Comments on: Digestion: the importance of hydrochloric acid

By: Dr. Rob D'Aquila

Dr. Rob D'Aquila — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:48:22 +0000

Hi Jahir,

I like using zinc picolinate. And I’ve put patients on anywhere from 30mg-90mg a day (I’ve personally taken up to 180mg/day), depending on there size and condition. HCl should help prevent parasitic infection if you’ve just ingested one and then it comes into contact with the acid. If a parasite is already in the system, it most likely won’t contribute much to resolving the infection. It’s very possible that the medication is working, but you are continually being exposed to the same parasite, and therefore it keeps returning. You should check your food and water supply first as the main culprits.

I cannot recommend a specific amount of zinc, or any zinc, for you.

Good luck,
Dr. Rob D’Aquila

By: jahir- ul- ahmed

jahir- ul- ahmed — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:28:45 +0000

i am suffering 4m repeated pin worm infection 4m last 20 years.Doctors/gasteroentrologists have tried every anti worm medicine but within 2-3 moths the worms come back inspite of maintaining all hygine.What type of zinc component(eg.zinc sulphate,zinc carnosine ete.) increases the hcl enyme and what should be it’s quantity per day for an adult?Wheather proper balance of hcl enzyme is helpful to prevent such worm infection? I am cluless about my disease,Pls give me some advice.

From-
Jahir,India,age-40

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By: Dr. Rob D'Aquila

Dr. Rob D'Aquila — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 02:34:20 +0000

Hi – difficult to say how much zinc you (or anyone) would need – maybe you don’t need any zinc at all – I can’t make recommendations based on comments from my site, as I’m sure you understand. ACV is acidic, as is HCl. Can’t be sure if you’d get the same benefit from ACV as you would HCl supps, assuming you needed HCl. Also, if you did need more HCl and ACV did the “same”, would you want to have ACV with every meal? Or with all the meals that you’d need HCl? Anyhow, you’re not the only one who has found ACV helpful, and I’ve found with patients that it’s actually a good way to see if they can be helped with HCl supps.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 19:51:18 +0000

I have white marks on my finger nails (my GP said it was because of gelatine deficiency). How much zinc would you recommend as a supplement.

I’ve found organic apple cider vinegar beneficial to digestion. What’s the difference between ACV and HCL supplementation?

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