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Low FODMAP Diet Restores Bloating

Low FODMAP diet is one food map you can follow when you have bloating symptoms… that anyone can feel from time-to-time caused by disagreeable food choices.

…That’s just a part of living and trying new foods.

When that happens, restoring the gut with a list of researched, healthy, and selective food choices that will soothe the tummy is the fastest and least painful cure with tummy discomfort.

It’s easy to do when you know what to do.

And choosing a low FODMAP diet (at least temporarily) is the easy way.

…It’s like reigning in Nature’s medicinal foods, where Nature is a 3rd party talking some sense into your gut.. so you can bounce back to less restrictive eating and get back to regular food celebration.

…Where baby foods and water aren’t the only items on the menu.

A Low FODMAP diet can also be a digestive reset, supporting a healthy eating lifestyle. The foods are mostly all plant-based and anti-inflammatory. 🌱

So you can think of a low FODMAP diet as a food map to optimize healthy eating. And lower gut acidity that can show up as heartburn, upper GI inflammation, or lower bloating abdominal discomfort.

Many of our American or Western world diet foods are high acidic and can tip the cause to a condition called GERD… that I can attest to feels like amped up heartburn.

…So it’s good to keep a handy list of Low FODMAP foods that won’t 🌱 exacerbate stomach acidity, so that you can fully enjoy your preferred daily foods and beverages.

Where it gets tricky is that some foods can fall into higher or lower FODMAP categories.

Coffee is one such example. It’s a Low FODMAP healthy ingredient. But the way it’s prepared (like as a regular hot brewed coffee) makes it more acidic.

That’s why on that note, daily home cold brew coffee is my safe choice so I don’t have to give up the healthy caffeine starter. Cold brew is easy to make and an easy tweak. But I still cushion with food like a banana. 🍌

Another example is nuts where walnuts and peanuts can be okay… that is, assuming you can even eat nuts.

But then other types of nuts like cashews and almonds that you and I can cross off the list as they can be digestive havocs… it’s nut. 🤪 and there’s no rhyme or reason or easy way to remember (other than with a handy list).

That doesn’t even factor how the foods react individually with us.

But you can see how complex it can get in our busy world food choices.

Food is not black-and-white to our guts.

With any food, we can feel poked and burdened with the weight of lead after it goes down.

So bypassing questionable how-it-will-go-down ingredients, you can go straight to the unquestionable and safe… simple to digest foods..

…Early on, we relied on the B.R.A.T. diet that was bananas, rice, apples and toast. It was easy to remember and you didn’t have to break out a list.

It was so short and easy to remember that I also added yogurt on my stomach-friendly list when I was a young brat. 🧒🏻

Yogurt has probiotics and protein. It’s relatively inexpensive food medicine.

And finding the lowest sugar yogurt option optimizes the good bacteria count.

And the B.R.A.T.Y. (I added the “y”) simple digestive diet still works.

But these days… NOT ALL SO SIMPLE.

…With all the tempting choices around us.

So a personal Low FODMAP list that works for your palate and body is good to compile, so you can reach for the safe decisions made when needed. You can even set the list in your pantry cupboard for your emergency convenience.

I have a label on my Five-Spice.

That way you’re not confused or anxious when emergency calls… and especially with all the conflicting information out there of what may or may not help your bloating or digestive symptoms.

…Like ACV mixed with water.

In my world, it works.

It signals to the stomach to stop producing acid that it does.

Our bodies are all about being counterintuitive mystery curve balls where the best proof is our baby steps and trial-and-error.

That’s how we learn anything specific in our lives.

We test the apples.

And apple fruit is another one that is low FODMAP questionable depending on the apple type (for us apples).

Apples are on the B.R.A.T. diet from a simpler world time.

And you may find you do better with unsweetened applesauce as I learned with my stomach.

What works for one person may not for you.

Just don’t be afraid to try foods for variety.

Most guts aren’t happy on an empty stomach and delays our healthy restoration.

Our guts are forgiving if we’re biodiverse trying… otherwise none of us would be still be on the planet.

It comes from a similar diversifying principle of not putting all your eggs in one basket.

Eggs, btw, are generally ok too. 🥚

And even if we make a one-time food mistake, we can cushion with foods and ingredients that are generally safe on a low FODMAP list:

-bell peppers and most veggies

-avocado

-many fruits (and believe it or not… green bananas are lower FODMAP than soft, ripe ones).

-Yogurt (low-sugar Greek yogurt)

-quinoa, oatmeal, cooked soft rice

Amaranth is one grain I discovered to be super gut-friendly. It has a Cream of Wheat bowl texture… but is gluten-free.

If you’re a sourdough or bread making person, for Low FODMAP you can even add amaranth to your whole grain roll or bread loaf.

And, some other Low FODMAP list adds:

-herbs/spices: fennel (in Five Spice powder), anise, peppermint

-teas: green, black, and some herbal teas (chamomile, chicory root, peppermint).

Peppermint tea is something I always keep in my “food-as-medicine” cabinet. It does wonders for stomaches and other body aches like headaches.

And instead of reaching for candy or sugar sweets, you can chew on an anise star or make a low-sugar applesauce blueberry cobbler.

Use fruit and maple syrup for sweeteners.

Those can be okay if you’re experiencing high acidity where a GERD grocery list is also a good idea next time you’re in the store.

Cold Brew vs. Iced Coffee Acidity Busting Myths

Cold brew vs. iced coffee is the difference in acidity. There is no boiling down in cold brew to help boil it down for your remembrance when you’re confronted on a menu coffee board.

And I break it down even further below. 👇

But first, here is an example of a cold brew (served ice cold) infused with refreshing mint that goes down cooling your body and benefits you and your body ache symptoms. Recipe is below 🌱

But first things first, you probably still may not know what acidity difference makes between cold brew vs. iced coffee when you’re ordering.

If acidity is a concern for you like many people 🙋🏻‍♀️ and you avoid coffee, then maybe this’ll change your mind, and you and your body 😊 can enjoy a cold brew coffee with ice like I do on a warm sticky day… that has added ice at the end.

And that serving is different than iced coffee on most coffee menu boards that is made from regular (warm brew) coffee.

…Can sound a bit like semantics, but it’s not as complicated as it sounds!

And in my life and when sharing with others, I like to break things down to simplicity…

So basically in cold brew vs. iced coffee, the acidity difference boils down to the process… it’s in and is the process.

…And that’s all you really need to know and remember the next time you have a coffee decision to make. ☕️

There’s no boiling or heat in cold brew (that remember is the process).

So when you make or order a cold brew coffee, you’re getting less chlorogenic acid in your drink cup that’s an antioxidant (🎉).

But the catch is, that’s where the acidity is high.

…So it’s only not-so-good if acidity bothers you and your body.

If it does, then it’s a double edged sword. Otherwise plain regular warm caffeinated coffee is plant-based 🌱 good for the body.

Lucky for us coffee drinkers. 🍀

And how this works is…

In warm brewed coffee, the heat tends to bring out the acidity.

And in the cold brew (process) there is no heat… (except it’s fired up ☄️in today’s popularity).

In a regular warm brewed coffee cup made from coffeemakers (like you’ve probably seen poured in orange rimmed coffee pots at diners)… those grounds could be made from the same grinds as in a cold brew coffee cup, but you’re getting more overall acidity.

And it’s not just the warm-ing vs. cold process…

The coffee roast matters too.

…Makes sense intuitively.

Some coffees are more acidic than others.

But what doesn’t make sense is…

Myth #1: that you can taste different types of acids.

Because we can’t really pick those up with our taste buds.

And coffee has many acid types…

There’s acetic, lactic, quinic, gluconic, malic and citric acid to name some.

In a light roast coffee study, the research shows that citric acid is the only one distinguishable to the human tongue… where Brazil coffee was stronger in citric acid than the Bolivian and Kenyan coffee roasts to the same taste testers.

So what does this mean for you?

Besides cold brew vs. iced coffee, picking the right roast matters for acidity.

And it’s still not what you’d naturally think…

Ahh, this second myth is interesting too…

A dark roast can be less acidic than a light roast.

When I’m out drinking coffee, I order a dark roast that has less chlorogenic, malic, and citric acids than the lighter kind.

A dark roast at Starbucks suits me and my acidic self fine. 😊

…Even though the Blonde light roasts may sound like they are less acidic.

But light doesn’t mean less acidic.

If you tend to get heartburn or have a sensitive coffee stomach where you need food to cushion before drinking 🙋🏻‍♀️, then a dark cold brew could be your best choice.

And if it’s hot out or you’re feeling hot (Pitta 😡), add some ice!

…Where cubes are added at the end 🧊

At home a neat trick is to make coffee ice cubes so you don’t get watered down coffee.

You can use traditional ice cube trays, but a fun way is to add coffee to a coffee cup and then freeze the cup for an hour or two.

From the frozen coffee, you’ll get icicle shavings with scraping from a silverware utensil.

You can add those icicle shavings to your coffee that won’t be like the big clumsy ice cubes that almost always end up sliding down your cold brew coffee glass with coffee running down your face. 😁

And at home, my morning routine is making fresh organic cold brew coffee to eliminate the acidity factor especially good before I’ve had food in my stomach. Maybe you have sensitive stomach too?

That’s how my cold brew coffee journey started… I learned to make my first batch of cold brew in Florence, Italy where mind you, delicious (acidic) coffee ☕️ is on every corner.

I saved my 1 euro coins and from that day on haven’t stopped my new calming morning cold brew practice. 🧡

Since then, I’ve learned a trick or two…

Like… these days, I use organic ground coffee mostly that’s generally even less acidic.

And when you add the tips above, you get a much lower acidic coffee.

So when you put all the smarts together, you can make and drink organic dark roast cold brew.

And what I love most about a morning cold brew coffee is that you can mix in flavors without the heat changing the flavor profile.

…Like the mint cold brew coffee ingredients below

Or… for a fruity twist you can add fruity flavors like peach that’s one mellow smooth coffee flavor.

That will give a fragrant note, and pleasant-light sweet taste instead of a bitter coffee after taste.

…I think it would make a light perfume to wear good for sticky days 💭

And on other idea notes… if you have extra peaches, you can also make refreshing fresh peach juice.

Another good cold brew drinking juice idea is a watermelon coffee idea you can sip on… that goes really well on a warmish afternoon like iced tea.

That’s the only good coffee watered down I’d recommend. 🍉 And an even better idea, add mint to your watermelon coffee or make a pure mint iced cold brew coffee like this one here.

Mint Iced Cold Brew Coffee

Cooling cold brew coffee you can make at home!

Course beverages

Cuisine American

Author Brandy @ Healthy Happy Life Secrets

Ingredients

mint leaves, chopped
1 drop peppermint oil
cold brew coffee
chocolate almond milk, unsweetened

Instructions

Blend ingredients and enjoy!

Upper Gut Acidic Heartburn Symptoms

Upper gut is not something we daily talk about but we can feel if we have heartburn.

Temporary upper gut issues can often be helped with alkalizing foods like swiss chard here and other veggies. — Looks like rhubarb but it’s actually swiss chard… a super healthy spring veggie from a farmer’s market where you get in-season, fresh, organic produce 🥬

We tend to oversimplify body symptoms of the gut when we’re trying to fix the upper gut. Some upper gut symptoms are easily fixable within a few days of diet changes, and that’s what this blog post article is about.

The lower gut has different symptoms and needs…

Such as bloating symptoms that are usually a discomfort-pain in the lower gut or abdomen.

Similar to a headache, bloating can have many causes including diet with disagreeable foods or food sensitivities, chronic inflammation, and diseases.

Eating less food while increasing more fiber, can help for simple bloating stomach fixes.

An even simpler fix is if you aren’t drinking enough water… and as soon as you fill up, you start feeling better.

For upper gut diet-related cause issues, you can change your symptoms from your eating habits in a few days. Some people call this an elimination diet.

…And moving toward more alkalizing foods may be what you need to do (and eat more of) to restore balance in the gut.

One type of upper gut issue already mentioned is heartburn that’s usually coming from a Pitta imbalance and a relatively easy-fix.

Many hard-charging personalities have this symptom often. And that can be exacerbated by stress and the wrong foods. If acid is coming back up the esophagus, then that’s referred to as GERD.

So then, changing diet is a good habit, challenge, and a healthier fix over popping daily antacid pills that look like candy.

Below I’ll give you some better food diet ideas.

But just to be more clear on this (as parts of the body can get confusing)…

Basically, if you have a dull or discomfort in the upper abdominal area where your esophagus meets your stomach, or you burp often, then heartburn-gas symptoms is more likely what you’re dealing with.

Gas gets trapped anywhere in the stomach that comes from air that we intake when we eat foods. And many foods we eat are acidic and stimulate stomach acid.

And…

Two things that are commonly missed in our daily diets:

❌ Often, we’re eating the wrong foods for our situations. We’re eating too many acidic foods that make the heartburn worse. We hear that a food is healthy and we order that when we need to shift gears to alkaline foods such as more veggies (plant-forward).

❌We’ve eaten and because certain food don’t agree with us, we may misdiagnose the feelings as a food allergy or sensitivity when it’s not the food itself… it’s the combination order we are eating the foods.

Our bodies look at digested food differently than we do with our eyes. If we set a reminder to think “our eyes are bigger than our stomachs” (as the saying goes), then we can do ourselves a favor.

Our bodies process what lands in our stomachs mixed with everything still unprocessed (looking a lot like a dump truck if we could see inside).

And, you may be surprised to know that many super healthy, anti-inflammatory foods are acidic making heartburn worse.😳

But let’s be clear… for daily health, energy, and our longevity efforts, we want to eat a diverse selection of anti-inflammatory foods. They are hands-down the best especially if we’re smart about our eating combinations.

But if you’re experiencing the effects of a high acidic stomach, you want to pause or reduce some of those specific foods until your symptoms disappear. For example: EVOO, grains, starches, and most animal proteins. It’s a balancing game (as is most everything good in Life 😊).

Finding the alkalizing balancing foods that are going to keep your stomach more neutral but filled with nutrients, is the perfect balance.

In acidic situations, choose from a smaller food list, like plenty of vegetables and proteins, such as eggs, tofu, chicken breast, and seeds. Try to eat the same things for meals. Remember, it’s only for a few days or until your symptoms go away.

The BRAT diet (bread, rice, apples, toast) was what we used to eat when we had a sour stomach but we can do better than that in macro nutrition with veggies, lean, and plant-based proteins.

And if you want a soft protein alternative to eggs or tofu, try:

Cottage cheese with peaches or Greek yogurt with berries (but not common grocery store pasteurized cheese or milks, or nut-milk alternatives).

Bananas also make good cushions in the stomach, and they are both prebiotic and probiotic. Another superfood carb is apples that are still the Queen fruit all around.

I don’t think it’s a coincidence they’re abundant year-round and there so many varieties blooming every season.

Then with avocado as the King fruit (my name for 🥑), you could add to your protein meals as the fat. It doesn’t always have to be healthy EVOO which is actually an acidic no-no, but great any other time.

And instead of 2 cups of coffee a day, switch one cup to green tea. And maybe an herbal tea later in the day when you aren’t seeking caffeine. Cold brew coffee is also less acidic than regular warm coffee brews.

If you’re a Vata, and you get an acidic Pitta stomach often, changing your “food as medicine” diet to less sweet alternatives can be one of the habit challenges. But definitely doable if you have your mind set on making positive changes.

Just remember, most fruits are okay for sweets, so that’s the saving grace. And it’s better to end on that sweet note.

Because also how you start your food day will matter. Like many, I used to start my breakfast with cereal or sweetened oatmeal. Over time, I replaced those less filling options with a vegetable-protein-fat macro-full meal.

…That may sound like a heavier mid-day lunch or dinner (as it did to me once-upon-a-time), but that combo is a better healthy start and will help with your lose weight goals and energy levels as your body is pleased with your healthy considerations… and will reward you with feeling better.

And when you’re not facing any upper gut acidic issues, if you want to add other healthy bread, starches, or desserts, that’s your choice. But, better to add those later in your meals and day than at the start.

…In my working with catering events for about 10 years, I got used to the idea of 3-4 course dinner meals with appetizers called hors d’oeuvres. But that’s a bit heavy for everyday eating. Would you agree?

One of the simplest platters we served was Crudite. It was a plate of raw veggies such as carrots, celery, cauliflower, broccoli, and colorful bell peppers.

And this can be part of the lighter home dinner fare. Instead of a creamy, ranch-type dressing to accompany, you can eat veggies plain or add a Greek yogurt with a dash of Worcestershire sauce (for a healthy sour cream copycat) or vinegar that’s going to help your gut. Or spices like coriander and fennel.

And if you want to kick it up a notch, when your upper gut is back to its norm, you can make a stuffed bell pepper with very little prep needed as a plant-based full meal…

Cook your whole grains like quinoa or wild rice, and then stuff at the bottom, layering with legumes, veggies, and your fave herbs like fresh cilantro or parsley.

In one of the Blue Zones with the oldest living people, they have a dish called “three sisters” (corn, squash, and beans). You could do that…

And also enjoy with a lime soaked-yellow corn tortilla (or sprouted toast) if you want to stay on the longevity-healthy theme.🤸‍♀️

Stuffed bell peppers is a great way to stuff with proteins, whole grains, and more veggies!

Avocado Green Smoothie

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Author Brandy @ Healthy Happy Life Secrets

Ingredients

1 ripe avocado
plant-based milk (almond, cashew, oat, coconut)

Instructions

Blend and enjoy!

Acidic Stomach Remedy – Alkaline Foods

Acidic stomach issues are no fun. The good news is we can remedy in our habits and counteract with alkaline foods like a tofu crumbled salad.

First off, ere are some common signs you have a high acidic stomach (or higher than your usual), and where you can restore to a normal PH alkaline with your diet:

-Stomach discomfort especially where your GI tract meets the upper stomach intestinal wall.

-If you drink coffee and after you’ve eaten something light, food adds discomfort to your stomach. Btw, coffee on an empty stomach can “tear up the stomach.”

-If you burp more often, and especially if that’s not common for your body.

-You know you’ve been freely eating more of whatever you want, whenever you want, and maybe a usual food offender to your stomach. Our stomachs are naturally acidic and most of the foods we eat that we enjoy are acidic so maintaining a balance between joy and health will make the difference.

-And, if you have the taste of acid washing back up your throat (referred to as acid reflux), then that’s a sure sign. Many people pop antacids like candy after meals. But that’s masking an opportunity for a better and healthy solution of changing your eating lifestyle and habits.

Here are some quick fixes you can make to alleviate acidic stomach pain or discomfort: Continue reading “Acidic Stomach Remedy – Alkaline Foods”

GERD Ayurveda Grocery List

GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease) is no fun. It’s when acid comes back up. But GERD is treatable with food as I learned in my journey.

Because high acidic foods and wrong combination of foods (according to the gut if it could speak) are causes.

They can wreak havoc on your daily gut-feeling life that impacts your day and productivity.

If you’re food shopping and trying to make choices for your grocery cart, adding a stomach-friendly GERD and mood foods (Ayurveda) grocery list can enhance your eating life.

Lowering stomach acidity and finding enhancing foods for balancing your body is fun, healthy, and sometimes what’s needed.

If you have a condition like high acid (or more severely GERD) in your stomach, whether you’re a Vata, Pitta, or Kapha (or have any of these imbalances), you’ll be interested in what you select for your refrigerator and pantry.

And, you’ve come to the right place for a list below of safe foods to reduce GERD (or lower acidity) and increase balance (further below…)

Having a mix of fresh and pantry foods can give you a sense of calm, and especially if you have a backup supply of your favorite items because you leave any food comfort panic thoughts to rest …just in case you can’t make it to the store because of inclement weather or broken down transportation.

…Or there’s a run on a certain item that everyone and their brother needs. If in America, you may remember the toilet paper pandemonium during the pandemic crises?

So with a pantry, you can feel a sense of peace when you have an extra pasta box or evaporated milk on hand.

There are also so many gluten-free and vegetable options these days. You can whip up a fast meal… and this is vitally important for Vatas that can get low blood sugar quick when snack bars aren’t appealing or handy.

How You Can Use Ayurveda Next Time You’re Grocery Store Shopping

With Ayurveda living, you can enhance your current diet, with additional flavors and being healthy, such as building up your immune system with spices, mushrooms, and onions and lowering body inflammation (that can then help boost your mental health).

I come from over a decade of experience in my first career, orchestrating hotel and restaurant parties and events that focused on many Mediterranean ethnic dishes (Middle Eastern, Spanish, French, Greek, or Italian).

In those environments, daily food talk and language rolled off my tongue in conversations with past clients and friends.

Speaking of food plates that included curry, cumin, cardamom, cayenne, cinnamon, mint, cilantro, almonds, pine nuts, and pistachios. And hearing proper pronunciations to exotic ingredients such as za’atar.

…Maybe you’re not familiar or these are all your favorites, but can you imagine how these small additions could transform and bring a zestier life to a first or second course, or salad? You could be an inventive cook so then you know exactly what I’m talking about!

Additional ingredients can also add a dash of inspiring color and interest to an otherwise boring plate. A plate that is as much art as flavor, can wake up a Kapha imbalance.

Popular dishes have a common theme: unique and palatable flavors.

Those tastes are made with third dimension complex flavors. Sometimes a dish is just missing a ‘lil sea salt, but usually, a dash of spice will make the dish come alive.

Love is in the spice (and spices) of life. ♥

If you’re aware and knowledgeable, then you can add a flavoring taste that has healthy benefits and part of your daily routine.

Being Ayurvedically mindful is a way to add a “come alive” foodie-tasting experience with spices and pungent ingredients like garlic that are also known to be heart (and all-around) healthy.

On the softer and sweeter end of the spectrum, you can also add more exotic fruits into your smoothie or super sweet fruits like pineapple loaded with Vitamin C. And elderberry for immune support.

When you’re more focused on your simple yet sophisticated, balanced food diet (what would be good for you to eat), then you work on your body balance that affects your better moods and quality of life.

Eating and savoring your favorable foods can leave a smile on your face and remembrance of a good day you had.

11 Combat High Acidic Foods Must-Haves For a GERD Ayurveda Grocery List:

These are super balancing combat high acidic foods for Vata, Pitta, and Kapha doshas. And also for toning down (alkalizing) a high acid stomach.

Bananas

Strawberries

Apples

Almonds and Most Nuts

Avocado

Carrots

Mushrooms

Peas

Most Veggies

Bell Peppers

Flour-less bread (spelt, millet, sprouted grains)

Modern Wisdom For a GERD or High Acidic Foods Day

You can prepare for days where your stomach (or somewhere along your GI tract) is irritated if that’s a tendency you face.

Vata bodies especially have nervous stomachs and sensitive stomach linings. Is that you?

Compound that with acid reflux (GERD), and this adds discomfort from the top to bottom (throat down).

You may even have a gritty taste from stomach acid bubbling up like baking soda reacting to lemon juice or vinegar.

That’s when you want to be cautious about the foods you intake, avoiding specific combinations, like yogurt and pizza (eaten together within short time frames) that can aggravate an already sensitive stomach.

And you have your unique body’s sensitivities you learned through trial-and-error and connecting-the-dots.

If you are leaning too much into your natural way or dosha, that could be a reason for your GERD episodes where you want to lower the acidity in your stomach (and cut down on high acidic foods).

Depending on the severity, you may opt to add small doses of your favorites in moderation for convenience’s sake. Ayurveda doesn’t require a strict diet, but health problems can.

Better to be disciplined for a few days in your diet to prevent a larger outbreak of symptoms or where all you can do is takes sips of water or broth. If you’ve been there before, you know what I mean!

A healthy action step (good for prevention), is taking in a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar (ACV) mixed with water (1:1 ratio).

The best kind of ACV has the ‘mother’ milky substance inside that you shakeup. You can wash the unpleasant taste down with water and lemon.

Or you can also wisely drink teas such as ginger, cinnamon, Kombucha, herbal tea, and green teas. If you have certain imbalances you’ll definitely prefer one over the other. For Vatas (many of us are): you can learn more about how to restore your Vata type.

And you can choose to switch from espressos to yerba mate or cold brew coffee.

By nature, coffee is acidic. And adding that ontop of high acidic foods in your gut can cause daily issues. Switching over to cold brew coffee will be less abrasive on your stomach if you don’t want to give up.

You could get creative and find teas that have half the amount of caffeine as an average cup of coffee. Your favorite chai or black tea cappuccino with frothed almond milk and a touch of Dutch-processed (non-acidic) chocolate cocoa or vanilla dusting, could hit the spot. Yummm to a Vata!

If you’re health-conscious you may have evolved your food balanced diet, added a few carrots, learned to love lean proteins like fish and chicken, or maybe even turned more vegetarian plant-based.

You used new healthy knowledge and let your environment’s resources help shape a better version of you.

Naturally, from your food experiences you can love pasta, bread, sugary floury foods (and maybe have an emergency stash, uh-huh. Vatas love to store up sweets like squirrels with nuts).

And if you stay on my blog journey with me week to week, I’ll share how you can make delicious (as-good, I think) sweets without all the calories or refined sugar (but definitely refined ingredients.. and organic-inspired!).

You may even be a cheese or cheesy-salty food addict if you don’t have a dairy-allergy. (I know my peeps… your pantry is my paradise too). 😊

And you change those ways as you have desires to make changes.

Reduce High Acidic Food Meal Ideas to Consider For your GERD Ayurveda Grocery List

You may find better low acidic grocery food options along your food journey, such as breads inspired by the Biblical ways to make flour-less bread, from ingredients such as millet, spelt, and sprouted grains.

You could make a smoothie with veggie green powder, spirulina, banana, avocado, apple. You can use healthier juices (V8 Healthy Greens is relatively lower in sugar), make your own low-sugar orange juice, or skip the juices altogether.

Or you could keep to the blending basics such as whole bananas, apples, pineapples, and berries.

Plenty of food and drink options to choose from. And our bodies naturally prefer variety and biodiversity.

But what about proteins (to add to your GERD Ayurveda grocery list)?

A safer bet for high acidity is chicken, eggs, or tofu. To get creative, you could make a chicken salad with mustard, grapes, celery, and curry, or an egg salad with mustard and alfalfa sprouts… or dreaming up a stir fry with tofu, mushrooms, and favorite veggies.

To make a savory (alkalizing) soup, you could consider a cauliflower/beet soup with ginger, curry, cinnamon, and organic unpasteurized milk (or almond milk if you like). And then when the high acidic foods level in your stomach goes down, you can consider adding or using coconut milk. …Just a few ideas to get you thinking. 💭