Citric acid vs HCL, please help

Hello friends,

I have been lurking here for a while, but just joined.
This will be my first time creating MMS, and I plan on following the origial receipe.
My biggest question right now is which is better to use as an activator, citric acid or HCL?

I see that most people are advocating for the usage of HCL, as it is gentler when it comes to nausea and vomiting (if I understood correctly). However, it is tough finding it where I currently live. I only have HCL 16% at home, but I am unsure whether it is good enough to use.. Has anyone used less than 35%? Does it work?

Alternatively, I can get citric acid in my hands much easier, but I read on this post that 50% is excessive, and 33% is thought as ideal.
mmsforum.io/general/32258-hydrochloric-acid-vs-citric-acid#60467
Thoughts on that? Anyone has tried the 33% concentration?

On a side note, the receipe says to use distilled water, but is filtered water alright to use?


I am mostly concerned about getting too nauseus. I understand it is part of the process, but I would like to be prepared and clear up the confusion before I start mixing things.
I am trying to treat chronic IBS and fungal overgrowth on my skin (causing mostly hair loss), and I am not too sure what I should be expecting.

All advice is welcome and much appreciated.

Hi,

My first post here too, been doing a lot of research into this but I'm very much a beginner

I wish I'd been as patient as you are and researched this some more. Right now I would personally recommend using HCL over Citric Acid as I've been suffering with nausea a lot using citric acid. It's not the same for everyone though and JH doesn't seem to have a bias either way from what I've read. YMMV

From what I've read in JH book, its the flouride and chlorine that are the issue with tap water and a water filter won't remove these. I think you should get some bottled mineral water ideally

I'm gonna post more of my experiences in a thread in a sec, just so i'm not hijacking yours! Good luck in finding what you're after, Kara

Sunny

Kara said: "I only have HCL 16% at home..." You can dilute 16% HCL to 4% easily by using the 4th calculator down the page here: endmemo.com/bio/dilution.php



Add 60ml of 16% HCL to 180ml of clean water and you will have 240ml (8 fl oz) of 4% HCL.