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Create the Heartburn-Safe Diet

By Sharon Gillson, About.com

Updated September 18, 2008

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Foods that are safe for you to eat when you suffer from heartburn

Foods Safe To Eat

There are some foods that have little or no potential for causing heartburn. The foods listed in the Safe Foods Table are the most common foods that are usually pretty safe for heartburn sufferers to eat. This is by no means a complete list, and in your personal situation, you may either find you can eat the foods from the "Avoid" group with no problem or have problems with foods listed as safe foods. 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 give you a better idea of what your safe foods are.

To learn more about what are the safe foods you can read this Safe Foods article.

For a printer-friendly of the chart pictured below, you can go to http://heartburn.about.com/library/np_safefoods.htm

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