# Heartburn/Reflux...what foods set you off?? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 3, 2017, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heartburn-reflux-what-foods-set-you-off/776213 "2017-01-03T06:37:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heartburn-reflux-what-foods-set-you-off/776213/21 "2017-01-04T18:32:25Z")
For me, it was something doughy with something fruity. A piece of apple pie would be the archetype. I stopped eating anything at all after about 7 pm, and fairly quickly, my heartburn stopped. I’ve lost about 40 pounds since then, too, which hasn’t hurt. Now I can eat night time snacks again. Even an occasional late supper no longer bothers me. I haven’t had a trace of heartburn in more than ten years. ---
**Author:** ![Zyanthia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Zyanthia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyanthia)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heartburn-reflux-what-foods-set-you-off/776213/22 "2017-01-04T19:11:37Z")
KFC gravy. I don’t know why, but every time I eat it, I have heart burn. ---
**Author:** ![JcWoman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jcwoman/32/2889_2.png) [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heartburn-reflux-what-foods-set-you-off/776213/23 "2017-01-04T21:43:07Z")
I’ve been having problems with acid stomach a lot lately, too. Almost always in the middle of the night. I’ll wake up with my stomach feeling uncomfortably stretched, sit up and let out the grossest huge burp. I can’t figure out why this only happens when I’m sleeping. I get acid during the day, but not the gas buildup in my stomach. Does it have something to do with laying down? I do know some triggers, mainly dairy and alcoholic beverages. It’s interesting that some say plain water gives them reflux. Does anybody know of any base-PH foods or beverages that might help? I hate eating Pepto tablets all the time because I seem to have heard that they cause you to lose bone calcium and I’m at the age where I need all the calcium in my bones I can get. ---
**Author:** ![WildBlueYonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heartburn-reflux-what-foods-set-you-off/776213/24 "2017-01-06T13:36:23Z")
Does the younger crowd suffer as much as the elders? ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heartburn-reflux-what-foods-set-you-off/776213/25 "2017-01-06T20:41:08Z")
Too much butter. I have this amazing brownie recipe that has a nearly criminal amount of butter in it, and I know they’ll kill me, but I can’t stop eating them. Also, citrus juice. I haven’t had orange juice in probably about 10 years, and while pineapple juice has only a slightly less severe result, sometimes I can’t help myself. > [@Waxwinged](#): > > I didn’t have this monstrosity before the pregnancy, but during the pregnancy- literally everything. According to my mother, that means your baby will have red hair. She also said I have red hair because she ate a can of cherry pie filling every day while she was pregnant with me … but sees no possible connection between the pie filling and the heartburn. 🙂 > [@WildBlueYonder](#): > > Does the younger crowd suffer as much as the elders? I would guess not, on average. I literally had no idea what heartburn actually felt like until my early 30s. I understood the word, but not the sensation. ---
**Author:** ![KatTP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@KatTP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KatTP)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heartburn-reflux-what-foods-set-you-off/776213/26 "2017-01-07T09:51:24Z")
Tea does it for me. I had heartburn throughout my second pregnancy and had a redhead. However, I also craved fresh ground pepper and would put it on absolutely everything. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2017, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heartburn-reflux-what-foods-set-you-off/776213/27 "2017-01-08T19:31:53Z")
Sugar, and foods containing lots of sugar, especially if consumed close to bedtime. I went off sugar completely for a few months and never had heartburn the whole time. I also cut out snacks after dinner too, though. ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heartburn-reflux-what-foods-set-you-off/776213/28 "2017-01-13T02:33:04Z")
Peanuts and eating after 7 pm or so. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heartburn-reflux-what-foods-set-you-off/776213/29 "2017-01-13T04:32:37Z")
I have zero heartburn from eating anything as long as I take omeprazole daily. I do still get reflux sometimes if I sleep on my right side. I try to sleep on my left side or back. If I don’t take the omeprazole I have constant low-grade heartburn, which doctor says would be worse long-term with the risk of esophageal ulcers/cancers than the risk of bone calcium loss. I take calcium supplements. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heartburn-reflux-what-foods-set-you-off/776213.md?page=1)