From the article: Avoiding Foods That Cause Heartburn
You may need to avoid certain foods if you suffer from heartburn. What foods are your biggest heartburn trigger? How do you cope with food triggers? Any handy tips or food substitutions? Share your experiences
Acid Stuff
- Apples, bananas & tomato anything is the worst for me. Apple cider vinegar seems to help a cap full in a glass of water. It's only 5% acid but it helps. I guess I'll never get fat from hearing everybody else's complaints
- —Guest Damon
cut out grains!!!
- I tried it all with no relief. Then I cut out grains. I got my life back. I can feast hard on hot sauce and fats. Chicken wings..mbring it on.
- —Guest chad
Chococalte Ouch
- Nothing but chocolate gives me heartburn, but wow does it make up for it in intensity. Few minutes after eating plain chocolate on an empty stomach I'm on fire. Very odd considering I eat exceedingly spicy food all the time, love greasy/fried stuff, drink gallons of coffee/red bull, no problem with alcohol, fruit juices, dairy, etc. For some reason, only chocolate does it to me. Sucks but I guess it's good incentive to skip dessert.
- —Guest No Cocoa
laying down and eating!!!
- If you lay on your stomach and eat often your asking for trouble. I feel like I have a lump in my throat and sometimes a regurgitated a little. Early signs of heart burn! No more Chipotle bowls while in bed. AND NO MORE SPAGHETTI and MEATBALLs then going to sleep!
- —Guest miamiroe
Jelly Beans and Red Licorice
- I saw red licorice and jelly beans on the ok food list. Both kill me. Worst of the worst is Mtn. Dew, the love of my life!!
- —Guest Linda
Oatmeal
- Oatmeal, cream of wheat, or porridge of any kind. The tougher/thicker it is, the worse it is, but even well-cooked soupy porridge gives me horrible acid reflux. Dried oats, however, like an oatmeal cookie, are fine.
- —Guest Jack Shepherd
beano helps me greatly
- I decided to take some beano when I found out it is an enzyme. It has helped me Seem lately everything gives me heartburn. I decided to try Beano when I learned it is an enzyme . I can eat most anything and not get heartburn. May not work for everyone but works for me.
- —Guest mary fairbanks
Girl on Fire
- Try Brewers Yeast or marmite on wholemeal toast twice a day. I have had a sour stomach for 18 months and this very natural remedy has given me my life back
- —Guest Cathy Roberts
My difficulties
- I am still struggling, but I have hope. I do have to make the most of it and just play the hand I'm dealt, as someone suggested to me. Try red delicious apples before or after eating. there are a bunch of other all natural ideas online if you look. Might be worth a shot
- —Guest John Dille
girlonfire
- Thanks guys - I was starting to get down about mine. Just want to say fine when someone says 'hi, how are you' Working hard to find my triggers. My beloved relaxing glass of wine has had to go. It had started to taste like a glass of vinigar anyway. Good luck everyone
- —Guest cathy
GERD
- Never mind the medications they are horrible for your body and will perpetuate worse problems. Stick to a diet without tomatoes, chocolate, spicy foods, coffee, some fatty meats ie bacon & sausage, cheese etc. Eat lots of salads, fish (baked), almond milk, nuts, lean meats ie chicken. No alcohol, don't over eat at night forget desserts and lose the pizzas. Take delicorice (if you don't have high blood pressure) that will calk down the stomach and you can begin to heal.
- —Guest Miss D
IT BURNS!!
- I have a constant sore throat because of GERD. I recently had a test done where my gastro doctor looked down my throat, esophagus and stomach and even some of my intestines with a scope to see how bad things were! Well right away he saw alot of red raw spots in my throat, then further down it got even redder. BUT when he got to the middle of my esophagus it was so swollen from the acid always backing up into it, that the hole was very small; about the size of a straw! No wonder I was having trouble swallowing my food! When he got to my stomach it was bright red and inflamed and there he noticed that I also had a hernia. I am currently taking 40 mg. omeprezole twice a day to help with my acid reflux. But it has been going on for so long now that I have lost my sense of smell and taste and can't enjoy eating anything anymore. The only smell that gets through is when I make my husband a cup of coffee and that smells like skunk to me!!
- —Guest Susan
MY GERD TRIGGERS
- Pizza, fruit juices, tomatoes, pickles, and many more foods I used to love. Even apples will trigger acid reflux in me! Makes me very depressed and wonder if there is anything out there that I CAN eat! I should be dropping pounds like crazy because of how little I eat, but I guess it's the medications that I'm taking that is keeping the weight on me. Oh well. I will eat saltines and tuna fish for lunch today. Who knows what I will have tonight. That is how it is with me every day...meal by meal. If anyone has a list of good foods for GERD sufferers please email them to me. Thank you.
- —Guest Susan
BRAT diet
- Try the BRAT diet for a few days...bananas, rice, applesauce and (dry) toast. Yes, it's rather bland, but that's what we prescribe for upset tummies and sensitive GI conditions. Then slowly work in regular foods that you usually like to eat just a bit at a time. And NEVER eat spicy or greasy foods just before going to bed...a sure trigger for very uncomfortable heartburn/reflux in the middle of the night. Also, many people don't know this, but milk actually triggers the production of stomach acid. Yes, it feels good going down, but hours later you'll just have more stomach acid than before.
- —Guest DrDeb
Foods that trigger heartburn with AR
- Foods that are high in acid and spicy foods sometimes sourcream and blackberries if my stomach is too torn up.
- —Guest Sonia
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