I recently read an article by Charles Poliquin, a man who can do know wrong in my opinion and in it he was explaining about Hydrochloric Acid and a test that can be done to find out just how much of that food your eating is actually been put to use by the body!
I’m seriously thinking about investing in some and trying this out, the main reason being that in this article he stated 13 or 14 symptoms of poor digestion and a stomach acid deficiency and I’m suffering from 7, maybe 8 of them!
[quote]Davenegger wrote:
I recently read an article by Charles Poliquin, a man who can do know wrong in my opinion and in it he was explaining about Hydrochloric Acid and a test that can be done to find out just how much of that food your eating is actually been put to use by the body!
I’m seriously thinking about investing in some and trying this out, the main reason being that in this article he stated 13 or 14 symptoms of poor digestion and a stomach acid deficiency and I’m suffering from 7, maybe 8 of them!
Anyone done this and gotten results from it!?
Davin[/quote]
Well, I haven’t gotten the test (it’s my understanding that not all practitioners have them, and they can be expensive), but I did do HCl therapy for a few months and it worked wonders.
Take a look at this thread, which I started a while back:
I gained about 15 lbs since I started HCL therapy. Not all of it was lean though. I was stuck at the same weight for months even though I increased my cals by almost 1000. As soon as I took the HCL, I was putting on 1-2 lbs a week. I didn’t make any change in my diet.
[quote]Reef wrote:
I gained about 15 lbs since I started HCL therapy. Not all of it was lean though. I was stucking at the same weight for months even though I increased my cals by almost 1000. As soon as I took the HCL, I was putting on 1-2 lbs a week. I didn’t make any change in my diet.[/quote]
Yeah I read that, can’t go to wrong with them reults and can you post up a link of where to buy the HCL if that ain’t a problem! I primarily would use it to get rid of the acne, in saying that though my stomach isn’t sore but it does tend to get a knotting feeling every so often and as for the shits, well…that some details I’ll leave off the site!!
Thanks again guys, its always good to get an opinion and someones experience on the matter, gonna invest regardless of the cost!
[quote]Davenegger wrote:
Reef wrote:
I gained about 15 lbs since I started HCL therapy. Not all of it was lean though. I was stucking at the same weight for months even though I increased my cals by almost 1000. As soon as I took the HCL, I was putting on 1-2 lbs a week. I didn’t make any change in my diet.
Yeah I read that, can’t go to wrong with them reults and can you post up a link of where to buy the HCL if that ain’t a problem! I primarily would use it to get rid of the acne, in saying that though my stomach isn’t sore but it does tend to get a knotting feeling every so often and as for the shits, well…that some details I’ll leave off the site!!
Thanks again guys, its always good to get an opinion and someones experience on the matter, gonna invest regardless of the cost!
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I buy Twinlab Betain HCL caps from here:
They contain a pretty high dose at 648 mg per cap compared to other brands so you don’t have to take as many pills. 3 (sometimes 2) pills at a time will give me the hot tea feeling that CP mentioned. I take it with any high protein meal (except protein shakes).
And when you first began using, did you do the test where you eat half the food and take the tablets and if you get to 6 or more you have virtually no stomach acid?
I’m gonna read into it a bit more, find out how to do it properly cause its a pretty serious acid your dealing with and you dont wanna fuck up your insides anymore.