Here are some things that will help eliminate heartburn without drug therapy. These lifestyle changes will also make any drug therapy work better.

 

General Measures

  • Avoid large meals
  • Avoid the spicy or acidic foods that bother your stomach

  • No food or drink within 2 hours of bedtime
  • Wear loose fitting clothes
  • Quit smoking
  • Raise the head of the bed 4 inches (put brick or something similar under the bedposts)
  • Lose a few pounds

 

Foods to avoid

  • Minimize Coffee and Tea (even decaf is a problem)

  • Minimize alcohol intake
  • Mint
  • Citrus drinks (especially with rind)

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  • Chocolate
  • Fatty foods
  • Some varieties of Soda Pop like Coke and Mountain Dew