If you suffer from frequent heartburn you may well have started researching what foods help with symptoms and have come across a large list of possible culprits.
You might well be forgiven for thinking that life with acid reflux could be a little on the boring side, certainly as far as food is concerned.
Read about heartburn in any magazine and all they seem to be telling you is to cut out all your favorite snacks, meals and drinks, eat boring, low calorie, low fat foods with no taste and at all costs…..don't drink coffee or alcohol.
GERD - Acid reflux disease, call it what you will, is definitely going to change your life. That is without doubt.
Constant heartburn and acid indigestion wears you out, is tiresome and just plain unpleasant. You begin to think that you are prepared to try anything to stop your suffering.
But….before you stop eating all your favorite things, do two things. Re-assess your lifestyle Do your research
Change Your Lifestyle
All of us have some bad habits that we have acquired as we go through life and some of those bad habits will aggravate acid reflux.
Why do you think that acid reflux tends to be prevalent in the over forties? We've had more time to perfect our bad habits.
Eat too quickly? - try slowing down - You'll eat less and improve your digestion, both of which will help with heartburn. Eat too much? - small regular meals are better than large gut busting meals Drink a lot? - Alcohol relaxes the sphincter muscle at the top of your stomach and causes heartburn and acid reflux. Do you eat late in the evening? - Try not to eat within two or three hours of your normal bedtime. It will help with acid reflux and also help with weight. Overweight - Diet. Carrying extra weight is a major contributor to acid reflux as extra fat stored around the internal organs puts additional pressure on your stomach, and it does the same to your heart!! Love junk food? That was not a command. If you do, just try to eat less of it. Fresh is best where heartburn is concerned.
Do Your Research?
When you read the huge list of foods to avoid for heartburn you may well go into a panic. Don't. It is a list of foods that are suspected of causing or aggravating acid reflux. Just because it's on a list it does not mean that you mustn't eat it.
Keep a diary! Each time that you experience heartburn, write down what you had to eat before it started. It's also worth noting what you were doing before you got acid indigestion. Lie down after eating and no matter what you have eaten you will get acid indigestion. Bend over and compress your stomach - and you will get acid reflux. Exercise too soon after eating - and you develop acid reflux.
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