For me, it’s fish and chocolate. Which is a total piss-off because I LOVE fresh fish, and I LOVE chocolate.
But after a few years of severe gastric upsets (culminating in vomiting much of the time) I finally put two and two together, and I now have meds that I pre-administer when I want some bloody fish and bloody chocolate thankyewverymuch.
What sets you off?
For me it’s not any type of food, but quantity. When I binge eat - especially before bedtime - it’s sure to result in reflux. Moderating my portions has gotten me off antacids entirely.
Eating too late/too much will do it for me as well. Sadly, water will as well. I subsist mostly on diet soda because water gives me terrible heartburn.
Eggs, bananas, and chocolate. Even though I’m on Prilosec now those three will still give me breakthrough heartburn.
Most fried foods do me in, especially fried chicken. Oddly enough, tho, battered and fried fish doesn’t bother me at all.
Used to be a lot of things, but the worst was bell pepper.
I have GERD so there’s nothing specific that will make that come or go. It’s basically whether or not I’ve been able to take my pill.
I still can get heartburn, though. The one time I thought I was going to die from acid reflux was when I had lemonade and pepperoni pizza at night, too close to bedtime.
I still eat pizza but I don’t really have lemonade much anymore and I probably haven’t eaten within 5 hours of lying down in a good while now. Yech.
Green bell pepper, raw onions (cooked onions are fine), and garlic. The garlic is a new thing–the last 6 months I’ve really noticed it.
I didn’t have this monstrosity before the pregnancy, but during the pregnancy- literally everything. It gets especially bad if I don’t drink enough water, then eat something tomato-ey.
Commercial sodas
Raw citrus juice
Granola or oatmeal
Coffee
Slightly underdone beans
And as others have mentioned, eating too much too late at night. I’ve learned to be sparing at dinner and to put off going to bed if I’ve eaten later than usual.
Raw onions in any quantity, or greasy food in anything more than tiny quantity. 1 chicken wing probably won’t set me off, but 3 or more almost certainly will.
Its a bitch! I love Italian food!
Its mostly those three items above and chocolate is when I dont want it too.
About a month or so ago the doctor added something to my pill regiment for my bp as it was edging higher. That one caused an occasional daily acid episode and she changed it to another one since I complained and that one made acid for me ALL FUCKING DAY!
Screw that. Now I have to watch the BP daily and call if I start having higher readings. I dont need extra ACID!
I thought I was the only person in the world who gets heartburn from water! Sucks don’t it?
Bell pepper. Even if I pick out the big chunks from the food. There’s still enough to give me horrific indigestion.
Chocolate. I gave up fudge and brownies decades ago.
Certain spicy lunch meats. pepperoni, salami, even bologna. I have to be careful.
Lol yes it does!! Things online always suggest small sips or ice water. Doesn’t make a difference. All causes heartburn. I probably have something more serious like GERD or something but I’ve never looked into being diagnosed. I’ve had to go to the ER before because of esophageal spasms. Those are not fun at all.
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Coffee, peanuts, and root beer. Shame, really, because I would love to have a peanut butter sandwich washed down with a mug of root beer, but it would probably kill me! Figuratively if not literally
Thankfully there is tea so I can still get my morning caffeine fix.
Dairy of any type set me off during my pregnancies, but otherwise is not an issue.
Whoa, other people said water. I’m not a freak!
Pretty much anything can. Lactose intolerance has taken chocolate, one of the worst offenders, off the list anyway. Italian food isn’t good, but again, without lactose, that doesn’t leave me much to eat.
One thing that I find interesting is the how the way I eat impacts my reflux. If I eat breakfast, I will have to take a Pepcid before lunch, no matter what I ate. If I do a little intermittent fasting and stop eating at 8PM and don’t resume until lunch the next day (noon or later), my acid issues are drastically reduced no matter what I eat. There’s obviously more at work than just what I eat.
Fried foods, especially really cheap greasy fried chicken. Regular roasted chicken will also do it if it’s especially greasy.
Coffee used to but I think I drank so much my stomach gave up 
It doesn’t seem to do it anymore.
Tomato sauce will as well.
Like many others, it is the timing and quantity rather than specific foods.
Is there anything on this fertile earth more horrible than waking yourself up with a throat full of reflux?
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Fried foods. Tomatoes. Citrus (esp orange juice). Chocolate. Sometimes smoking (I quit though). Beef. Spicy foods (tacos, sometimes even just italian seasoning). LOTS of cheese (reasonably amounts I’m fine). Cinnamon. Salad dressings. Sometimes mayo.
Water used to burn so much, but not anymore. I don’t know if it’s 'cause I moved or if I got over it.
I take pepcid and that gets rid of most of it most of the time. I might have to pop a few tums on holidays or if I snack in bed. Now that I know what it is I can manage it better. Be more careful on portion sizes and combinations. My aunt makes a real meaty, cheesy lasagna. If we’re also having a chocolate dessert, I know I’m going to be in for a world of hurt, so I’ll eat something else or a lot less.
It also has fluctuations. Like I can eat something one day and it burns but be fine the next. I’m fine eating from my local pizza place fresh for dinner, but have it cold for breakfast the next day? Meds will be needed before lunch.
It’s weird how french fries will give it to me but potato chips won’t. Spicy foods do, but Popeyes doesn’t. Tomato sauce will but with meds I’m ok, UNLESS it’s a tomato and cream sauce. Then I just want to die.
I’m sure coffee, peppers, really spicy food, dark meat chicken/turkey would too, but I don’t eat those things so it’s a non-issue for me. I’m not going to test out just to find out for sure.