My Story of H Pylori | If I can do it, why not you?
If you are scared because you have H Pylori, I have written this article and diet plan for you.
I was in your place 1 year ago…
…but I used research to make my own 60-day H Pylori diet plan.
Today, my digestion is 100% back to normal.
If I can do it, why can’t you?
In April 2023, I got food poisoning after eating some local, street food.
The next few days, I got loose stools and didn’t feel very hungry.
I thought it would go away in a few days…
…but instead, my symptoms worsened.
Whatever I ate, I got acidity.
Even if I ate one piece of fruit, I felt heavy.
But I only really started to panic when I got stomach pain.
Left side pain, throughout the day.
I visited the doctor, who gave me acidity tablets and some painkillers.
I used it for 2 weeks, then realized it was only a temporary solution.
Then I booked an appointment with a local gastroenterologist, who asked me to do a Rs. 2000 endoscopy test.
The result: RUT Positive, H Pylori Detected and Erosions in stomach.
I was extremely scared – my stomach had cuts. I had gastritis.
The gastro told me not to worry. H
He recommended I take antibiotics for 14 days.
I started and almost immediately felt better.
Day 3 – no acidity.
Day 7 – no stomach pain.
I really thought I was become 100% back to normal.
After 14 days, I stopped the medicine – but continued eating light foods.
Khichdi, dal-chawal..
But the problem started to return.
I felt heavy after eating again.
I started burping a LOT.
Stool was never formed properly – always felt unsatisfied after visiting the washroom.
Gastro told me again to do 14 days antibiotics.
I didn’t want to, so I started searching online.
Realized LOTs of people have H Pylori. Using forums and blogs, I realized a few things:
- I have to control my diet for at least 60 days for full recovery
- I have to add certain foods to get the best result
I started by changing my diet.
I had already stopped fried and oily foods. I also:
- Stopped anything with too much salt (like salted nuts or canned soup)
- Stopped full fat dairy products (like Thandai and milk)
- Stopped drinking coffee daily
Literally EVERY successful story I read online added the same five elements into the diet, so I:
- Added foods rich in Omega 3 [to rebuild stomach lining]
- Added foods rich in zinc [to improve stomach function]
- Added foods rich in flavonoids [to fight H Pylori]
Part 1 and 2 was easy: I added flax seed oils, walnuts, sesame seeds and pumpkin seeds to my diet.
Part 3 was harder. I had to add a lot of spices which were not easy to do.
4 blogs I read online mentioned that they used a flavonoid rich, natural jam called TumGard.
It wasn’t very expensive – so I decided to use this natural jam to get my flavonoids.
| Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner | |
| Day 1 | Vegetable Poha with curry leaves, mustard seeds, and peas | Roti with Dal, cucumber-tomato salad and yogurt. End with half spoon of TumGard | Vegetable biryani with raita (spiced with cucumber) End with half spoon of TumGard |
| Day 2 | Upma with mixed vegetables and a dash of turmeric | Chapati with palak paneer, dal and cucumber salad End with half spoon of TumGard | Grilled eggplant, mushrooms and bell peppers with quinoa End with half spoon of TumGard |
| Day 3 | Idli with coconut chutney and sambar | Rajma curry with brown rice, carrot -beetroot salad End with half spoon of TumGard. | Paneer tikka with less masala, and chapati with black dal End with half spoon of TumGard. |
Within 7 days of starting the diet, I started feeling much, much lighter.
When I added TumGard, my bloating and acidity went down drastically.
After 20 days, my stool shape improved and started forming properly.
Finally, I felt satisfied after using the washroom.
By day 30, I felt I was almost 80% back to normal but I didn’t want to take a risk so I continued for 30 more days.
Of course, now I can eat ice cream or spicy food and not have much problem.
But I don’t do it.
Health is the only thing we have.
I will never take my health lightly again.
Here are the links to everything I purchased:
If you want to reach out to me, please write on arshdashi@gmail.com.
I did a stool test to see what my H Pylori status was. No surprises, I am now H Pylori negative.
