Best Gerd diet to try

Jabronie-

Sorry to hear things are getting so bad for you. I am not really up one the various diets, but I have had good luck with certain fruits and veggies. I also could eat grilled fish without any problems.

Take care,
Bill

Hi there!
Hope you are feeling better now

Obviously not answering your question, but I just wanted to share what has been working for me food-wise:

It seems that cutting sugar, pasta, breads, and anything with too much carbs decreases my symptoms.

I haven't cut them close to zero, as some user here has suggested (as I still believe getting some carbs is good for your body); but cutting them down has definitively helped me.

Amazingly enough, fat is not much of a problem for me, but of course I try to not abuse from it. (ie. trying to avoid fried food or anything that looks too creamy).

I have been on various PPIs for a decade. I have always experienced symptoms with one missed dose. Recently, I have decreased my carbs significantly and for the first time in years have been able to move to H-2 blockers with minimal symptoms. At least for me, carbs are important.

Thanks everyone

I've been reading up on low carbohydrate diet - there's some clinical study evidence to support the idea that it benefits acid refllux (though not done on any big patient groups so far as I can see). What evidence there is seems to relate to trials involving obese patients. I have a normal BMI, but the one thing I do think has changed in my diet over the last few years is that I do have more carbohydrate. I'm wheat intolerant and used to eat rye bread and rye crackers but a big change in the wheat free produce available lead to me having more of these refined wheat free carbohydrate products like pasta and bread.

So I was looking through the forum about low carbohydrate diets and kept coming across threads with "Dr Norm", who hasn't posted since 2006. He certainly seemed to advocate the low carb diet and it looks like he'd produced a book about it. Are there any veterans (or moderators) who remember Dr Norm or his book?

Am not having a good time GERD wise at the moment, so am looking at diets again. I don't want to increase my ppi as I really struggle with side effects.

MMM

It doesn't seem to matter what I eat - everything sets off the throat clearing and coughing. It gets better while I'm asleep and really early in the morning but as soon as I eat something - it starts in again and doesn't stop. I had a bowl of whole grain cereal w/fat free milk and 1/2 banana and you'd have thought I'd eaten an entire pizza, 3 chocolate bars, and a mixed drink the way my throat got so scratchy and irritated. My only relief seems to come while I'm asleep. I had a bowl of soup - boxed chicken broth as the base, spinach, mushrooms, cabbage, carrots, celery and it started in again. It is so depressing. It's been going for 7 months now. The dry mouth is driving me insane too.

As you get older heartburn seems more common, especially when one is over 40 years of age, you find that heartburn is more discussed at work, parties, social gatherings and dinner parties.
the worst foods for me are fried foods and curry. shame because i really enjoy spicy curry. alcohol is also a no no - too much and i get chronic heartburn and indigestion. read more -
www.emedmd.com/content/gerd-diet
www.emedmd.com/content/acid-reflux-disease
i have really improved my diet and am eating lots of lean chicken and fish- mainly grilled.
i also like fruit - examples of fruit that i have found to be ok
Apples (fresh apple, dried apple and juice), banana, melon, apricots, stewed apples, raisins, plums, dates, figs, mango, papaya, passionfruit, pear, prunes and sultanas,
good luck all.
ps i still have to take a low dose ppi - lansoprazole 15mg every day

Post Edited (ianday7) : 3/19/2017 9:04:50 AM (GMT-6)

checking in again with update, still following heartburn and gerd diet. symptoms very minimal but still having to take occasional ppi (but no longer daily).

Hi everyone, I'm new but wished to join in. I have intermittently used slippery elm as a mild protective coat and tea. There is a story to how I came across slippery elm...... No doubt most of you already use this. Best left to sit over an hour or more and in a litre just use about 1/4 teaspoon of powder. The protective mild tea is slippery enough if left to brew.

In the mornings I seem to be best if I include an orange, no milk. Found I was getting very dehydrated so I watch to ensure I drink lots of water. I would like to try altering my already soft well water with bicarb soda to try and denature the pepsin in the reflux - anyone got a simple recipe for this?

I try to vary my diet as widely as possible to stay open or elastic with my immune system - can't think of a better simple way to put that.

I have also started trying a low carb diet. I used to eat two bowls of cereal a day, drink at least one large coke, a bunch of OJ and would almost always have a large portion of rice or pasta as part of my dinner. All things a low carb gerd fighting diet says you shouldnt have.

Its been a big change and still havent quite adapated. But I try to eat scrambled eggs and fruit for breakfast. Celery w/ all natural peanut butter, lettuce w/ dried cranberrys, almonds, and carrots for lunch. usually have a banana as a snack. and dinner is usually plain chicken with broccoli and cabbage. not the most exciting thing in the world. I've been doing this pretty regularly for a month now. I usually cave on weekends as I go out to meet friends and its hard to be good about what you eat. I've also just started trying natural remedies like DGL licorice and aloe vera gel. I drink a ton of water but I've always done that. And I've also started keeping a food diary. The first week I did this was bad.... bad heartburn, diarrhea, etc... but kept it up.

And now I do think things have improved although not completely. Ironically I've started getting the globus sensation of something stuck in my throat more often than I used to. It almost feels like I'm hungrier and there is less food for my acid to work on so its shooting up to my throat. I've always had pretty loose stools and thats completely changed. I've had more normal stools in the last month than I've probably had in the last 10 years... no joke. I'm hoping thats a good sign and its just a matter of time before the rest of my body starts to heal.

I'm on the Fast Tract diet. For me, very noticeable reduction in symptoms.

Quick update - have been controlling my acid reflux with diet for many years. No longer needing PPI, have lost further weight - this has been a great help. Still need to be careful with diet and avoid certain foods. As for which ones I find advice in simple table form easiest to remember. For a quick refresher of foods to avoid and those that are ok please see this table:
www.emedmd.com/content/gerd-diet-plan-and-table
There is lots of advice available with a google search but I still find this to be the quickest way to remind myself what I should be avoiding and what foods are OK.

Post Edited (ianday7) : 3/19/2017 9:23:35 AM (GMT-6)