Chai is a genuinely mixed bag for reflux, which is exactly why blanket answers about it fall flat. A traditional masala chai is three different things stacked into one cup: a black tea base with caffeine, a blend of warming spices, and often a generous amount of milk. Each …
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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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