Just as at home, eating certain foods in restaurants can trigger heartburn. Knowing what to avoid can lead to a more enjoyable dining experience.
Difficulty: Average
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Here's How:
- Avoid fried foods, such as burgers, fried chicken, fried fish
- Avoid sandwich melts
- Avoid foods prepared in butter or oil
- Avoid high-fat side dishes, such as French fries
- Avoid high-fat sauces, salad dressings, gravies, mayonnaise
- Avoid creamy soups
- Avoid chili
- Avoid peppers
- Avoid onions
- Avoid foods with a lot of extra cheese
- Avoid tomato-based foods, including catsup
- Avoid citrus fruits and drinks such as oranges, orange juice and lemonade
- Avoid caffeninated beverages such as coffee, tea, iced tea and cola
- Avoid alcoholic beverages
- Avoid chocolate
Tips:
- Before you eat out at a restaurant, learn what foods you can eat that have little risk of causing heartburn. You can see what these foods are with this safe foods chart.
- There are foods that can be consumed in moderation. You can see what these foods are with this foods in moderation chart.
- There are some foods you should avoid in your acid reflux diet, as they are known heartburn triggers. You can see what these foods are with this foods to avoid chart.
- Alcohol can have several unpleasant affects on heartburn sufferers. It is best to avoid alcohol as much as possible if you suffer from acid reflux. But there are a few tips that may make it possible for you to enjoy alcoholic beverages if consumed in moderation.
- When you experience chronic heartburn, the first step to controlling your heartburn is to record what may trigger your attacks, the severity of the attacks, how your body reacts, and what gives you relief. You can use this heartburn record as an example of what to record.
