Acid-reflux friendly cookbook?

[TheAppleCore]

I want to stop taking proton pump inhibitors, but I need to change my diet, because otherwise I'm pretty fucked without the drugs. I thought a GERD-friendly cookbook might make it easier, but the books I looked at seemed too labor-intensive, or were aimed at weight loss, and I really need to GAIN weight.

Any suggestions?

 

[T. Calderone]

I've gotten myself down to just using omeprazole once a week or even less. Had to avoid certain foods that I know will disagree with me. Maybe that's why the cookbooks you looked at seem like weight loss because fatty foods and high sodium meals seem to set off GERD. It's not so much what to eat, but what not to that works better for me.

 

[neversickanymore]

if you drink alcohol then stop doing so close to bed time.. the booze put the sphincter to sleep and allows the acid up.. if this isn't the case then I would practice physics when sleeping.. do not drink allot of fluids as this will just create the situation that allows the acidic mixture up.. and elevate the head while sleeping,, I'm not convinced at all that diet, OTHER than a few preservatives commonly found in things like tomatoes sauce will do much good.. as the acid bath that plagues you is so much stronger than what we put in it.. also there is a rebound when coming of these medications so I would try and tapper.. books placed as a temporary way to lift the head side of your bed are a good idea IMO. Hope any of this helps.

EDIT: stay away from preservatives as I know some of these used to have a huge impact on my AR. and if you drink a bit just stay on the medication.

 

[phosphene_glow]

I just know rice and dhal maybe soy sauce or not maybe some butter or ghee on it or not, very simple on stomach - common yellow split peas are fine. Jasmin rice, etc

 

[What 23]

Are you drinking during a meal? One cause of acid reflux is actually too little acid. Actually in most cases its too weak actually. I found Kombucha, with its acidity, I could drink around meals, but not water. I drink water before the meals regularly, and drink nothing during, and often wait an hour to drink anything. This keeps the stomach acidic.

I'd say rice/starches you probably wouldn't get reflux because they digest with less acid. what processes starches prefers more alkaline, so I doubt you will have as much issue with them.

How is your diet now? If you are eating foods that require acid (high protein), make sure you are drinking your fluid about 30-20 minutes before food. This will maximize acid in stomach and help prevent reflux. .

Research food combining. Maybe try an HcL supplement. Betaine.

Also, its probably best to follow same protocol for high fat meals as high protein. Water before, not with/after. Really I think that's best for everything.

 

[Foreigner]

Heartburn is mostly a liver thing, not a stomach thing. The only people who have genuine stomach related heartburn are people who were malnourished as children. They are sensitive to their own gastric secretions because the stomach organ itself did not receive proper nutrition.

People with heart burn who are chronically underweight need to re-train their liver to digest more complex foods. In herbalism we call it a "cold liver". This type of person tends to gravitate toward simple carbs while avoiding foods more laborious to break down like dense proteins and complex carbs. Whatever is the simplest fuel to throw into the fire they will naturally gravitate to. They also tend to have wild blood sugar fluctuations, even being hypoglycemic.

Obtain a tincture of mahonia aquifolium (oregon grape). Take as little as 5 drops about 15 minutes before eating, at every meal, and start introducing complex foods into your diet again. You'll notice that you don't have the bloating, sleepiness, or indigestion anymore, with time. You will also start gaining weight and feel more solid. You can also try adding some dandelion to the combination.

The foods that trigger heart burn the most will have higher acid content. Greasy and processed foods will do it too. Greasy food naturally stops any detox in the liver. People who are in the middle of cleanses gone wrong can eat grease and it will stop the cleanse; which means, if your objective is to get your liver processing complex foods again, avoid grease.

Proton pump inhibitors are just treating the symptom and they target the stomach only. What you need to do is treat the liver so that there is no enteric backwash into the upper GI.