{"id":46,"date":"2013-12-09T15:31:59","date_gmt":"2013-12-09T15:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whnlive.com\/digestion\/?p=46"},"modified":"2013-12-09T16:19:21","modified_gmt":"2013-12-09T16:19:21","slug":"betaine-hcl-use-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whnlive.com\/digestion\/2013\/12\/09\/betaine-hcl-use-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Betaine-HCL Use Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--slice begin--><h1>Improve Your Digestion<\/h1>\n<table width=\"423\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"229\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#DigestionProtocol\">Diges\u00adtion Pro\u00adto\u00adcol<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#NauseaProtocol\">Nau\u00adsea Pro\u00adto\u00adcol<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"178\"><a class=\"style6\" href=\"http:\/\/www.whnstore.com\/SearchResults.asp?Search=betaine\">Buy Betaine-HCL<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Insuf\u00adfi\u00adcient stom\u00adach acid caus\u00ades prob\u00adlems.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>This is the inflam\u00adma\u00adtion that caus\u00ades <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gastroesophageal_reflux_disease\">GERD<\/a>. Gerd occurs when weak stom\u00adach acid per\u00adco\u00adlates up the esoph\u00ada\u00adgus because the stom\u00adach acid is too weak to kill yeast but strong enough to irri\u00adtate the esoph\u00ada\u00adgus.<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/artwork.whnlive.com\/wikipedia\/200px-Peptic_stricture.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-104\" title=\"Peptic Stricture\" alt src=\"http:\/\/artwork.whnlive.com\/wikipedia\/200px-Peptic_stricture.png\" width=\"200\" height=\"195\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Over time this inflam\u00adma\u00adtion weak\u00adens esoph\u00ada\u00adgus tis\u00adsue to increase vul\u00adner\u00ada\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty to a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hiatal_hernia\">hiatal her\u00adnia<\/a>.<\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Peptic Stricture\" alt src=\"http:\/\/artwork.whnlive.com\/wikipedia\/Hiatus-hernia.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"195\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>The med\u00adical term for insuf\u00adfi\u00adcient stom\u00adach acid is <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hypochlorhydria\">hypochlorhy\u00addria<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stomach_acid\">Stom\u00adach acid<\/a>&nbsp;is the crit\u00adi\u00adcal sec\u00adond step in diges\u00adtion. Insuf\u00adfi\u00adcient <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stomach_acid\">stom\u00adach acid<\/a> is the hid\u00adden cause GERD, hiatal her\u00adnia, heart\u00adburn, and nau\u00adsea.<\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"HCL Image\" alt src=\"http:\/\/artwork.whnlive.com\/wikipedia\/260px-Hydrogen-chloride-3D-vdW-labelled.png\" width=\"200\" height=\"195\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Common Questions<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/whnlive.com\/stress\/cause\/low-stomach-acid-hypochlorhydria\/\">Why stom\u00adach acid is impor\u00adtant<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/whnlive.com\/stress\/cause\/hypochlorhydria\/\">What hap\u00adpens when you have low stom\u00adach acid<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/whnlive.com\/stress\/cause\/malnutrition\/\">Func\u00adtion\u00adal Mal\u00adnu\u00adtri\u00adtion occurs with poor diges\u00adtion \u2014 regard\u00adless of food intake<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/whnlive.com\/stress\/cause\/drugs-and-digestion\/\">Acid Reflux Drugs \u2014 that reduce stom\u00adach acid make a bad prob\u00adlem worse<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"DigestionProtocol\" name=\"DigestionProtocol\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Betaine-HCL Digestion Protocol<\/h2>\n<p>It is impos\u00adsi\u00adble to pre\u00addict how much Betaine-HCL will be required. This method deter\u00admines the num\u00adber of cap\u00adsules to aid diges\u00adtion. Grad\u00adu\u00adal\u00adly increas\u00ading stom\u00adach acid to a point of a warm\u00ading sen\u00adsa\u00adtion enables deter\u00admi\u00adna\u00adtion of the amount which will typ\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly be required for improved diges\u00adtion.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"style4\">You will only need to use this method at the first meal<\/span><em><strong>.<\/strong><\/em> After you know how many Betaine-HCL you need, you can just take them at the mid\u00addle or end of each meal.<\/p>\n<p>Betaine Test Meal Instruc\u00adtions:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Eat \u00bd of meal<\/li>\n<li>Take 2 cap\u00adsules<\/li>\n<li>Wait 1 min\u00adutes<\/li>\n<li>s stom\u00adach Warm?<\/li>\n<li>If Yes, remem\u00adber num\u00adber, this is your stan\u00addard dose. Eat rest of meal<\/li>\n<li>If No Take anoth\u00ader cap\u00adsule, wait 2 min\u00adutes, and so on<\/li>\n<li>Stop at 10 cap\u00adsules unless oth\u00ader\u00adwise direct\u00aded<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If 10 cap\u00adsules does not pro\u00adduce a warm\u00ading sen\u00adsa\u00adtion, then you are very acid defi\u00adcient or lack the abil\u00adi\u00adty to pro\u00adduce Hydro\u00adgen. Ask your doc\u00adtor to test if you have H\u2011Pylori. H\u2011Pylori con\u00adsumes hydro\u00adgen and like\u00adwise lim\u00adits cre\u00adation of stom\u00adach acid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\">Even if 10 cap\u00adsules do not pro\u00adduce warm\u00ading, they will be of big ben\u00ade\u00adfit improv\u00ading food absorp\u00adtion and diges\u00adtion \u2014 Con\u00adtin\u00adue tak\u00ading them.<\/p>\n<p>If you reach 10 Betaine, you like\u00adly have sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant stress tox\u00adins. See <a href=\"http:\/\/whnlive.com\/stress\/protocols\/detox\/\">Stress Detox\u00adi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion How\u00adTo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"NauseaProtocol\" name=\"NauseaProtocol\"><\/a>Nausea Protocol<\/h2>\n<p>For Nau\u00adsea:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Score the Nau\u00adsea on a Scale of 1\u201310<\/li>\n<li>Take One Cap\u00adsule if under 60 lbs, two if 60\u2013120 lbs, three if 120 lbs+<\/li>\n<li>Wait 2 min\u00adutes<\/li>\n<li>Score Nau\u00adsea again<\/li>\n<li>Stop if:\n<ul>\n<li>Nau\u00adsea gets worse<\/li>\n<li>Nau\u00adsea stops get\u00adting bet\u00adter<\/li>\n<li>You\u2019ve hit 6\/12\/15 cap\u00adsules (Increase if tol\u00ader\u00adance last time was good)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Con\u00adtin\u00adue if:\n<ul>\n<li>Nau\u00adsea is bet\u00adter<\/li>\n<li>There is no change and less than 4+ cap\u00adsules. [4+ means that you can increase the ceil\u00ading each time you use the pro\u00adto\u00adcol. I\u2019ve used 10 with my kids with\u00adout ill effect.]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If the pro\u00adgram does not work, it means that the issue is prob\u00ada\u00adbly more liv\u00ader relat\u00aded than stom\u00adach.<\/p>\n<h2>Deplete Stomach Acid<\/h2>\n<p>When stom\u00adach acid is deplete, there are three unfor\u00adtu\u00adnate results:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Nutri\u00adents are not absorbed;<\/li>\n<li>Unfriend\u00adly organ\u00adisms flour\u00adish in the gut fur\u00adther dis\u00adrupt\u00ading diges\u00adtive health;<\/li>\n<li>The liv\u00ader refrains from releas\u00ading alka\u00adli bile to avoid burn\u00ading the gut.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Indi\u00adca\u00adtors for inad\u00ade\u00adquate stom\u00adach acid are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Belch\u00ading;<\/li>\n<li>Diges\u00adtion which stalls in the stom\u00adach;<\/li>\n<li>Heart\u00adburn;<\/li>\n<li>Gut or stom\u00adach bloat\u00ading;<\/li>\n<li>Chron\u00adic diar\u00adrhea when the body sens\u00ades par\u00adtial\u00adly digest\u00aded food is tox\u00adic;<\/li>\n<li>Chron\u00adic con\u00adsti\u00adpa\u00adtion when the gut con\u00adtents are retained and com\u00adpact\u00aded.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Over time, the com\u00adbined absence of diges\u00adtion bile release caus\u00ades liv\u00ader tox\u00adins to accu\u00admu\u00adlate, and final\u00adly health degen\u00ader\u00adates due to both mal\u00adnu\u00adtri\u00adtion and tox\u00adins. Chron\u00adic esoph\u00ada\u00adgus irri\u00adta\u00adtion can leads to many med\u00adical con\u00addi\u00adtions includ\u00ading <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hiatus_hernia\">hiatal her\u00admia<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gastroesophageal_reflux_disease\">Gas\u00adtroe\u00adsophogeal Reflux Dis\u00adease (GERD)<\/a>, and even <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Esophageal_cancer\">esophageal can\u00adcer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Betaine-HCL<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/artwork.whnlive.com\/wikipedia\/250px-Stomach_diagram.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-989\" alt=\"250px-Stomach_diagram\" src=\"http:\/\/artwork.whnlive.com\/wikipedia\/250px-Stomach_diagram.png\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Betaine-HCl is a com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adtion of HCl, or Hydrochlo\u00adric Acid and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trimethylglycine\">trymethyl\u00adglycine, TMG<\/a>,&nbsp; from <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beets\">beets<\/a>.&nbsp; In the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stomach\">stom\u00adach<\/a>, the mol\u00ade\u00adcules split, and the HCl becomes avail\u00adable for diges\u00adtion. The increased quan\u00adti\u00adty of HCL improves ion\u00adiza\u00adtion and break\u00addown of pro\u00adtein and foods, result\u00ading in improved diges\u00adtion.&nbsp; TMG is used by the body\u2019s mas\u00adter detox\u00adi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion process, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Methylation\">methy\u00adla\u00adtion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style1\">Increas\u00ading stom\u00adach acid\u00adi\u00adty kills the bac\u00adte\u00adria and stop the per\u00adco\u00adlat\u00ading&nbsp;bub\u00adbles hence the dis\u00adcom\u00adfort.<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"UnderUse\" name=\"UnderUse\"><\/a><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Betaine-HCL Under Use<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Betaine-HCL pro\u00advides stom\u00adach acid and will aid diges\u00adtion and reduce mal\u00adnu\u00adtri\u00adtion which vir\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly always accom\u00adpa\u00adnies <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hypochlorhydria\">hypochlorhy\u00addria<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Use of insuf\u00adfi\u00adcient amounts of Betaine-HCL may increase diges\u00adtive dis\u00adcom\u00adfort:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Heart\u00adburn results from fer\u00adment\u00ading organ\u00adisms which cre\u00adate gas bub\u00adbles;<\/li>\n<li>Which car\u00adry weak acid up into the esoph\u00ada\u00adgus;<\/li>\n<li>Caus\u00ading dis\u00adcom\u00adfort because the acid irri\u00adtates the esoph\u00ada\u00adgus;<\/li>\n<li>Betaine-HCL increas\u00ades stom\u00adach acid lev\u00adels;<\/li>\n<li>So Stronger stom\u00adach acid can increase esophageal dis\u00adcom\u00adfort;<\/li>\n<li>Unless it is strong enough to dis\u00adable fer\u00adment\u00ading organ\u00adisms from pro\u00adduc\u00ading gas;<\/li>\n<li>Enough acid stops the bub\u00adbles;<\/li>\n<li>Which car\u00adry the stom\u00adach acid into the esoph\u00ada\u00adgus.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/artwork.whnlive.com\/wikipedia\/Illu_stomach.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-989\" title=\"Stomach and Esophagus\" alt=\"250px-Stomach_diagram\" src=\"http:\/\/artwork.whnlive.com\/wikipedia\/Illu_stomach.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To resolve heart\u00adburn, take 4 Betaine, prefer\u00adably 600 mg. <strong>Use of a sin\u00adgle Betaine usu\u00adal\u00adly increas\u00ades dis\u00adcom\u00adfort<\/strong> because it makes the stom\u00adach acid strong enough to hurt more, but not enough to dis\u00adable the microor\u00adgan\u00adisms caus\u00ading the gas bub\u00adbles.<\/p>\n<p>More cap\u00adsules, <em><strong>usu\u00adal\u00adly 4<\/strong><\/em>, increase the stom\u00adach acid enough to dis\u00adable the organ\u00adisms. This stops the gas and resolves the heart\u00adburn. A small increase in most cas\u00ades only increas\u00ades the dis\u00adcom\u00adfort by mak\u00ading the acid which hurts the esoph\u00ada\u00adgus stronger.<\/p>\n<h2>Overshooting Betaine-HCL<\/h2>\n<p>Do not take Betaine with car\u00adbo\u00adhy\u00addrate only meals. &nbsp;Use Betaine only with meals hav\u00ading pro\u00adtein.<\/p>\n<p>If you take too much, it may cause dis\u00adcom\u00adfort.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Take 1\/2 tsp of bak\u00ading soda in&nbsp;water.<\/li>\n<li>Add \u00bd tea\u00adspoon of bak\u00ading soda to a short glass of water and drink.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It is almost impos\u00adsi\u00adble for the&nbsp;stom\u00adach to be too acidic. In this case,&nbsp;Betaine will cause excess dis\u00adcom\u00adfort. The bak\u00ading soda, sodi\u00adum bicar\u00adbon\u00adate, will&nbsp;quench the stom\u00adach acid very quick\u00adly and elim\u00adi\u00adnate acidic stom\u00adach pain.<\/p>\n<!--slice end-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Improve Your Diges\u00adtion Diges\u00adtion Pro\u00adto\u00adcol Nau\u00adsea Pro\u00adto\u00adcol Buy Betaine-HCL Insuf\u00adfi\u00adcient stom\u00adach acid caus\u00ades prob\u00adlems. This is the inflam\u00adma\u00adtion that caus\u00ades GERD. Gerd occurs when weak stom\u00adach acid per\u00adco\u00adlates up the esoph\u00ada\u00adgus because the stom\u00adach acid is too weak to kill yeast but strong enough to irri\u00adtate the esoph\u00ada\u00adgus. Over time this inflam\u00adma\u00adtion weak\u00adens esoph\u00ada\u00adgus tis\u00adsue \u2026 <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/whnlive.com\/digestion\/2013\/12\/09\/betaine-hcl-use-guide\/\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whnlive.com\/digestion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whnlive.com\/digestion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whnlive.com\/digestion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whnlive.com\/digestion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whnlive.com\/digestion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/whnlive.com\/digestion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whnlive.com\/digestion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whnlive.com\/digestion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whnlive.com\/digestion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whnlive.com\/digestion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}