10 Things To Avoid In Your Heartburn Diet
Finally, you decide start new today with a new diet – a diet that will address your heartburn acid reflux symptoms. The following are the 10 things you may want to avoid while you are on the heartburn diet.
1. Acidic drinks and foods
This will promote acid reflux symptoms as they stimulate the stomach to excrete even more acid. Such drinks can include tea and coffee; alcohol; and large amounts of supplements containing ascorbic acid, or Vitamin C. Although recent studies have shown that such foods might not really contribute to GERD, these drinks and supplements should be avoided before bedtime as a precaution.
2. Smoking
Smoking can lower the competence of the lower esophageal sphincter and weaken the body’s ability to replace damaged mucosal cells with new ones. Read more about The Connection Between Smoking and Acid Reflux.
3. Small and Frequent Meals.
You may take frequent, smaller meals instead of taking a few large meals, as these can help to reduce your acid reflux symptoms.
4. Do Not Eat Before Going To Bed
You may also want to eat two to three hours before going to bed. This can put you at lower risk for GERD, as you will have little chance of doing any strenuous activity that might push acidic food back into your esophagus.
5. Sugar-free chewing gum can contain compounds that promote GERD, so you will have to avoid this during your GERD diet.
6. Try not to take peppermint and chocolate desserts as they are heartburn triggeres.
7. Although disputed by recent studies, you might also want to avoid spicy foods as a precaution.
8. Some fruits are also high in acids, and more so when they are cooked. You may want to avoid oranges or tomatoes for the meantime. If you need the extra vitamins, take such fruits fresh.
9. Eat less of vegetables like cauliflower, spinach, onions, broccoli, cabbage, and brussel sprouts which can also promote heartburn.
10. You will also need to stay away from high calcium, high fat foods, such as milk and other dairy products.
The best way to know to know what foods to avoid is to keep a food journal. Thus, you can find out through your own experience which types of food to avoid eating.
According to experts, people who suffer from GERD should determine exactly which foods bother them, and select which ones to avoid.
If you would like to find out more about the effective and proven methods of treating acid reflux and GERD, please check out 7 SECRETS in Found In Heartburn-Preventing Diet
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