Thanks. I will buy the betaine hydrochloride.
I didn't have any soup last night and my BM was sooo much better today, so I wonder now if the soup dilutes my stomach acid too much, being that it's basically a lot of water mixed with veggies. I always wondered about the soup thing, they say it's bad to drink with your meals because it dilutes your stomach acids, but what about soups, it's the same thing like having a full glass of water with my meal, just the water has some flavor. Did you ever observe changes in HCL related to this, if not with soups then just when drinking liquids with meals?
I am so glad I figured this out, though, my changes in BM must have something to do with HCL! Thank you so much for bringing this up.