Stomach Acid & Slow Carb
I was reading Four Hour Body Couple's blog a few weeks back and was kind of discouraged by this post (http://www.fourhourbodycouple.com/2011/02/22/kat-another-try/) wherein Kat essentially gives up 4HB because of stomach acid.
Then, I had almost the exact same symptoms myself. It is week four, day 29, and I didn't eat dinner last night. I had my usual breakfast: whey isolate powder blended w water right after rising; two hardboiled eggs w spinach and lentils an hour later. I had tea in the morning and a half cup of coffee after getting in to the office. By 10am, I thought I was going to be sick. My entire stomach was on fire and I had a touch of the feverish feeling that precedes puking. I reread Kat's post and how she had to eat bread to soak up the excess stomach acid. I figured breaking the diet was better than going home from work, so I got a toasted bagel and ginger ale (huge no-no, I know). Afterward, I felt 100% better. 100%! I seriously felt like I was dying with the sharp shooting pains in my stomach, and felt immediately better after eating the bagel.
Perhaps it was the accumulate effect of not eating for too long (which always causes irritation for me), coffee (even in such a small amount) and the high protein breakfast, but man, oh man, having such an easy cure so quickly was a huge relief. I am certainly not going to start keeping bread and dairy products around though! I am pretty sure I just need to eat all meals to prevent the problem before it gets too bad.
Then, I had almost the exact same symptoms myself. It is week four, day 29, and I didn't eat dinner last night. I had my usual breakfast: whey isolate powder blended w water right after rising; two hardboiled eggs w spinach and lentils an hour later. I had tea in the morning and a half cup of coffee after getting in to the office. By 10am, I thought I was going to be sick. My entire stomach was on fire and I had a touch of the feverish feeling that precedes puking. I reread Kat's post and how she had to eat bread to soak up the excess stomach acid. I figured breaking the diet was better than going home from work, so I got a toasted bagel and ginger ale (huge no-no, I know). Afterward, I felt 100% better. 100%! I seriously felt like I was dying with the sharp shooting pains in my stomach, and felt immediately better after eating the bagel.
Perhaps it was the accumulate effect of not eating for too long (which always causes irritation for me), coffee (even in such a small amount) and the high protein breakfast, but man, oh man, having such an easy cure so quickly was a huge relief. I am certainly not going to start keeping bread and dairy products around though! I am pretty sure I just need to eat all meals to prevent the problem before it gets too bad.
