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I realize you mentioned the South because of the heat and not the food, but as a fellow Southerner who used to also have bad heartburn, may I recommend cutting
by hrichards 4y ago
I realize you mentioned the South because of the heat and not the food, but as a fellow Southerner who used to also have bad heartburn, may I recommend cutting out ice and sweet tea, if you use them? God, I love them, but I realized after long suffering with heartburn that iced drinks and sugar in my tea was killing my stomach. Cutting these out means I'm now the only member of my family not constantly popping Tums.
Interestingly, all the Southern grannies knew this: they distrusted ice and made their tea with a pinch of baking soda, although this does change the flavor a bit.
- LazyMans 4y agoI certainly learned over time what my triggers are. As I've gotten older, anything bad for my body ultimately makes me sick in some way. I have it bad enough now that I'm gonna get it for any reason, it's even become a problem that occurs when I haven't eaten after a while (12+ hr). Luckily I don't like sweet tea or other full sugar drinks (you can pry diet coke from my dead hands). Hadn't heard about the ice thing though. My biggest triggers are fatty foods, tomato, chocolate, and palm oil.