Foods to Avoid With Acid Reflux
If you’re worried or concerned about what foods to avoid then I commend you. A lot of people out there with acid reflux continue eating as they wish or unhealthy and it just worsens their conditions (if that’s a word). They eat what they want, when they want and how much they want, although this is good freedom, but it can keep you living with acid reflux. The goal here is give you the right foods to eat and develop good habits until you break free from this disease called acid reflux.
When considering what foods to avoid with acid reflux, there are two very important points to consider. The first is that you want to make note of the foods that typically cause acid reflux flare-ups. These are foods that are high in acid content themselves; their acid coupled with the acid from your stomach is going to overload your system and cause reflux.
 
Foods high in acid content include red meat of any variety, citrus fruits (limes, lemons, oranges, grapefruits, tomatoes), spicy foods such as garlic, onions, and peppers, cranberries, strawberries, raspberries, wine, coffee, tea, cola, and dairy products high in lactose content such as yogurt, milk, and ice cream. Other foods to avoid with acid reflux are those cooked in heavy oils. This mean fried foods of any sort, potato chips and other such snack items, and fries. Also, most packaged foods use oil as a preservative, so you may also want to avoid toaster pastries and foods such as these. Fast foods are typically also fried in oils, so drive-through hamburgers may need to be avoided.
The other consideration when it comes to foods to avoid with acid reflux is being mindful of what foods seem to cause a flare-up with you personally. It’s a good idea to keep an eating diary for a few weeks, with notes about what you eat, how much, and when you’ve eaten it. Also note your acid reflux flare-ups and the time. This way you can compare the two - if you have a small bag of potato chips as a snack at 3:00 and note that you have a flare-up at 3:30, then you know you’re very sensitive to the oils used in those chips. Some people need to add to their list of foods to avoid with acid reflux items such as yogurt, cheese, chocolate, certain grains such as macaroni or spaghetti, and desserts that are baked with a lot of oil such as cake, cookies, and brownies.
Everyone’s system is different and sensitive to different things; your list of foods to avoid with acid reflux might be very different than someone else’s. Along those lines, if you note that strawberries and tomatoes don’t bother you, then of course you can indulge in these foods.