Heartburn
Also see INDIGESTION
Foods to Eat More Of:
Foods to Avoid or Minimize:
Essential Oils:
*If additional information or precautions are available, the links below will direct you that information. If not, you will be directed to Amazon for purchasing options.
Natural/Herbal:
*If additional information or precautions are available, the links below will direct you that information. If not, you will be directed to Amazon for purchasing options.
Yoga Therapy:
Supplements & Homeopathic:
Mind-Body Connection:
Recipes-Food Medicine:
*Note: Not all recipes are nutritionally perfect, but the options below are a great way to start incorporating beneficial foods into your diet in delicious ways. Always try to buy organic, and feel free to make substitutions to accommodate gluten-free, vegan, etc diets. Recipes naturally Vegan and Gluten-Free are marked as such (V=Vegan; GF=Gluten-Free).
Smoothies/Beverages:
Meals:
Sides & Salads:
Foods to Eat More Of:
- Fruits: bananas, papayas
- Vegetables: beets, cabbage, carrots, celery, cucumbers, parsnips
- Flax seeds, ginger, popcorn
- Plenty of water (between meals)
Foods to Avoid or Minimize:
- Soda, coffee, alcohol, chocolate
- Fried, fatty & spicy foods
- Citrus fruits (clementines, grapefruit, lemons, limes, oranges, tangerines) & tomatoes
- Pickled foods & refined flour/sugar
- Red meat & dairy products
Essential Oils:
*If additional information or precautions are available, the links below will direct you that information. If not, you will be directed to Amazon for purchasing options.
- Lemon, peppermint, ginger (on stomach, throat, bottom of feet and/or add 1 drop to drinking water).
Natural/Herbal:
*If additional information or precautions are available, the links below will direct you that information. If not, you will be directed to Amazon for purchasing options.
- Calendula, cardamom, dandelion, dill, fennel, ginger, German chamomile, licorice, marshmallow root, meadowsweet, parsley, slippery elm bark powder (especially at night), wood betony
- Aloe Vera Juice: 1/2 cup juice 3 times daily between meals (should contain 98% aloe vera and no aloin or aloe-emodin).
- Stir 1 cup water, 2 teaspoons baking soda and 1 teaspoon sugar. Add 6 drops of peppermint oil. Sip slowly. (Warning: this tastes horrible, but WORKS!)
- Slippery Elm and marsh mallow, either combined in capsules or mixed as powders with a little water to form a paste, make a useful remedy and are safe to take during pregnancy.
- Try laying on your left side while resting/sleeping.
Yoga Therapy:
- Yoga for Heartburn & Indigestion (15 minutes - Christina D'Arrigo Yoga - ChriskaYoga)
- Yoga For Acid Reflux (13 minutes - Yoga with Adriene)
Supplements & Homeopathic:
- Calcium Carbonate: 250-500 mg 3 times daily (chew-able tablets provide the quickest relief).
- Licorice (DGL): 2 deglycyrrhizinated licorice (DGL) wafers (380 mg) - take 3-4 times daily between meals as needed.
- Gamma-Oryzanol: 150 mg 3 times daily on an empty stomach (also known as rice bran oil).
- Choline: 500 mg 3 times daily (for chronic heartburn, use in combination with pantothenic acid and thiamin for 1 month to see if symptoms subside).
- Pantothenic Acid: 1,000 mg daily (for chronic heartburn, use in combination with choline and thiamin for 1 month to see if symptoms subside).
- Thiamin: 500 mg daily, taken first thing in the morning (also called vitamin B1). For chronic heartburn, combine with pantothenic acid and choline for 1 month.
Mind-Body Connection:
- Can represent the holding on of fear and the inability to trust the process of life.
Recipes-Food Medicine:
*Note: Not all recipes are nutritionally perfect, but the options below are a great way to start incorporating beneficial foods into your diet in delicious ways. Always try to buy organic, and feel free to make substitutions to accommodate gluten-free, vegan, etc diets. Recipes naturally Vegan and Gluten-Free are marked as such (V=Vegan; GF=Gluten-Free).
Smoothies/Beverages:
- Banana-Blueberry Smoothie (GF)
- Mango Matcha Smoothie (GF)
- Strawberry Banana Smoothie
- Superfruit Smoothie (V, GF)
Meals:
Sides & Salads:
- Caraway Brussels Sprouts (V, GF)
- Cucumber Canapes (V, GF) - Best if the Vegan & Gluten Free variations are used