Diet for Acid Reflux Disease

Video Transcript

"Hello, I'm Dr. Miguel Rodriguez, I'm a gastroenterologist with Miami Gastroenterology Consultants in Miami, Florida. The diet for acid reflux should reflect an actual change in the things that we eat. We try to focus on things that will be digested reasonably quickly. Fatty meals that tend to linger in the stomach for longer, since they require a longer time for it to be digested, are likely to trigger the symptoms of reflux. That also will apply to spicy foods, tomatoes, tomato sauce, garlic, onions, peppermints, aged spirits, red wine. All these have substances that will decrease the effectiveness of the clearance of acid at a level of the esophagus and pre-disposure to have symptoms of reflux. So if you pass part of the comprehensive as management, diet plays a major role for the treatment of acid reflux."