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.
Yes — tomatoes are one of the more reliable reflux triggers, and they’re worth being careful with whether your problem is heartburn, GERD or silent reflux. Raw tomatoes are genuinely acidic (around pH 4.3 to 4.9), and they come with a double problem: the citric and malic acid in …
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Most foods are acidic. That surprises people, but on the 0–14 pH scale, the majority of what you eat and drink sits below 7 — fruit, coffee, tomatoes, bread, even plain yogurt. What matters for reflux isn’t whether a food is “acidic” in the abstract, it’s where it falls …
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Yes — carrots are one of the better foods you can eat if you have acid reflux, and there’s very little fine print. They’re near-neutral on the pH scale (about 5.9 to 6.4), which makes them one of the least acidic vegetables around, and they’re naturally low in fat …
Good news if you like pears: they’re one of the better fruit choices for acid reflux. Pears are genuinely low-acid — sitting around pH 3.6 to 4.0, well above sharp fruits like citrus and berries — and they’re rich in soft, soothing soluble fibre. That combination is exactly why …
Peaches sit right in the middle of the road for acid reflux — gentler than citrus, but not one of the truly reflux-safe fruits either. A ripe peach lands at roughly pH 3.3 to 4.1, which makes it moderately acidic: nowhere near the pH 2 harshness of a lemon, …
I’ll be straight with you: barbecue sauce is one of the trickier condiments if you have acid reflux, and the reason is that it doesn’t trigger you in just one way — it stacks several triggers into a single spoonful. A typical BBQ sauce is built on acidic tomato …
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