# Gutrack — llms.txt

> The intelligent, calm iOS companion for managing gastritis, GERD, acid reflux, and sensitive digestion.

## Product Overview
- **Name:** Gutrack
- **Developer:** Soren Ltd (London, UK)
- **Platform:** iOS (iPhone). Android coming soon.
- **Core Technology:** Gastric Safety Index (0–100 algorithm evaluating meal gentleness on stomach mucosa and lower esophageal sphincter).
- **Key Features:** Camera food scanner, personalized trigger analysis, medication & symptom tracking, Apple Health sleep correlation, and gastroenterologist PDF clinical export.
- **App Store URL:** https://apps.apple.com/app/gutrack/id6742352523
- **Official Website:** https://gutrack.com/
- **TikTok:** https://www.tiktok.com/@gutrack6
- **Instagram:** https://www.instagram.com/gutrack_app/
- **YouTube:** https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyhbqjNr_7fTH7OaRkk8yA

## The Complete Clinical Knowledge Base (26 Guides & Interactive Tools)
- **Free Gastric Safety Index Food Checker** (https://gutrack.com/food-checker/): Interactive Tool · Instant lookup of 21 common foods scored 0-100 on the Gastric Safety Index for gastritis and reflux.
- **Acute Gastritis Flare-Up: 48-Hour Recovery Protocol & Food Progression** (https://gutrack.com/blog/acute-gastritis-flare-up-48-hour-recovery-protocol/): Clinical Nutrition · When acute gastric inflammation strikes, eating the wrong texture or fat ratio within the first two days can extend mucosal damage by weeks. This clinical protocol breaks down the first 48 hours into three physiological recovery phases using the 0–100 Gastric Safety Index.
- **Alcohol and Gastritis: Can You Drink Wine, Beer or Spirits While Healing?** (https://gutrack.com/blog/alcohol-and-gastritis-wine-beer-mucosal-healing/): Beverages & Triggers · Ethanol acts as a direct chemical solvent that degrades the stomach’s protective phospholipid and bicarbonate barrier within minutes of ingestion. Understanding how alcohol concentration, organic fermentation acids, and carbonation interact with gastric physiology is essential for preventing acute mucosal erosions.
- **Apple Cider Vinegar for Gastritis & GERD: The Low Acid Myth Debunked** (https://gutrack.com/blog/apple-cider-vinegar-gastritis-gerd-myth/): Beverages & Triggers · Wellness internet culture routinely claims that gastritis and acid reflux are caused by low stomach acid, prescribing diluted apple cider vinegar as a cure-all tonic. In clinical practice, introducing unbuffered acetic acid (pH 2.5–3.0) onto an already denuded gastric epithelium reactivates dormant pepsinogen and triggers immediate neurogenic inflammation.
- **Best Protein Powders for Gastritis & Acid Reflux: Whey, Pea & Collagen Tested** (https://gutrack.com/blog/best-protein-powders-for-gastritis-acid-reflux/): Clinical Nutrition · Meeting daily protein requirements during a gastritis flare or chronic GERD episode requires avoiding intact dairy caseins, sugar alcohols, and methylxanthine flavorings. Our clinical evaluation demonstrates that unflavored hydrolyzed collagen peptides and single-ingredient organic pea isolates achieve the highest Gastric Safety Index (GSI) scores for rapid, non-irritating assimilation.
- **Bile Reflux vs Acid Reflux: Why PPIs Fail and What Actually Helps** (https://gutrack.com/blog/bile-reflux-vs-acid-reflux-ppi-failure/): Reflux & GERD · When maximum-dose proton pump inhibitors fail to resolve upper abdominal burning, the offending agent is often alkaline duodenal bile rather than gastric hydrochloric acid. Distinguishing between acid-peptic injury and bile salt detergent toxicity requires understanding pyloric sphincter dynamics, cholecystokinin signaling, and soluble fiber sequestration.
- **Bone Broth, Gelatin & Glutamine for Stomach Lining: Clinical Science vs Hype** (https://gutrack.com/blog/bone-broth-gelatin-glutamine-gut-lining-repair/): Clinical Nutrition · While glycine, proline, and L-glutamine serve as vital substrates for epithelial tight junctions and mucin synthesis, traditional long-simmered bone broths frequently fail gastritis patients due to unskimmed lipids, biogenic amines, and free glutamates. Clinical mastery requires isolating these structural amino acids from the inflammatory triggers found in standard recipes.
- **Can You Drink Coffee With Gastritis? Low-Acid Alternatives & Science** (https://gutrack.com/blog/can-you-drink-coffee-with-gastritis-low-acid-alternatives/): Beverages & Triggers · Standard brewed coffee triggers gastric acid secretion through multiple biochemical pathways beyond caffeine, making it a primary driver of mucosal inflammation during active gastritis flares. Understanding the interplay between chlorogenic acids, Lower Esophageal Sphincter (LES) pressure, and buffering agents allows patients to navigate morning routines without compromising tissue repair.
- **Eating Out With Gastritis & GERD: Safe Restaurant Orders & Ordering Rules** (https://gutrack.com/blog/eating-out-with-gastritis-gerd-restaurant-guide/): Clinical Nutrition · Commercial restaurant preparation prioritizes hyper-palatability through emulsified fats, allium bases, and acidulants that compromise the gastric mucosal barrier. By applying the Gastric Safety Index (GSI) and specific kitchen modification requests, patients with gastritis and GERD can dine out safely while maintaining a stomach pH above the pepsin activation threshold.
- **Erosive vs Non-Erosive Gastritis: Endoscopy Differences & Healing Stages** (https://gutrack.com/blog/erosive-vs-non-erosive-gastritis-healing-stages/): Pathology & Diagnosis · Receiving an endoscopy report that mentions gastric erosions or erythematous mucosa can feel alarming, especially when post-procedure dietary guidance is vague. Understanding the exact depth of tissue injury—and keeping daily nutrition within the 75–100 Gastric Safety Index (GSI) zone—allows your stomach lining to rebuild without repeated acid-peptic setbacks.
- **The Gastric Safety Index (GSI): How We Score Meals from 0 to 100** (https://gutrack.com/blog/gastric-safety-index/): Scoring & Science · Calories tell you how much energy is in a meal. The Gastric Safety Index tells you whether your stomach lining can handle it. Here is the science behind our 0–100 scoring system.
- **Gastritis, Anxiety & The Gut-Brain Axis: Breaking Visceral Hypersensitivity** (https://gutrack.com/blog/gastritis-anxiety-gut-brain-axis-visceral-hypersensitivity/): Gut-Brain & Lifestyle · When chronic gastric inflammation sensitizes spinal afferent nerves, routine stomach expansion and mild acid fluctuations register in the brain as severe tissue damage. Breaking this loop requires simultaneous mucosal protection and vagal nerve down-regulation.
- **Gastritis Diet: Foods to Eat, Foods to Avoid and Meal Planning** (https://gutrack.com/blog/gastritis-diet-foods-to-eat-and-avoid/): Clinical Nutrition · When your stomach lining is inflamed, every meal feels like a gamble. Here is a calm, evidence-based guide to which foods support healing, which ones irritate the gastric mucosa, and how to track your personal tolerance.
- **Gastritis vs GERD: Symptoms, Differences and How to Tell** (https://gutrack.com/blog/gastritis-vs-gerd-symptoms/): Pathology & Diagnosis · This guide walks through what separates gastritis from GERD, where their symptoms overlap, when to worry, and why a generic list can only take you so far.
- **GERD & Acid Reflux Triggers: Common Culprits and Hidden Flare Causes** (https://gutrack.com/blog/gerd-acid-reflux-triggers/): Reflux & GERD · Heartburn rarely stems from a single culprit. It is the result of chemical sphincter relaxers, mechanical stomach pressure, and circadian eating habits working together.
- **H. Pylori Post-Antibiotic Recovery Diet: Healing Your Gastric Lining** (https://gutrack.com/blog/h-pylori-post-antibiotic-recovery-diet/): Pathology & Diagnosis · Completing antibiotic therapy can clear Helicobacter pylori, but the stomach lining often stays inflamed for a while afterwards. Symptoms can persist even when the infection is gone. This guide covers what to eat during that transition, and what to track so your clinician can see the pattern.
- **Hiatal Hernia Diet & Meal Timing: Neutralizing the Acid Pocket** (https://gutrack.com/blog/hiatal-hernia-diet-acid-pocket-prevention/): Reflux & GERD · A sliding hiatal hernia physically separates the lower esophageal sphincter from the crural diaphragm, creating an unbuffered supradiaphragmatic reservoir of gastric juice after eating. Controlling reflux requires restricting total meal volume to under 350 milliliters and prioritizing foods with a Gastric Safety Index score above 70 to prevent fundic distension.
- **How to Choose a Gut Health Tracker for Gastritis, GERD, and Food Triggers** (https://gutrack.com/blog/how-to-choose-gut-health-tracker/): Doctor & Tracking · Most app lists rank by star rating. That tells you whether people liked an app — not whether its model matches your condition. Here is a criteria-first way to choose, including where Gutrack fits and where it does not.
- **How to Sleep With Severe Acid Reflux: Angles, Timing & Night Protocols** (https://gutrack.com/blog/how-to-sleep-with-severe-acid-reflux-nighttime-protocols/): Reflux & GERD · Nocturnal acid reflux causes more severe esophageal mucosal damage than daytime reflux due to the cessation of swallowing and salivary bicarbonate neutralization during sleep. Preventing nighttime regurgitation requires aligning stomach anatomy against gravity and ensuring complete gastric emptying before recumbency.
- **How to Stop PPIs Without Acid Rebound: Step-Down Tapering & Tracking Guide** (https://gutrack.com/blog/how-to-stop-ppis-without-acid-rebound/): Medications & Supplements · Abruptly discontinuing proton pump inhibitors triggers severe Rebound Acid Hypersecretion (RAHS) due to drug-induced hypergastrinemia and enterochromaffin-like cell hyperplasia. A structured 6-week tapering schedule combined with strict Gastric Safety Index (GSI) dietary buffering allows parietal cell mass to normalize without mucosal trauma.
- **How to Track Food Triggers for Your Doctor: Complete Appointment Guide** (https://gutrack.com/blog/how-to-track-food-triggers-for-doctor/): Doctor & Tracking · Arriving at a gastroenterologist appointment with 'everything hurts' often leads to generic prescriptions. Here is how to track meals, symptoms, and latency so your doctor can pinpoint the real problem.
- **Low FODMAP vs Low Acid Diet: Why IBS Diets Can Worsen Gastritis** (https://gutrack.com/blog/low-fodmap-vs-low-acid-diet-gastritis-ibs/): Clinical Nutrition · The Low-FODMAP diet is designed to reduce colonic fermentation in the lower gastrointestinal tract, not to protect an eroded stomach lining from acid and pepsin. Applying an IBS protocol to active gastritis or GERD often introduces high-acid, high-lipid foods that accelerate mucosal injury.
- **Safe Seasonings & Spices for Gastritis: Flavor Without Stomach Irritation** (https://gutrack.com/blog/safe-seasonings-spices-for-gastritis-recipes/): Clinical Nutrition · Culinary restriction during gastritis recovery often leads to nutritional inadequacy and meal fatigue, yet reintroducing standard spices prematurely triggers immediate nociceptive pain. By distinguishing between pungent alkaloids that depolarize visceral nerve endings and volatile herbal terpenes that support mucosal prostaglandin synthesis, patients can restore flavor safely.
- **Silent Reflux (LPR) Diet: Foods, Triggers and What to Avoid** (https://gutrack.com/blog/silent-reflux-lpr-diet-trigger-foods/): Reflux & GERD · Laryngopharyngeal reflux is driven by aerosolized pepsin binding to sensitive throat tissues rather than simple liquid acid splash. Resolving vocal fatigue, globus sensation, and chronic cough requires a strict dietary threshold above pH 5.0 combined with fast-emptying meals that score 70 or higher on the Gastric Safety Index.
- **Stomach Ulcer vs Gastritis: Clinical Differences, Bleeding Signs & Endoscopy** (https://gutrack.com/blog/stomach-ulcer-vs-gastritis-bleeding-signs-endoscopy/): Gastritis & Ulcers · While gastritis involves diffuse inflammation of the superficial stomach lining, a peptic ulcer is a localized crater that breaches the muscularis mucosae (>0.5 mm depth). Distinguishing the two requires evaluating postprandial pain timing, screening for microvascular bleeding, and undergoing upper endoscopy.
- **Sucralfate vs Omeprazole vs Famotidine (Pepcid): Mechanisms & Timing Guide** (https://gutrack.com/blog/sucralfate-vs-omeprazole-vs-famotidine-pepcid/): Medications & Supplements · Prescriptions for gastritis and peptic ulcer disease frequently combine three distinct drug classes that physically and chemically conflict if taken together. Mastering exact administration windows and dietary Gastric Safety Index (GSI) thresholds prevents drug chelation and accelerates mucosal restitution.
- **Zinc-Carnosine, DGL Licorice & Slippery Elm for Gastritis: Clinical Studies** (https://gutrack.com/blog/zinc-carnosine-dgl-slippery-elm-gastritis-clinical-evidence/): Medications & Supplements · While proton pump inhibitors suppress gastric acid secretion, they do not directly rebuild damaged epithelial tight junctions or replenish the mucin-bicarbonate barrier. Clinical evidence demonstrates that targeted compounds like Zinc-L-Carnosine, deglycyrrhizinated licorice (DGL), and mucilaginous botanicals accelerate mucosal healing when paired with a high-Gastric Safety Index diet.

## Medical Disclaimer
Gutrack is a self-tracking dietary tool, not a medical device. It does not provide medical diagnosis, treatment, or clinical advice.