Acid reflux diet

babyluthi wrote: »

Ask your Dr for a proton pump inhibitor.

This is fine in the short term, if your reflux is causing significant pain or keeping you from sleeping. But surely better to do as you’re attempting and control your symptoms with diet than just take a drug?

First question I’d ask is...do you know what’s causing the acid reflux? Do you notice and associate it with any specific types of food? Greasy foods, acidic foods, tomato heavy sauces etc?

Brassicas are apparently a common trigger. If you are eating mostly vegetables, see if removing veggies from the cabbage family helps. I believe flowering vegetables such as cauliflower and broccoli, as well as fermented brassicas such as sauerkraut and kimchi are less likely to cause acid reflux. I am not a health professional. These are just bits and pieces I remember when the hubby was trying to pinpoint his triggers by selectively removing one item at a time from his diet.

For him animal fats and shellfish were a no go. So he needs to limit cheese as well as fatty meats and crustaceans.

I followed what my doctor told me and was able to get off the medicine. It's true that everyone has different triggers, so you'll have to find yours. Some of the common ones are garlic, onion, tomato, chocolate, alcohol, higher fat foods, spicy foods, vinegar/mustard based foods/dressings, caffeine, and citrus.

You didn't mention beverages, but the hardest changes I made were eliminating all caffeine, coffee (even decaf), soda (even decaf), anything with citric acid (which is almost everything except plain water, such as Crystal Light, flavored bottled drinks, etc.).

The book called The Acid Watcher Diet by Dr. Jonathan Aviv was very helpful--complete food list with some good recipes. Also, not sure if this is relevant, but I don't have the typical heartburn symptoms. My problem was the sensation of a lump in my throat all the time. So annoying.

Hugs! It was hard to make the changes but worth it--I feel so much better.

Before losing some weight, I experienced acid reflux several times a day. I was on prescription prilosec for several years. I never went anywhere without my tums. As my diet changed from a high fat and high acid diet to a healthier diet, the need for all of the meds went away. I learned some of the foods that would trigger my issues. For me, one of the big problems was mayonnaise. Anything with mayo gives me heartburn right away.

xtrain321 wrote: »

I followed what my doctor told me and was able to get off the medicine. It's true that everyone has different triggers, so you'll have to find yours. Some of the common ones are garlic, onion, tomato, chocolate, alcohol, higher fat foods, spicy foods, vinegar/mustard based foods/dressings, caffeine, and citrus.

You didn't mention beverages, but the hardest changes I made were eliminating all caffeine, coffee (even decaf), soda (even decaf), anything with citric acid (which is almost everything except plain water, such as Crystal Light, flavored bottled drinks, etc.).

The book called The Acid Watcher Diet by Dr. Jonathan Aviv was very helpful--complete food list with some good recipes. Also, not sure if this is relevant, but I don't have the typical heartburn symptoms. My problem was the sensation of a lump in my throat all the time. So annoying.

Hugs! It was hard to make the changes but worth it--I feel so much better.

This is so helpful. My symptom is the same lump sensation and I too have just started the acid watchers diet.

How has it gone for you? I am hoping this will allow me to get off the meds and that I can go back to eating regularly and drinking coffee. Please tell me good news!