GERD diet

GERD is an abbreviation of gastroesophageal reflux disease. Despite the complicated and long name, the essence of the disease is simple: due to some extraneous factors, the lower sphincter of the esophagus can not perform its basic function - to prevent back passage of food from the stomach into the esophagus. As a result, gastric acid enters the esophagus, which causes irritation of the mucosa, the appearance of ulcers, bleeding. And easier speaking - heartburn. If you experience heartburn at least once a week, you have the main sign of GERD illness.

In terms of: esophagitis - this is inflammation of the esophagus, and reflux is the release of acid from the stomach into the esophagus. Now about the treatment.

Treatment

The first thing that is prescribed for GERD is a diet. After all, the oppression of the sphincter, and excessive amounts of stomach acid, as well as unpleasant things - belching, pain in the stomach, the taste of bitterness and acid in the mouth - that's all, the consequences of malnutrition. Diet in gastroesophageal reflux disease is simple and consists of excluded and allowed products.

Allowed:

It is forbidden:

Also, treatment can not do without taking medications that reduce acidity. In addition, a diet with reflux disease should be accompanied by a normalization of the daily regimen - a ban on sleeping after eating, not overeating, refusal from smoking and alcohol, not eat at night.