Print_________ gives me heartburn
What gets your digestive juices flowing the wrong way? I have several, tho in a few months I'm sure plain tap water will be reflux-inducing as junior starts pushing my internal organs sideways and upwards. Sigh...my thighs and my esophagus will never be the same....
Here are my offenders::
Legumes (I REALLY don't know why, but beans give me the burn bad)
Some tomato sauces
Some spicy foods
Cheap coffee
Cinnamon on occasion
Is there anything you love but avoid because of the after effects, or do you self-medicate before or after so you can continue to enjoy your favorites? I'm curious to see how many of us plow through that plate of nachos topped with jalapenos and habenaro salsa with a devil-may-care attitude only to curse ourselves at bedtime!
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33 Comments:
cucumbers
jeang at 11:54AM on 03/18/08
This is random, but chocolate chip cookies.
Kelly Spitzer at 12:02PM on 03/18/08
Green peppers- raw or cooked
raw onions
Mich23 at 12:11PM on 03/18/08
I can eat extremely spicy Korean and Vietnamese food fine, but chili comes back to haunt me. I still eat it. I am unsure what does it, since spaghetti and tomato-based vegetable soups that I make do not react in the same way.
As for the other after-effects, creme frappuccinos at Starbucks always give me diarrhea all day, but I still partake.
I don't take meds to counteract my food decisions, although I probably ought to...
Cassaendra at 12:17PM on 03/18/08
chocolate
coffee
some fruit juices
extreme spice (I love it all spicy tho!)
hungrychristel at 12:19PM on 03/18/08
Honestly, food and drink. I had heartburn with my first pregnancy and it disappeared when the baby was born. I had it with my second and it never went away. I have terrible acid reflux and take prescribed medication twice a day. I avoid (but not completely) acidic, greasy and spicy foods, as they seem to aggravate the condition. I need to stop carbonated beverages, but that is the hardest.
It is common with pregnancy, and I'm the only one I know who managed to keep it afterwards. A friend of mine used to have a really loud involuntary high-pitched SQUEAK when she was pregnant and you couldn't help but laugh. I was also expecting and suffering from the same thing, but burned quietly, except for the occasional burp. Do the OBGYNs let you take anything for heartburn? 30 years ago there was nothing permitted.
I was thrilled to see your update. Best of luck! We'll have to call you AuntMommyJone.
PerkyMac at 12:23PM on 03/18/08
Peppers: green, red, purple, orange, yellow, white. I don't eat them at all, ever! I send food back if it comes with pepper garnish. I always tell the server, I CAN NOT have any peppers in my food. Lately, raw onion is not my friend. Thank you Pepcid.
crazyspice at 12:25PM on 03/18/08
Bananas.
Library Lady at 12:35PM on 03/18/08
Orange juice, doughnuts, pina coladas.
grampart at 1:04PM on 03/18/08
@grampart - Doughnuts! Didn't even think about that one. Right on!
crazyspice at 1:09PM on 03/18/08
@PerkyMac- I had heartburn with my first baby 14 years ago and it stuck around so you're not alone. I noticed after I starting packing on weight a few years ago that it got worse, so I know that after baby #2 is born I've GOT to lose weight or else be miserable. I don't like being miserable so losing weight is my only option!
And yes, we're allowed to take Tums or any antacid that is calcium carbonate. I'm not sure I could survive this one without them!
Oooh Cassaendra, I tend to avoid anything that causes issues at the other end! Fast food milkshakes are the first thing that come to mind....
I forgot orange juice! OJ either upsets my stomach or gives me HB unless I get the low-acid kind. That stuff is a god-send.
Isn't it crazy that something as mild as a cucumber can do that?? They give my dad the burps but I'm not sure I've ever heard of someone getting HB from them. Bummer! I love cukes.
AuntJone at 1:13PM on 03/18/08
pizza
Eroca at 1:27PM on 03/18/08
Lots and lots of things give me heartburn, but I can generally deal with the effects with mild medication. The only thing that really kills me is liquor. I love to mix drinks, I love straight-up tequila and various whiskies, but the older I get, the more impossible it becomes for me to enjoy these things without instant discomfort. I can survive most mixed drinks, and wine and beer aren't much of a problem, but my days of enjoying a straight-up liquor are coming to an end. -sigh-
The sad thing is that I almost never drink to excess, either, even the tiniest amount is a problem.
empath at 1:28PM on 03/18/08
Having lived most of my life with IBS, there are so many things that either give me heartburn or cause other unpleasant GI effects. I tend to be stubborn about giving up the foods I love, so I just dig my heels in and eat most of them anyway.
However, almost all of the foods that cause me severe enough heartburn to make me avoid eating them, are things that started bothering me when I was preggers with child #2 and never left... They're pretty predicatable -- cucumbers, melon, green peppers and the like (all of which I love, but eat only once or twice a year, as it takes about six months to regain my cockiness). I also have recently developed terrible difficulties with citrus, which is sheer torture, as I adore all things citrus. Just a few sips of OJ or grapefruit juice is the absolute worst.
The strangest one is peanuts. Started with that last pregnancy (more than a decade ago) and has stuck like PB on the roof of your mouth. Wah, wah.
:-(
LoCo at 1:46PM on 03/18/08
The last time I went to my favorite restaurant, I ordered my favorite splurge, Green Eggs (No Ham), which is Eggs Florentine with fried mashed potatoes and a cup of coffee. I had heartburn for 3 days. I'm hoping this doesn't mean the end for this dish. I don't get it every time I go there but it would be sad if I couldn't eat it anymore!
abs294 at 1:56PM on 03/18/08
Orange and cranberry juices. So sad!
wellred at 2:13PM on 03/18/08
Pregnancy. Fortunately, that's the only thing that's done it to me thus far. I'm sure I'll live to eat those words though!
jmoilanen at 3:11PM on 03/18/08
Orange juice, fruity mixed alcoholic drinks, and corn products all give me heartburn or some kind of gastro-intestinal discomfort!
Diz at 5:48PM on 03/18/08
Ugh, found out another one tonight -- fish sticks. :x
Cassaendra at 11:47PM on 03/18/08
Bacos...
Go ahead, shun me! haha
machellebelle at 6:48AM on 03/19/08
When I was pg with #1 I couldn't have:
OJ
Tomato Sauce
Doughnuts
Imitation Bacon (so I hear ya @machellebelle - then again, who wants to eat them?? lol)
Tuna fish from a can
#2 pretty much the same.
After that, it continues. I ended up having an EGD and found out I have an ulcer so I have to take meds. It helps, but I still avoid some foods.
SayWhat at 9:45AM on 03/19/08
pie crust
bessfour at 9:47AM on 03/19/08
Only stress. Bring on the peppers, the pickles, the pastrami, but don't aggravate me!
BaHa at 10:44AM on 03/19/08
Fresh orange juice, iceberg lettuce, sometimes a plain bagel or white bread- except for the OJ no big loss. And it's funny I live on hot food like kimchee and that doesn't bring on the burn!
deefine at 5:38PM on 03/19/08
I too got very bad heartburn with my first pregnancy and it has stuck with me ever since. Before my first was born I wouls complain of the very bad heartburn and women immediately said the baby would be born with lots of hair. I took no stock in that one, I thought it was an old wives tale...that still is probably true, but my son was born needing a haircut! Not joking.
So, what flares up the old heartburn for me are doughtnuts for sure, they are the worst. Ketchup is also a killer. Most fried foods, pie crust, cucumbers, coffee, hot chocolate, acidic juices. Thank goodness I could take Tums when I was pregnant, I would be tearing up sometimes when it would really burn badly. I would also drink warm milk slowly in little amounts.
I hade to sleep sitting up at times~!
Sorry, I sound like a whiner, I was never a complainer when it happened...just brings back the one memory from being pregnant that I didn't like! Everything else was great.
radley24 at 6:16PM on 03/19/08
Oops, I meant to type: Before my first was born, I would complain of very bad heartburn...I need spell check!
radley24 at 6:23PM on 03/19/08
chocolate-covered coffee beans. granted, i would eat them by the dozen, but never else have i suffered heartburn. i was a little nervous the first time as i thought it was some sort of serious heart issue.
joelkelly at 6:31PM on 03/19/08
@machellebelle - Is a Baco some sort of Mexican food? All I can think of is a different type of Taco? Don't mean to be an idiot here, but I have never heard of Bacos.
crazyspice at 6:54PM on 03/19/08
hehe Bacos are the fake Bacon product that are used to top salads and other dishes. They're actually made out of soy. My dad (god help him) has a love of the things so whenever he makes a macaroni/pasta/potato salad, they sneak their way into my system. oh the agony...here's a link:
http://www.bettycrocker.com/products/bacos/bacos-product-landing-page.htm
machellebelle at 8:24PM on 03/19/08
Funny, but green bell peppers are the only peppers that kill me. Orange juice, unless it's the acid reduced. Grapefruit juice...no way. I will die if I eat an apple without the skin peeled off.
@LoCo - Is IBS a Hungarian thing? My mom suffered with it, as I, and my daughter. Also, lactose intolerance and hypo-glycemic issues all seem to be hereditary with the females in the family. I don't think this is uncommon. After so many years of medicating to alleviate IBS misery, I have made a miraculous discovery. Actually, I thought I only had the option of medicating after an IBS episode onset, and it came to the point that almost any random food would bring it on. I never knew...one time I could eat potato chips or nuts, and the next time I would be doubled over in agony. Last year on the day before Thanksgiving, I thought I was having a kidney stone attack. At the ER the doc gave me an antibiotic for a supposed infection and also told me to get "Culturelle" to alleviate intestinal distress from the med, which was pretty potent. If you're not familiar with the product, it's a probiotic which has about 10 billion cells of lactobacillus in each capsule. It equalizes the bacteria in your lower tract. I feel like the posterchild for the product! One capsule a day will get you straight, girl. The doc himself said he takes these everyday and at the pharmacy, they could not stop raving about them. They are all that! I have not had an IBS attack since November and that's really saying something. This may not be the best thing, but I can eat anything I want now. Go get some!
frederika at 9:54PM on 03/19/08
McDonalds with Coca-Cola. Doesn't matter which food. Something about the Coke does it.
Since I've pretty much sworn off both, it isn't an issue anymore, but it was always a weird phenomenon.
jpolk at 11:26AM on 03/20/08
@frederika, my IBS seems to come from Dad's line (Scot-Irish with a little French and German for good measure), as Mommee-the-Hun has no GI issues whatsoever. Luckily, mine is not a huge problem, with only a few attacks per year, mostly tied to stress and/or exhaustion. There are only a few specific foods that tend to really get me doubled over. When I was in my late teens and early twenties, it was horrible and required phenobarbital (back in the days when they called it spastic colon... remember that?). Now, I don't even medicate for it anymore, except a little ibuprofen for pain (counter-intuitive, I know, but it really works for me).
Nevertheless, I will definitely look into the Culterelle as I'm intrigued! I'll tell my dad and bro, too, as they've got worse troubles than I do. Thanks so much for the tip!
LoCo at 11:36AM on 03/20/08
Margherita pizza with fresh roma tomatoes. But when I eat caprese, I have no problems. I also have severe acid reflux disease at age 21, so pretty much everything hits me at some point.
lwalther at 1:53PM on 03/20/08