried them. I’m using a blend from global health ( got them from Amazon- a US brand) the nutritionist said use a brand such as solgar which are a trusted brand you can get in health shops. Let us know how you get on..
Thanks inksplat I will look into that. Also has anyone tried l-lysine as an amino acid. Again heard that was good as well along with l-glutamine I think it is around proteins
Hiya Inksplat, out of interest how did you get to see an NHS nutritionist? I recently rang and enquired this with my GP, but it was a practice nurse that saw me in person. And she said 'you won't be seen for ages unfortunately', and I'd have to be referred to the gastro first. Then depending on if they would like to do further tests or not, maybe only then they will refer me onto a nutritionist. I live in West Wales, so not a lot of resources around here. I recently had bloods and stool tests done, and I'd rather not go down the road further tests as I found a sigmoidoscopy incredibly painful 3 years ago.
I asked my GP for a referral to see a nutritionist, as I wanted to try the low fodmap diet. I was referred to the nutritionist team but as it was during lockdown all consults were telephone calls. They weren’t that helpful re low fodmap diet- I was just referred to an online video and left to get on with it. But one was particularly good - she said it sounded as though I had malabsorption, and maybe leaky gut, she recommended digestive enzymes .
I tried digestive enzymes, but couldn't tolerate even the smallest of amounts, since they give me pain. In all the research I've done I've found that enzyme insufficiency is a rare condition. You could ask for tests from your GP to ensure that you have enough of the main ones for processing food.
I'm taking pancreas enzymes (lipase/protease/amylase) and can tolerate them well, even at a high dosage like Creon 35.000. My first, now retired gastroenterologist, didn't mind me taking them if it's beneficial for me. I have a problem with fat (lipid) digestion. My DNA is being examined at the moment because the root disease that's causing all my health problems (including my functional bowel problems) as from my early childhood could be atypical (non-classic) cystic fibrosis/mucovicidosis, a genetic disease. After examination, genetic testing, I've been told its not cystic fibrosis related, my health problems.
I use betaine hydrochloride with breakfast but not because of ibs, for digesting food in my stomach. I’m one of those with low stomach acid.
I’ve tried other digestive enzymes but for now just using the one.
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