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I'm limiting whole grains right now in my own diet but when I went lower carb before and avoided highly processed foods, I had more complex carbs in my diet (brown rice, quinoa, etc.) and I still did not experience any heartburn - even when I drank tea or coffee which were always big triggers for me. Right now, I'm limiting complex carbs simply to cut back on calories, not because I think brown rice is necessarily bad for me.
I think the heartburn/reflux/GERD comes from having too many simple carbs in your diet. What constitutes "too many" probably varies a lot among people.
I think the simple carbs are contributers and all the sodium and in packaged foods. I know the acidity in coffee gets me and ibuprofin especially. I try and take Tylenol instead. I get a lot of headaches (I have since I was a small child) so sometimes ibuprfin is the only thing that relives them.
Stress is also a huge component in acid reflux.
I mentioned that I have acid reflux too and you took a jab at me with your spicy foods and junk comments.
Again, not about or directed at you.
That just reminded me that a lot of people associate certain foods (spicy, salty, acidic, whatever) with acid reflux. It may be the final trigger to the symptoms, but many times the overall diet/eating habits is the underlying cause.
Washing my hands before I eat.
Making sure the supper plate is washed before loading it up with Kraft Mac & Cheese.
Making sure the pot has been rinsed well before boiling water in it to make the Kraft Mac & Cheese.
Checking the Kraft Mac & Cheese for bugs before dumping the noodles into the pot of boiling water.
I also sometimes eat a salad. But I cheat and I don't rinse it first. So for salad, I eat dirty. Ewwww. Dirt.
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Significantly cut down on your alcohol consumption or cut it out all together. Alcohol definitely is correlated with acid reflux. If you drink coffee and must have it, try using a cold brewing method to make your coffee, which significantly cuts down on acidity and bitterness. Heck you might like it even better.
Significantly cut down on your alcohol consumption or cut it out all together. Alcohol definitely is correlated with acid reflux. If you drink coffee and must have it, try using a cold brewing method to make your coffee, which significantly cuts down on acidity and bitterness. Heck you might like it even better.
That is my whole problem! I really need my coffee. I have gone for periods of time without out it. I once made it a year, but that was once upon a time. It also helps a lot with my headaches. If I feel one coming on I can drink a cup and keep it at bay. I will look into the cold brewing method. I tried tea, but for some reason it upsets my stomach, especially green tea, which is a bummer.
I have a true passion for wine so I will not be giving that up anytime soon. So I have just decided to treat my acid reflux as needed. Luckily it is treatable and is just more of a nuisance than anything else at this point. If it ever gets worse I guess I will have to make some hard changes.
I used to get heartburn after drinking wine. But once I took out the processed foods from my diet, I found that I no longer get heartburn when I drink wine (I drink it approx once a week). I think taking off belly weight - by cutting back on starchy/sugary carbs- really helped to get rid of my heartburn.
I'll echo what several people have said. When I was eating a "normal" diet, spicy and fatty foods seemed to trigger my heartburn and reflux. But once I went very low carb, I could eat all the spicy and fatty foods I wanted. The heartburn completely went away. If I cheated, it would come back that very night. I've gone on and off low carb a few times over the past 3 years and have had exactly the same experience each time.
Significantly cut down on your alcohol consumption or cut it out all together. Alcohol definitely is correlated with acid reflux. If you drink coffee and must have it, try using a cold brewing method to make your coffee, which significantly cuts down on acidity and bitterness. Heck you might like it even better.
Also try Kava coffee, which has reduced acid and comes in a jar and you add it to hot water, but it tastes like regular coffee.
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