Have you ever experienced throwing out your food after eating (not anorexic)? Have you ever felt acidic or hungry even if you just eaten? You may want to know if you have a gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) or simply acid reflux to know what things you should do.
I usually experienced vomiting just after eating or while brushing my tongue after eating when I am stressed. It seems that there is a lot of acid in my stomach and it is not accepting the my food intake. There even came a time when I didn’t even want to eat because I hate the feeling of just throwing the food out after.
However, what I did not know was the food I am eating also affects the condition and even make it worse. Here was my checklist:
coffee (addicted to it) and tea orange juice and everything citrus (hmmm…) vinegar and other sour condiments spicy food (i love sisig!) spaghetti and other tomato based chocolates, doughnut, brownie (i love sweets) potato chips, french fries, mash potatoes
I did not know that these foods are supposed to be avoided. I was not ready to give up coffee and sour foods. I tried to trim down my coffee in take, but still it did not worked. Until such time that I really want to get over GERD and live a little healthy.
Give up coffee. That was one of the most difficult. I love coffee and it has been a great part of my being especially for my being my writer. Its aroma sets my mood and it really keeps me awake during the night. But I knew, this is one of the first to give up.
Switch to apple juice. Though I want apples and apple juice, I never imagined to be the replacement of my best loved coffee. But according to doctors, this is one of the best treatment of GERD. So for two weeks, I tried to drink just apply juice and water and I know it is working.
An apple a day. We always hear the saying, “An apple a day, keeps the doctor away.” I think this is being made real in me now. I hate going to the doctors because they just ask what you feel then prescribed expensive medications. Well, the first time I discovered this ailment, I had to take ranitidine. It’s a good medicine though, but I just hate taking tablets every meal.
Avoid stressful activities. This is one of the most difficult to do. I am always caught in stressful activities with my many commitments. But then, giving up my job lessened it. I am not telling you that you gave up your job, too, but in every way, try to avoid stress.
Hydrate. One of the best therapy that we can have is to drink a lot of water. Through drinking lot of water, we can flush out toxins out of our body. For me not to forget to drink water, I always get a glass of water in front of me in my working area. I know I need it badly.
The last three weeks has been difficult for me. Of course I had some withdrawal syndromes from the food and drinks that I used to eat but I am feeling better now. I just needed to be serious that I want to get well.
Get more information on GERD and how to avoid it from the following websites:
http://www.medicinenet.com/gastroesophageal_reflux_disease_gerd/article.htm
http://heartburn.about.com/cs/dietfood/a/heartburnfoods1.htm
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Earlie~
Nami-miss na kita. Lalo na super quiet sa office lately due to way-past deadlines
. I decided to drop by while I have the time~.
Wow. What amazing discipline you will need. I mean, I know a little of your eating habits but I know enough to understand how giving up coffee/sour foods is a big deal to you
. I’m glad to hear the apple juice is working, though. Keep it up, and remember to take care of yourself despite your workload. Set some time aside to pamper yourself, ika nga, hehe!
Okay, what, naging love letter na ‘tong comment ko
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Jen,
Thanks for dropping by. Well, sobrang hirap nito at sacrifice and discipline talaga. Ahaha. Babay suka. Thanks for your reminder.
I miss you, too. I’ll try to drop by sa office next week.
Acid reflux, which is also called heartburn, is a disease that can affect the youngest infants to the oldest elderly people. Many of us do not seek treatment for the disease and live in misery. One can naturally cure acid reflux with the correct acid reflux diet plan if started early. Avoiding foods like spicy foods, fatty foods and acidic foods is must.
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I’ve heard apples are good, especially just before bed. One source talks about apples, but then you have to pay $20 to find out which “type” of apple (I assume red, green Mcintosh,etc). Any suggestions as to whic type of appple is best?
I did not know that there should be the right kind of apple to eat for acid reflux. I ate the red ones and they worked so I guess any apple would do because I think it’s the fiber that we are after at.