Betaine HCL Pepsin: gassy reaction

[Josiesmum]

Gave this to my daughter but it made her very gassy and bloated so we had to stop. Please could anyone advise possible causes? Thanks in advance.

[Justiina]

If she does not have low stomach acids then too much acids can cause the symptoms. Naturally it might be various reasons, maybe her GI tract is too irritated and needs to calm down first?

[shaws Administrator]

This might be helpful:-

scdlifestyle.com/2013/10/4-...

[Josiesmum in reply to shaws]

Thanks Justina and Shaws. Incidentally, she had a similar reaction to Kefir and also curcumin, when I suspected it was caused by die-off. Could that be a factor here? TIA.

[RedApple Administrator in reply to Josiesmum]

Not sure about curcumin, but Kefir is a fermented food and fermented foods can be a trigger of histamine issues in some. Histamine can cause a bizarre aray of symptoms, including the gassy bloating you mention. If you haven't investigated this, have a read here to get you started and then do further research if it seems relevant, as this article is just one person's thoughts on the subject.

suzycohen.com/articles/hist...

[Justiina in reply to Josiesmum]

Reaction to kefir could indeed be histamine issue which triggers gi symptoms. Hcl might worsen the symptoms as your gut is already inflamed. Cutting off histamine first could work better.

I am now on low histamine diet and trying hcl after my body has calmed down.

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Hi,

This just happened to me also. I also have histamine intolerance. I have been taking gradually and i got very bloated when i took 5 pills.

I dont think my stomach is iritated since i have been doing a protocol since 2 years ago. Maybe bloating is one of the sysmpthoms of too much hcl. I was wondering you had any success after.

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I became bloated and the my sibo went away for a while.so the bloating was caused by bacteria dying.i was already on a antimicrobial and had given us as i thought was not working.after one week i took hcl and my sibo went away for a while.i unserstand hcl is a strong antimicrobial.