Are
there any foods that cause acid reflux?
Many acid reflux sufferers ask this question. The
truth is that while acid reflux causes are complex
and multiple, certain dietary patterns may be one
of the contributing factors that trigger acid
reflux.
There
are quite a large variety of foods that can
trigger acid reflux. It however does not
mean that even putting your tongue to taste a
particular variety of food would cause acid
reflux. It needs to be underlined that in our
stomach is present a quantum of acid, but it does
not cause acid reflux. It is not a poison waiting
for an opportunity to strike back and start eating
into vitality of your life. The acid present in
the stomach helps in breaking down the food that
you eat and catalogues and sends them into the
respective departments to provide you the energy
to carry on a day-to-day basis. While there are in
existence quite large varieties of foods that may
trigger acid reflux symptoms, the manner in which
you eat the food also contributes to acid reflux.
To bring the incidence of acid reflux under
control, from your side do ensure that the food
that you eat is chewed
properly.
If
you have the habit of consuming large quantities
of liquids between the foods, then the liquid be
it water or the juice or an aerated drink would
come under the category of foods that
trigger acidic reflux. If you are in the
habit of drinking water, then induce a change in
your consumption pattern and consume it either
half an hour before you are going to eat the food,
or half an hour after you have eaten it. The
change in consumption of water is one step forward
towards the adoption of holistic manner in which
acid reflux can be kept under
control.
Snacking
in any form through out the day would also come
under the category of foods that may
cause acid reflux aggravation. Ideally to
keep acid reflux under control, approach it in a
holistic manner and that would be to keep a gap of
not more than four hours between one meal and the
other.
The
foods that trigger the acid reflux should not be
blamed for the incidence as the incidence of
acidic reflux has the occurrence on account of
quantity of food that you consume. There is a very
interesting classification of food in the Indian
mythology which if followed is able to bring down
the incidence of acidic reflux to a largest
extent. The food in the Indian mythology that is
considered akin to holistic is satvic or the pure
food. It has been proved that consumption of
satvic food is akin to having approaching the
issue of food in a holistic manner and would help
check the incidence of acid
reflux.
