GERD Diet that Gets Proven Results

The Gastro Esophageal Reflux disease is more likely to respond to changes made to the patient's diet than to medicines. In fact lifestyle changes and changing the diet is the first step towards correcting GERD. However, the diet prescribed for a GERD patient can be the same as any other heart-healthy diet, based on all or most of the factors listed below.

• Researching and understanding which food items aggravate GERD and avoiding them.
• Changing and limiting each serving.
• Making a different plan customized for obese people who also suffer from GERD.

Also, if diagnosis shows that a person is suffering from GERD, certain food items that are knows to aggravate the situation should be immediately struck off from his/her diet.

• Any kind of citrus fruits and citrus fruit juices
• Fried fatty food and fast food
• Chocolate
• Any beverage that contains caffeine, and strong tea
• Alcohol
• Raw onion and garlic
• Potato chips and French fries
• Tomatoes, tomato soup, tomato sauce, tomato ketchup
• All types of processed food including processed meat (Salami, etc)
• Macaroni and cheese

When it comes to limiting and changing each serving, it can be altered from one person to another and also based on the severity of the problem.

Implementing a separate diet for obese people suffering from GERD is also very important, as obese people are affected in a far worse way than others. However you have to remember that obesity and GERD are two separate issues and should be treated as such.

Nutritious, low fat, low calorie foods should be the diet of people suffering from GERD. Even these food items should be taken in restrained amounts. Diet can consist of fruits, vegetables, dry beans, legumes, whole grains, fresh water fish, lean meat, poultry and low-fat or fat-free milk. Let us take a look at what a GERD diet should look like. It should consist of:

• Less than 30% of the day's total calorie intake from fats
• 8% to 10% of the total fat content for the day from saturated fat
• Less than 300 mg of cholesterol a day
• Not more than 2,400 mg sodium a day
• Enough calories in order to maintain a healthy weight and the right cholesterol level

Along with the diet that has been pointed out for GERD suffering patients, there are some other important factors that need to be taken care of in order to live a heartburn-free life. Let's take a look at the factors below:

• Eating small meals at intervals in place of one heavy meal. Heavy meals can loosen the lower muscles of esophagus thus leading to the rise of the acidic contents of the stomach to the throat.
• Eating much before bed time. Thus giving the stomach time to digest its contents and clearing the large intestine thus lowering the chances of acid reflux.
• Agreeing to follow a holistic lifestyle that matches well with a GERD prescribed diet and also helps in making the condition better.

The GERD diet definitely helps but you have to remember that just following the diet won't help; you'll have to do more than that. Yes the diet is a good idea as it will help you control the associated heartburn that arises from GERD, but when it comes to finding a permanent treatment, it fails. The best solution is to adopt the holistic remedies as they reach deep within the body and identify and eliminate all the contributing factors that lead to GERD. The reason that holistic remedies prove so effective for GERD is that they target the root cause of the problem and not just the symptoms, which is a much more effective approach.

Jeff Martin is a medical researcher, certified nutritionist, health consultant and author of the #1 best-selling e-book, "Heartburn No More- Open The Door To an Acid Reflux Free Life". Jeff has written dozens of holistic health articles and has been featured in ezines and print magazines, as well as on hundreds of websites worldwide.

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