FOOD ITEMS TO BE AVOIDED FOOD ITEMS TO BE CONSUMED

Grains

Grains
  • None
  • Brown bread
  • Oat meal
  • Brown rice
  • Cereal
  • Whole grains

Note – They are rich in fiber and thus good for acidity problems.
   

Fruits

Fruits
  • High citrus fruits should be avoided
  • Oranges
  • Grape fruit
  • Cranberries
  • Lemon
  • All sour fruits
  • Watermelon
  • Banana
  • Musk melon
  • Papaya
  • Figs
  • Apple
  • Pear
  • Guava
  • Mango

Note – These are low citrus fruits and they don’t form the gas hence provide relief in acidity
   

Vegetables

Vegetables
  • Garlic
  • Onion
  • Capsicum
  • Taro root (Arbi)
  • Asparagus
  • Green beans
  • Cauliflower
  • Pumpkin
  • All gourds are good to have like Bottle gourd, ash gourd, ridge gourd (ghiya, petha & tori etc)
  • Cabbage
  • Broccoli
  • Mushroom
   

Lentils

Lentils
  • Black gram
  • Kidney bean
  • Chickpeas
  • Yellow lentil
  • Green lentil
  • Pink lentil
  • Soya bean
   

Non Veg

Non Veg
  • Avoid fried meat product
  • Steamed and grilled poultry and meats
  • Egg white
   

Spices

Spices
  • Spices like red chili (lal mirch)
  • Green chili (hari mirchi)
  • Cloves (laung)
  • Black pepper (kali mirch)

Note – These spices should be avoided in the acidity problem because they cause the heartburn and stomach upset.
  • Fennel (saunf)
  • Carom (azwain)
  • Fenugreek (methi)
  • Cumin (jeera)
  • Coriander (dhaniya)
  • Mint (Pudina)
   

Other Food Items

Other Food Items
  • Caffeine
  • Fast foods
  • Carbonated drinks
  • Alcohol
  • High fat foods
  • Spicy foods
  • Hot drinks
  • Smoking
  • Tomato sauce
  • Herbal tea made from cumin-jeera, coriander-dhaniya and fennel seeds – saunf is good to have.
  • Take Indian goose berry –amla powder daily after meal.
  • Mixture of Indian goose berry, fennel and licorice powder in quantity of 1 tsp is good after each meal.