Your Immune System Is Not a Muscle

Re:Your Immune System Is Not a Muscle by SkyPuncher on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @07:08PM (#41374243)

Have you tried taking an anti-acid or acids reducer?

I was getting a rough depression after eating certain foods. My/my doctors current hypothesis is my liver was producing too much bile acid and triggering a condition known as bile acid malabsorption. This would basically wipe my gut out. I couldn’t absorb nutrients correctly so my mood and energy levels would drop.

I now know it lasts a few days if I goof up my diet, but it use to appear chronic since I was basically triggering it daily.

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Re:Your Immune System Is Not a Muscle by graeme on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @07:31PM (#41374411)

What did you do to resolve the problem?

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Re:Your Immune System Is Not a Muscle by metadat on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @07:47PM (#41374523)

As OP alluded to, I think they take antacids.

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Re:Your Immune System Is Not a Muscle by SkyPuncher on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @07:51PM (#41374549)

Yes, that’s exactly what I take. Generic, Pepcid.

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Re:Your Immune System Is Not a Muscle by aszantu on Wednesday August 28, 2024 @01:38AM (#41376291)

antacids just made my body ramp up making more bile. I eventually started taking betaine HCL, which helps when I have reflux or pain in the stomach. Seemingly a lot of bugs survive the stomach acid these days. Started taking the betaine when I went on carnivore diet and saw undigested meat in the stools.

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Re:Your Immune System Is Not a Muscle by SkyPuncher on Wednesday August 28, 2024 @05:37AM (#41377718)

Aw man, that’s a pain.

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Re:Your Immune System Is Not a Muscle by aszantu on Wednesday August 28, 2024 @01:39AM (#41376298)

but I'll add your suggestion to the repo when I touch it next time, seems like a good pointer in possible conditions

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