12 Foods That Can Make Heartburn Worse

Coffee

Give up morning coffee to start your acid reflux diet off right? Talk about a buzzkill. But the caffeine in coffee, tea, and colas can give some people more than an energy boost. According to Gale Pearson, a registered dietitian with Tidewater Physicians in Newport News, Virginia, some stimulants like caffeine can relax the lower esophageal sphincter (LES), which causes it not to close properly. “The stomach contents leak back into the esophagus and the backflow of the acid from the stomach cause heartburn,” says Pearson. “Since this is how America stays awake and responds to stress, no one wants to hear that they should be limited to relieve heartburn.” Try one of these 8 home remedies to ease your heartburn symptoms.

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