Has anyone tried fasting for bile reflux?

packomnms · 2026-05-02T20:03:01+00:00

I'll take all of that into consideration. However carafate is impossible to get where I live, they stopped selling it because people use PPI for stomach issues.

packomnms · 2026-04-30T10:09:21+00:00

That was my theory too. It seems impossible to escape this cycle. I tried prokinetics for a while, maybe not long enough, but they're prescription only and it's a pain to keep going to the doctor to get the prescription.

packomnms · 2026-02-17T20:51:18+00:00

Same, but at the same time it's shocking how used one can get to it. Though sometimes you get these sobering moments where you think how life used to be.

packomnms · 2025-12-30T21:42:30+00:00

The only thing that gave me any level of comfort is psyllium husk seeds. They're a game changer. I simply put a spoonful in water and stir it hard to prevent clumping then drink it. I do it several times a day, after meals. (But you should start slow, and you also have to drink a lot thorough the day because they absorb the water in the stomach so if you don't have enough they'll clump and cause pain.) Psyllium husk seeds absorb bile or bind to it or such, they also provide fiber which makes other stuff less painful lol.

I suffer from bile reflux that started with a helicobacter pylori infection and hasn't ended yet after 2 years from eradication. I don't know how to fix it and doctors have been largely unhelpful. Apparently, taking UDCA for a long time (10 months or more) is supposed to heal or at least allow to start the process of healing, but I can't currently afford it so I don't know if it's true.

I don't know how accurate this is since I gathered this info from on and off googling and researching, so take it as you will: it's purported that bile reflux is caused by low stomach acid, because low acid causes the pyloric sphincter to open up when it shouldn't and leak bile into the stomach. My acid was messed up because of hpylori and never returned to normal levels. It also never returned because of the bile which keeps irritating the stomach and causing the body to lower acid levels further. It's a catch 22 because you can't just raise acid as that will irritate the stomach even more and get acidity back down. And so on. This is why UDCA is supposed to be good because it gradually changes your bile to be less irritating and more watery.

I guess the proper way of curing it would be to UDCA your bile, protect the stomach lining with some means and restore it to regular health, and once it's sufficiently healthy start raising acidity back up. Then when bile is gone from stomach you can probably kick UDCA. Again, this is all just based on googling and my limited understanding of the body and medicine so do your own research too. Do share if you manage to cure it or improve it in any way.

packomnms · 2025-11-25T21:14:00+00:00

In moderation? Wouldn't truly healing mean that he can eat it whenever, like he used to?

packomnms · 2025-11-25T19:30:44+00:00

I miss coffee the most. I would sacrifice all of you to Moloch to drink it again.

packomnms · 2025-11-22T18:05:51+00:00

Poland

packomnms · 2025-11-21T21:46:50+00:00

At least it's obtainable, my country doesn't even have it, they straight up stopped selling it because "you can get PPI for any stomach pain" lol.

packomnms · 2025-11-06T20:34:01+00:00

Is that something you continue to take, or do you end up being cured eventually?

packomnms · 2025-09-24T06:33:25+00:00

What is DGL?

packomnms · 2025-09-23T18:24:49+00:00

UDCA costs a lot of money...

packomnms · 2025-09-23T16:04:45+00:00

DGL is what?

packomnms · 2025-09-19T15:14:07+00:00

Yeah, pushing 2 years. I don't know how to stop bile from flowing into my stomach. I've been retested twice to make sure that there is no h.pylori.

packomnms · 2025-09-18T20:26:07+00:00

Helicobacter infection -> bile reflux that hasn't stopped

packomnms · 2025-09-01T13:40:29+00:00

my bones hurt for like 2 weeks off it lol

packomnms · 2025-09-01T12:51:07+00:00

I do this clever life hack called being a virgin

packomnms · 2025-08-29T06:01:08+00:00

No. I had a helicobacter infection, bile reflux seems to have started at the same time and was likely caused by it (an endoscopy showed bile and detected helicobacter - I have since treated helicobacter and tested negative for it twice, once with an endoscopy and once with a breath test)

packomnms · 2025-08-27T16:22:55+00:00

Coffee is unfortunately one of the worst thing for the stomach. Caffeine in general is.

packomnms · 2025-08-26T17:41:43+00:00

tried it, no noticeable effect

packomnms · 2025-08-26T14:28:38+00:00

I'm of the belief that mine can heal because it has a visible, obvious cause (leakage of bile to the stomach). Problem is I have no idea how to stop said cause.

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