Good food for heartburn, GERD

Choosing right food and diet for Heartburn sufferers is very important factor in controlling the acid reflux effect. The best course of action for those suffering from GERD , heartburn symptoms is to find the type of food that will work well which means the foods should not trigger the classic symptoms of heartburn. In order to be safe when consuming any food, you need to know which foods are the worst for GERD disease. Certain foods and drinks may aggravate the heartburn and GERD symptoms. It is advisable to limit or avoid those foods which exacerbate the symptoms. But on the other hand, there are some foods that have little or no potential for causing heartburn or acid reflux.

In General safe foods for acid reflux should be low in fat and high in complex carbohydrates. The complex carbohydrates are easier to digest and take less stomach acid to process. High fat foods will stay longer in the stomach and will also require more acid to digest.

The foods listed below are the common foods that are normally very safe for heartburn sufferers to consume:

• Non-acid fruits including apples fresh, dried bananas
• Vegetables such as, carrots, cabbage, broccoli, green beans, baked potato,  peas.
• For meat products you should consider skinless chicken breast, extra-lean ground beef and steak
• Low Fat dairies including fat free cream cheese, low-fat soy cheese , feta or goat cheese and fat-free sour cream.
• Grains : bread, multi-grain or white , both brown and white rice,  bran cereal, oatmeal, corn bread, graham crackers, and rice cakes.
• Salads dressing : low fat /oil salad dressing should be considered.
• Sweets : cookies ( fat-free ), jelly beans and  baked potato chips
• Beverage : Mineral water   

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