Stewie
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Pitfalls is an understatement. I'm learning long term PPI use is associated with kidney disease, pneumonia, C-diff, hypomagnesemia, decreased B12 levels etc.
I'm getting older (52). I can't help but wonder if I've had Hypochlorhydria over the last 4-5 years and NOT acid reflux now. I question if this may be a common side effect of YEARS of stuffing my face 6-8x/day...the typical BB/powerlifting diet to attain & maintain all that hard earned mass only to suffer with GI complications later down the road. I'm convinced my beloved Inzer belt that I wore for over 30 yrs through every training session and meet is partly responsible for the hiatal hernia and possibly the Diverticulosis. The belt and static breath holds/pressure I put my gut through in achieving those 3 white lights. The deadlifts, deep squats... I should have hung it up 10 years sooner.
Yeah I used pitfalls lightly. Here's a snippet within the citation I posted above.
While limited in scope, these results generally agree with the empirical supplementation of meal-time betaine HCl and suggest that the dose(s) of betaine HCl may need to be taken minutes prior to the meal or divided and taken throughout the meal. Furthermore, these data strongly suggest that supplemental mealtime betaine HCl may be safe and appropriate (and necessary) in subjects on PPI therapy, in order to decrease common PPI side-effects (e.g., protein/micronutrient/drug malabsorption, food-borne microbial survival, or slow gastric emptying).
Hopefully you get this lined out sooner than later!