The lowest-rung, easiest to digest foods, in order of ease-to-difficulty, in my experience are:

White rice
Oatmeal, baked potatoes
Baked salmon
Mashed boiled eggs
Plain boiled chicken

Eaten every 3 hours.

However, there is an inner conflict of belief systems you will have to resolve before you get better. Because you will not start to improve until you ditch the naturopath and the associated belief system, and take a sensible course of action previously laid out to you from practical experience.

With all due respect, the question is, how long are you going to damage your stomach with ACV and Aloe Vera or whatnot and worsening your condition until you hit rock bottom and become open to necessary and overdue solutions that work.

Hey I am not using the ACV anymore alright:)I switched to GI revive which has lost of good healing herbs In it.My husband is Japanese so I eat a lot of rice too:)I start to think that white rice is somewhat the culprit since Ive been eating it every day for the last coupld years.
However I have a question to you Shihonage.How come you are still in this group if you are HEALED?

I'm not healed. Many people with gastritis never fully get rid of it. This means, permanent dietary limitations, in the very least.

I used to be where you are, in pain and disrupted in my life with fatigue, weight loss, anxiety, etc. Now I am functional. And I can eat some fun things too. That is the difference that the regimen makes.

At certain points I was nearly "healed" (I could eat Milky Way bars or Burgers with no repercussions), but made mistakes. Some could've been prevented, others had to be made because there was no other source of knowledge except by trial-and-error.

Overindulgence/cravings and premature feelings of being completely healed... deception by the stomach. Bad decision to switch to stronger H2 blocker because it was "cleaner" overall.

Some of these setbacks altered things permanently, like my increased tolerance of H2 blockers, which now make it more difficult to get back on track.

I am not done figuring things out.

"GI Revive" may very well be a great supplement. They're made by "Designs For Health", which make a supplement called "Gastromend HP", which I may have mentioned earlier. It's always near me somewhere.

Both supplements contain "PepZin GI" (zinc carnosine) which I recommended standalone, and which is a large part of their effectiveness. There's clinical evidence showing that it speeds up stomach lining recovery threefold.

However, the healing protocol consists of two parts - coating the stomach in healing agents, and limiting stomach acid, so these agents have a chance to do something.

Without the healing agents and just with acid control, healing will be slow, or stagnant. Without the acid control, given the burning symptoms you have now, the likely outcome is continued worsening of your condition.

JoHam - I assume you are up to speed on the importance of only ingesting low-acid foods, drinks & supplements?
I rarely consume anything below pH 5.
Good resources include the book 'Dropping Acid' by Jamie Koufman. Some of the recipes are unsuitable for gastritis, but the overall principle of the book explaining how acidic foods activate pepsin & also the food/drink pH lists it provides are extremely useful.
Aloe Vera is generally a no-no until the lining is fully healed because of it's acidic pH.

You need to think of you stomach like a wound - you would not pour acidic or gritty foods into a wound.

I have had gastritis for 4 years. I delayed my recovery process & wasted hundreds if not thousands of pounds seeing a highly qualified Medical Herbalist (also qualified as a Medical Doctor) & purchasing virtually every herb & supplement under the sun... still experiencing burning & further damaging my fragile stomach in the process.

Undoubtably the turning point for me was establishing a good regimen with a ppi in conjunction with a low acid diet. I live a virtually pain-free life now. I spent many months beating myself up & "wanting to get off the ppi", but now I have resigned myself to it for as long as necessary because I have to be fully functional to care for my babies. My last endoscopy showed only mild patchy gastritis & some scar tissue which is likely hypersensitive. The aftermath of H pylori does not disappear overnight.

You are aware aren't you that your sjogren's is the most likely cause of your gastritis? You're probably not ever going to get cured, but rather need to find a long-term method to manage your gastritis like I successfully have.

Smilelikeyoumeanit

I appreciate your efforts.However I need to clear a few things to you.I have no H-pylori the biopsy didn't show any traces of it.Like I already mentioned before the most recent endoscopy showed mild gastritis which is not much different from your condition at the moment.The difference is I have never taken any PPIs and do not intend to take any.I will repeat that over and over again for as long as its necessary.I believe in the holistic healing.The fact you could not do this does not mean I can not.Perhaps you did not believe in your bodys own healing capabilities from the very beginning to start with.I realize nothing happens overnight.It took a couple years for my health to deteriorate so it will take another couple for it to heal.I accept it and give myself the time to heal.I know exactly where I screwed the healing process last time.After 6 weeks of my herbal/holistic treatment I felt so well(this is exactly what Shihonage is talking about the deceptive feeling )that I decided to get off my herbs and I my diet and started eating pretty much anything including habmurgers and fries in order to gain a few pounds back.My weightloss was very rapid and significant and I wanted to do something abou that.Of course now I realize how stupid of me was to act so nave and think that I was healed.As of now I have been felling great for the last 2 days(only 2 days but I praise the Lord)I have been sleeping like a baby,I regained my energy,I have no more morning chills.The only thing that is bothering me now is constipation which I believe is due to lack of fiber in my diet.I used to eat tons of fresh fruit and vegetables but now everything has to be cooked or baked which makes things complicated.
To sum up I would like to tell you to be a little bit more open minded about the treatment options.Not two human beings are the same and when it comes to healing everyone needs to find an approach that works for them.For me it is the holistic approach.I spent 2 years of my life living in China and have learnt a lot there.Believe in yourself,accept things and you will see how this unfolds for you.Negation will get you nowhere.On the other hand an open mind, love and acceptance are the keys to general well being.

Ah of course... maybe that's it... I did not BELIEVE in the herbs or my body's healing capacity enough...

Believe me - I was as pro-herbs/holistic & anti-ppi as you a couple of years ago. It's almost laughable we're having this discussion really.

Luckily I became open-minded, loving & accepting of myself enough to consider all treatment options before my gastritis became a perforated ulcer & I died.

I truly hope you get the results you're seeking. I do agree 100% when you say "...No two human beings are the same and when it comes to healing everyone needs to find an approach that works for them..."

Good luck on your beautiful & unique healing journey. Love & light.

PPI or H2Blocker are not the devil. Actually they helped millions of people. But it's your decision ...

By the way i am going to a chinese doctor too for Acupuncture and chinese herbs, and she is totally pro PPI.

Just for the record, I am anti- anything that can be avoided. For most people with typical cases, acid suppression cannot be avoided, but PPIs can be.

Zantac was used to treat people before PPIs gained popularity, and it still can be. It carries overall less risks, part due to its "inefficiency", and part due to not directly interacting with stomach pumps, and should always be the first line of defense IMO.

Good info about aloe vera juice. I had read somewhere that it heals gastritis so I was drinking a cup of it daily. Yikes! I had no idea I was doing more damage. I'll return it to the store tomorrow (just bought an unopened bottle).

By the way, does anyone know if slippery elm is safe to take (ie: does not have ph below 5?)

I take a lot of slippery elm. Seems fine. I only take it with food though.

I take slippery elm occasionally away from food & never had any problems with it.

How are you doing Serenity? Still making good progress since taking acid suppression meds etc?

I was on Protonix for one month and it totally got rid of the stomach burn but the throat burn/tightness continued so I switched to Dexilant one week ago. I think the throat burn may be getting a little better, but I still have the tightness. My ENT did a scope and saw "mild to moderate" signs of burn at the back of my throat (or wherever the scope looks). So I"m hopeful continued use of the dexilant will help. The ENT said that I can expect to have 50 percent improvement after 2 months on the PPI. So I know it's going to be slow. I'm also doing the Pepzid GI, slippery elm and a few other supplements that hopefully will help. I wish I would have stayed on the PPI when my GI Dr prescribed it last October but the naturopath I was working with at the time convinced me to go off it. Big mistake. I think my throat burn developed in the months after I got off it. Question about the Pepzid...do we take it between meals. I think the study in Japan had them take it right after breakfast and dinner, if I'm not mistaken. I know this has been answered before. Sorry for the repeat.

Oops .. I mean Pepzin. Not Pepzid. The other super annoying symptom I have is a severely dry tongue. Must be from the PPI.