Ok, an update here coming up on 3 months taking the HCL supplements:

 

Up until January,as explained before, I was on an all meat/eggs/raw milk etc Primal Diet which made my bowel movements nice and regular, usually around the same time a day, and they were always nice and formed (compared to back a year ago when I was on the SAD when they were always loose and messy and resulted in painful over whiping). Come January/February when I started eating low PUFA in general intead of all raw (my raw diet was very low PUFA as well), adding back in some carbs like potatoes and sprouted bread it made my stools a little looser, required some whiping, though still little compared to the SAD days, and they were less regular.

 

Now, with the use of the HCL my stools are back to regular (though now they are less one larger chunk and now more lots of little "nuggets" or a single piece that is very obviously composed of the "nuggets" with some nugget companions. That isnt an issue, is it?) requiring little to no whiping and are more regular around the same time of day.

 

In addition, I believe I am obtaining more energy from my food. In the earlier days of low PUFA (before HCL) I had good energy but would sometimes have periods where I would get very tired for a little while and would need to take a short (10-15 min) nap and I would be fine. Now I dont ever get tired during the day and am more clear headed in general.

 

My rosacea, though, has not seemed to have gotten any better. I have been very low PUFA for a year now and it only seems to have gotten worse (though It hasnt really changed in the last 5 months or so). I am taking 2 pills (each pill contains 650mg Betain HCL and 162mg Pepsin.  Solaray brand) in the middle of each meal (I tried taking 3 and it usually made my chest burn after a little bit so I reduced it to 2), but over the three months I havent had to reduce the dosage to less than 2 pills (once in awhile my chest will burn slightly with the two pills, but its very rare, once ever several days, and I think thats because I didnt eat much food).

 

What do you think Hans? Should I continue taking 2 pills with each meal until it starts making my chest burn, or increase/decrease the dosage? Take something else? Is Pepsin useful? Do you remember how long you were low PUFA before your rosacea went away? Of course considering "doctors" dont know what causes rosacea, ours could have different points of origin.

Thanks!

 

-Drew