Hi,
This post is to tell others how switching from Citric Acid to HCl as an activator allowed me to continue with my protocol. Without the suggestion to switch from CA to HCl I would have stopped a long time ago and completely dismissed and missed out on this promising treatment!
I was excited to start Protocol 2000 due to the health problems I have. I ordered MMS and Citric Acid and couldn't wait for it to arrive as I wanted to start ASAP. I was so excited when the packaged arrived.
The first thing I noticed was the smell of the gas it produced but as long as I stayed away from it I was ok. But the taste was something AWFUL!
I did ok on day 1, but early into day 2 I started getting nauseous. Then the diarrhea started. And it was bad. I cut back on the drops, but eventually discontinued them. It took about 3 days for that diarrhea to stop.
I was scared to restart the protocol due to my previous experience, but I knew it was in my best interest. So I did. I might as well cut and paste the previous paragraph because the same thing nearly happened. The difference this time was I recognized sooner that the diarrhea was starting and I stopped right then. I only had 2 days of diarrhea (which was an improvement, though).
I knew I needed to continue on with the protocol, but there was no way that was going to happen unless something changed.
Then I found this forum and I started benefitting from the experience of so many other people! I posted what I experienced and it was suggested to switch activators. Citric Acid can cause stomach upset in certain people.
The suggestion was to switch from Citric Acid to HCl. The claim was that it didn't upset the stomach like CA did and it also tasted significantly better, and that taste could be improved with stevia. So I ordered enough HCl to replace the CA I previously ordered. And I waited for it to arrive.
Guess what? It is WAY BETTER! I'm not experiencing the stomach upset, the naussea, nor the diarrhea. And guess what else? It tastes WAY BETTER!!!!! I did add the stevia and boy is that an improvement.
My advice: don't give up, use the forum, benefit from the experience of others, and switch from Citric Acid to HCl.
I can only imagine how many people gave up and discarded this treatment - how would things have been different if only they knew to switch to HCl.
Spread the word!
Thanks all!
J