Re: Undigested Food in Stool

Well, before I got the results from my stool test - which I mention above - I took the hydrochloric acid challenge, and took 4 HCL supplements without any feeling of warmth. So I jut decided to stop there and take that amount with protein meals - doc said this was fine.

My functional med doc after going over my stool test results said I did not have low stomach acid because my pancreatic elastase and products of protein breakdown were in the normal range - my chiropractic doctor mentioned that this shows it's not a stomach acid prob and I don't have issues breaking down food.

I since learned that I do have low stomach acid in light of my vitamin deficiencies and on the advice of another doc. Anyway, as far as the dosage I was taking about 5 tablets per protein meal. I confess I wasn't feeling warmth ... but I can't imagine taking 7, 8, 9, 10 tablets per meal. That seems excessive, not to mention expensive.