Food Guides

When you suffer from chronic heartburn, you know that finding foods that have little risk of causing heartburn is important for you. It is also important for you to avoid those foods that are known to aggravate heartburn symptoms. The following charts will be a good starting point for moderating your diet to ease your heartburn.

Heartburn and What You Eat #1
This chart may help you see what foods have little risk of causing heartburn.

Heartburn and What You Eat #2
This chart may help you see what foods should be consumed with discretion.

Heartburn and What You Eat #3
This chart may help you see what foods should be avoided.

After checking out the above charts, you may find you can eat the foods from the "Avoid" group with no problem or have problems with foods that are listed in the "Little Risk" group. It is a good idea to keep a Food Diary. For approximately two weeks, write down what you eat, when you eat and any symptoms you may experience. This will help you and your doctor plan your diet and decide on any change in eating habits you may need. You can use this heartburn record as a guide for what information to record.