/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>5669778
make the food yourself, use less fat.

go to the doctor and get medication for it? you might have GERD. antacids will only help so much.

you're probably going to have to just make some sacrifices, though. fat is a huge acid reflux agitator, so when you DO eat pizza, remove as much grease as possible with a paper towel. maybe go easy on the cheese.

My grandmother taught me this trick: before eating foods that you know cause you trouble, take a shot of straight vinegar. I don't know why it works, but it does, for me at least.

holy fuck man me too. I had some fries and fried chicken last night and I had terrible heart burn. I normally don't get too bad after eating foods, but over the last few months it's gotten a lot worse.

My father has problems with stomach acid so I guess it makes sense it would happen to me eventually

>>5669784
>remove as much grease as possible with a paper towel

>>5669778
I personally sprinkle a very small amount of baking soda over my pizza.

>>5669784

I definitely might have GERD. Eventually I'll need to go to the doctor and get tested or whatever bc I can't imagine taking tons of antacids is in any way good for you. I will need to make a change in my diet though. I've seriously cut back on carbonated drinks and if I order a pizza I try and get light sauce and cheese but some days I say fuck it and get double sauce and cheese and suffer for it later.

One crap side effect of acid reflux is that it fucks up your gag reflex which is really shitty if you happen to be gay like me.

>>5669778

>>5669831

Whoops, spoiler fail.

Whatever, i don't care.

>>5669785
>>5669827

Ill need to research this. Obviously Im very wary of shit I read on 4chan.

>>5669778
Eat less of it.

Is acid reflux mostly a fat person problem? Not trying to be insulting but I was under that impression. I've never experienced heart burn or anything like it in my life.

>>5669785
>I don't know why it works, but it does, for me at least.
Maybe it tricks your stomach into not releasing as much acid.

>>5669837
>Is acid reflux mostly a fat person problem?
It can make it worse, but there is also inherited acid reflux or foods which you might be more sensitive to. Pizza is a big one for me as well.

>>5669837

OP here. I'm definitely chubby, but I know fatter dudes who don't have any problem and thing people who do. I think it depends more on just how much acidic stuff is in your regular diet. A lot was in mine. I think I overloaded my body by drinking tons of cokes and pepperjack grilled cheese sandwiches for a few weeks. Thats about where I first started noticing the problem.

Anybody heard about if almond milk is a good alternative?

>>5669845

*thin people, sorry

>>5669845
>drinking tons of cokes and pepperjack grilled cheese sandwiches for a few weeks. Thats about where I first started noticing the problem.

jesus

>>5669853

I know. I was broke and grocery shopping at Dollar General. Wasn't even real coke, it was those 85 cent 2 liters you can get. Don't know if that make sit worse.

>>5669856
Eat only bread, vegetables, and meat with water for as long as you ate that shit. You should be fine.

>>5669778
i've seen a gastroenterologist for 10+ years: terrible reflux, rumination syndrome, IBS, etc.
1st question: have you tried nexium? it's now OTC

>>5669845
almond milk in cereal, soy milk in tea

>>5669821
he ate that XXL pizza for 6 days

>>5669837


i can confirm that it's also a bulimic problem

>>5669837
all body types can be afflicted with GERD

>>5669900
>bulimic

>>5669900
>3 sets of doubles.
>sweats

I built up my tolerance with rum and tabasco (not in the same sitting).

>>5669838
>>5669785

acetic acid (vinegar) is a weaker acid than hydrochloric acid (stomach acid).
they way it might work is that the vinegar acts as base, neutralizing part of the stomach acids.

>>5672412

You failed Chem 101 didn't you?

>>5672415
no, did you?

>>5672423

I'm not the one claiming that one acid can neutralize another acid.

>>5672437
I think what he meant was 'dilute', not neutralize

>>5672441

Well in that case, vinegar seems a pretty silly thing to use. If the goal is dilute an acid, why use another acid? Water would be more effective. Or better yet, something containing a *base* which actually would neutralize acid.

Using vinegar to dilute or neutralize acid makes about as much sense as trying to heal a burn with matches.

>>5672412
>vinegar acts as base
Oy. The stupid, it burns like acid reflux.

OP, first you gotta isolate what is causing your problem.

For me, it was milkfat and milk sugar. Hard to say which one is worse. Eating cereal (with milk) late in the day, or eating anything with lots of butter, causes my stomach to churn out acid and for some reason causes my stomach to spasm while I'm sleeping, driving acid up into my esophagus (or worse, up into my throat and mouth -- I really HATE waking up with a throat full of acid, although so far I haven't breathed any of it into my lungs).

>>5669778
I've noticed that different, decent places make their own stuff (including pizza dough) often a bit differently, so some may be more manageable by your stomach than others.

Also, acacia honey is generally very good for maintaining proper functioning of digestive tract and may help somewhat in managing the symptoms (as well as being a good home cure for early stages of stuff like peptic ulcer, though it's the best to drink liberally and pre-emptively in general as it's simply healthy stuff that's good for you)..

>>5669837
Nope, you can be quite skinny and still suffer from it. I know from experience.

>>5669831
Go straight to a gastroenterologist. A regular doctor won't do you any good. I made this mistake and wasted money just to hear "Uhhh, try some Nexium, I guess."
Changing your diet is the most effective thing. Taking Nexium didn't really help me, but cutting back on greasy and acidic foods had great results. Good luck, OP.

>>5669832
[jibuns wo externally]

>>5672510
your regular doctor should have referred you out to gastro prior to prescribing gastro pillz.
your're absolutely right about diet. it took me years to get serious with this horseshit belly of mine, but creating a food journal and keeping track of GERD triggers helped this anon.
weed is the best thing in the world.

I started getting mild heartburn a few years ago, but only once or twice was it actually painful. Usually went away after an antacid and a little time.

But last night, hoo. Worst heartburn of my life. I'm not sure what caused it, the extra large dinner I had or the Chik-Fil-A spicy chicken sandwich (with extra Texas Pete CHA sauce put on at home) that did it to me. Either way, antacids did nothing and it persisted to this morning. It's finally going away after I've downed about a gallon of ice cold water, but I'm afraid it might start up again.

>>5672815
Take a break from deep-fried and/or fatty food. Eat a banana to help rebuild stomach lining in case of beginning of peptic ulcer issues. Generally, introduce more healthy stuff in your diet, less soda and beer. Someone mentioned one type of honey up there - drink some from time to time. That all combined should keep your stomach healthy and ready for really hard work on heartburning food in the future from time to time.

>>5672586
>HEY HEY HEY SMOKE WEED ERRYDAY 420 ONE LOVE XD

>>5672895
you may want to re-read my post, newfag

>>5672895
oh, and shitposter alert. ban this clown.