| For acid reflux sufferers, a meal out can be a bad | | | | and tomato based. |
| idea. Acid reflux can cause a severe lack of sleep, | | | | There is also something else that you could try, |
| which in itself is a problem. However, there are | | | | and that is called food combining. You can still eat |
| some solutions to this problem, so of which you | | | | whatever you do now, but you do not always |
| might not expect! | | | | eat the same combination of foods. For instance, |
| A large proportion of the country suffer from the | | | | I only ever eat fruit with other fruit, and since |
| symptoms of acid reflux to varying degrees. This | | | | making this change, my acid reflux has stopped. |
| in itself tells us that something is wrong with our | | | | This happens because the stomach finds it easier |
| diets if so many are suffering. Stop your acid | | | | to process foods that are the same type. It is |
| reflux by eating a better diet? Absolutely, you | | | | something you might want to look into at If you |
| have the power to stop the reflux by controlling | | | | constantly have acid reflux, and it is stopping you |
| what you eat! Don't panic at this stage, it needn't | | | | from sleeping, then there are a few things you |
| be as drastic as it might sound. One of the big | | | | can do to lessen the symptoms while you try to |
| differences to reducing acid reflux may just be | | | | sleep. You could try raising the head of your bed |
| the size of your meals, especially those in an | | | | a little, so that your head is raised a little higher |
| evening before you go to bed for the night. | | | | than your stomach which will make it harder for |
| See how this can help should it not help you, you | | | | the acid to travel back up the esophagus. This |
| can always go back to your old ways. Eat smaller | | | | may not make much difference, so you may |
| meals, especially your last meal of the day. When | | | | instead want to invest in an acid reflux wedge |
| your stomach has less food to digest, it needs | | | | pillow. This pillow is wedge shaped, but it doesn't |
| less acid to do so, and it can process the food | | | | just slide under your head. The narrow part of |
| more efficiently than when the stomach is full to | | | | the pillow goes under your back around your |
| overflowing. Because you are eating less at meal | | | | waist, and then the wedge increases up towards |
| times, add some small snacks to the day, so that | | | | your head, so that your head is in fact about 7 |
| rather than eating 3 times a day, you are now | | | | inches higher than you waist. You can also use a |
| eating 5 or 6 times each day, but smaller | | | | regular pillow on top of these wedges for greater |
| quantities each time. | | | | height, but the neat thing about these wedge |
| This should help your digestion and reduce the | | | | pillows is that they do not put your neck at a |
| acid reflux. It is very important that you do not | | | | strange angle since they raise all your upper body, |
| go to bed with a full stomach, since lying down will | | | | not just the head. These are a great invention |
| allow the stomach acid and food to flow back up | | | | and get wonderful reviews. |
| the esophagus and into your mouth, very | | | | So to summarize, eat smaller meals, but more |
| unpleasant. So allow your food a couple of hours | | | | often, or try cutting out the foods that bother |
| to digest before you lie down, and if you are in | | | | you the most. Try food combining to see if that |
| the habit of laying on the sofa after dinner, don't | | | | will cut down your acid reflux like it did mine. |
| stay upright and go for a walk instead. It will do | | | | Purchase an acid wedge pillow, which is useful for |
| you more good! | | | | sitting up reading in bed anyway. |
| If you are still having acid reflux trouble, find out | | | | Notice that all these tips did not involve a trip to |
| what foods are causing this by tracking what you | | | | the pharmacy to buy any kind of medication for |
| eat, and then seeing when the symptoms occur. | | | | your acid reflux! There are several methods of |
| Acidic fruits like grapefruit, oranges and tomatoes | | | | stopping acid reflux here, so that hopefully you |
| are often thought to cause problems of acid | | | | can find something that works for you, just like I |
| reflux, as well as the high fat foods. This means | | | | did! |
| that pizzas get a double hit since they are fatty | | | | |