This category covers different food and drinks and ingredients and if they are good for acid reflux and our guidance if you should take them.
Matcha sits in an interesting middle ground for reflux. It’s gentler than coffee in almost every way that matters — less acidic, far lower in the compounds that stimulate stomach acid, and buffered by an amino acid that smooths out its caffeine. For a lot of people who’ve had …
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Curry gets treated as a single villain on reflux food lists, but that’s the wrong way to think about it. “Curry” isn’t one dish — it’s an entire category spanning a fiery vindaloo, a mild coconut korma, a tomato-heavy rogan josh, and a Thai green curry, and these behave …
Pesto can be a reflux trigger, but not for the reason most people assume. It isn’t the basil, and it usually isn’t even the garlic that does the most damage — it’s the oil. A traditional pesto is built around a large volume of olive oil, and dietary fat …
Yes — salsa is one of the hardest foods for acid reflux, and it’s almost a case study in why. Most reflux-triggering foods have one problem. Salsa has four or five, all in the same bowl. Tomato is acidic. Onion is a classic trigger. Lime is intensely acidic. Chilli …
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For most people with reflux, yes — hot sauce and sriracha tend to aggravate symptoms. But the reason is more interesting than the usual one-word answer of “capsaicin.” Capsaicin, the compound that makes chillies hot, genuinely can provoke reflux symptoms. Yet most hot sauces cause trouble through a second …
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Yes — ketchup is one of the worst condiments for acid reflux, and it’s worth understanding why, because it isn’t a single problem but three stacked into one squeeze. Ketchup is concentrated tomato, which is acidic and a well-known reflux trigger; it’s sharpened with vinegar, which is more acid …