okay, fellow foodies -- what's your antacid of choice?

[grasswire]

I'll confess to Pepcid extra strength every other day or so. The worst heartburn comes from mayo, for some strange reason.

[NMDemDist2]

1. I have a jug of Tums in the cupboard

but rarely need them thankfully

[Tab]

2. High fat foods

like butter or mayonnaise can trigger heartburn

[Warpy]

3. Tomatoes are the worst for me, especially in sauce with meat

and I have enough of a complex disease picture that it's OTC Prilosec with generic ranitidine for breakthrough and generic calcium carbonate overnight. It sucks. I only have to hit the ranitidine bottle maybe 2 days a month.

For all you foodies out there, another thing to stay away from if you know a dinner guest has GI problems is canola oil. It's one of the worst triggers out there. I can always tell when an eatery has decided to do their customers a favor and use it. Ouch.

[Stinky The Clown]

4. Brioschi

I get a bit of heartburn from too much olive oil. Funnily enough, if I have olive oil uncooked, like from dipping bread, there's no problem. I can have as much as I want, and can tolerate any combination or amount of herbs in the dipping oil. Cooked olive oil, as in a topping for macaroni, with lots of condimenti added, is a little more problematic. If it is cut sufficiently with wine or other water-based liquid, hardly ever a problem. If there's not as much water-based liquid, then it bothers me.

Brioschi was the anatacid of choice for my parents and grandparents and I recall it well from my childhood. I used to mix it up as a beverage! It has a sort of lemony taste and lots of fizz. It is an odd looking thing, though. It looks like little snakes of crystals. Hard to describe, but it isn't a tablet at all.

[The empressof all]

6. OMG That stuff is still around?

I remember my mom giving me small doses of that when I had an upset tummy as a child. Much better than alka seltzer. I'll have to look for it next time I'm at the drug store. Thanks for the flashback H2S!

[Stinky The Clown]

11. Yep, it's better than alka seltzer

It is a different compound entirely. I'm surprized it hasn't become more widespread. Effectiveness aside, it also tastes pretty good.

[grasswire]

7. a bit like Alka-Seltzer, perhaps?

My dad used to have an Alka-Seltzer every night. It isn't too bad tasting if the water is really cold. It doesn't work for me, though, but I'll try to find this stuff you recommend. I've got a feeling it isn't sold out west, though.

[The empressof all]

8. Drugstore .com has it

I just checked because I thought the same thing about it not being on the West coast. They have it for $6.09 a bottle.

[Stinky The Clown]

10. We get it at our local Italian markert .....

Cibo e Generi di Conforto
Trinacria - 406 North Paca Street, Baltimore City. Tel. [phone].
Questo e' il nonno dei negozi Italiani a Baltimore. Per decenni ha provveduto a soddisfare i bisogni primari degli Italians di Baltimore a prezzi piu' che ragionevoli. Il negozio mostra gli anni che ha e avrebbe bisogno di un "makeover" di quelli seri, pero' la pasta De Cecco costa la meta' che al supermercato e il Parmigiano e il prosciutto sono sempre freschi.

This place has been here, in the same storefront, since 1906.

[The empressof all]

13. Well it looks like it's full of sugar

No wonder it's better than Alka Seltzer.

[mike_c]

5. I'm a nexium junkie....

I never knew what heartburn was until I developed GERD. Ugh.

[Warpy]

9. Same here

I'm serious about the canola oil. Stay away from it. Studies have shown it to be one of the worst triggers out there.

[mike_c]

12. that's good to know-- I rarely cook with vegie oils other than...

...olive oil or peanut oil, but I don't usually pay attention to "stealth sources" as much as I should.

[SoCalDem]

14. 7UP usually does the trick for me..

cheap and it tastes good too:)

[SoCalDem]

15. oooh I almost forgot ....Angostura bitters & seltzer is even better

than 7 up.. I never seem to have seltzer though:)

[anitar1]

16. This us a very late post but, staying away from canola

oil is a good thing. I read about this years ago, in a health magazine and have always avoided it.

[Sparkly]

20. Very interesting -- H2S just had a bad experience with it...

I don't know if he mentioned it here, but we tried some jarred pesto sauce, of the Costco Kirkland brand. We've liked all the Kirkland things we've tried before.

It seemed extra oily somehow. H2S said the oil tasted "cloying." I reminded him that he freely douses everything with way more olive oil that I like, so I was surprised he was complaining! It tasted olive-ish to me.

Pretty soon, he was sick with heartburn. I insisted the stuff had to be pretty much the same ingredients we use when we make it from scratch, but then I checked the jar -- sure enough, it had olive oil but also canola oil. Didn't bother me, but poor H2S was miserable the rest of the night. :(

[grasswire]

21. hmmm

I'm going to have to go check the mayo jar (Best Foods) to see if it contains canola oil. My worst heartburn comes from mayo. Guaranteed.

[NashVegas]

17. Haha. I Was Going to Say Milk

But Pepsi does okay, too.

[kestrel91316]

18. I like that raspberry-flavored Pepcid ES.

[seabeyond]

19. three green tums. dont like the other colors, wink n/t

[housewolf]

22. A small glass of milk...

usually does the job for me. Fortunately it's something I rarely have a problem with. Lucky me! (don't be fooled though, I have other food issues... darned!)

[Rhiannon12866]

23. Gaviscon. It real works for me, though I've taken it rarely.

:-)

[eleny]

24. Protonix, once a day

But it's a prescription drug.

[BuddhaGirl]

25. apple cider vinegar works for me

it neutralizes the acid very quickly. Just a teaspoonful does the trick!

[japple]

26. Tums (or generic) for antacid. Gas-X for the farts. It works

pretty well for me and I don't blow the covers off like I used to. I had much better digestion when I was younger.

[NJCher]

27. here's one that will surprise you

I was talking to my dad and he told me that when he started eating apples regularly, all his heartburn and acid problems went away. He keeps up with the apples every day and has no, repeat no, problems.

So I tried it myself and it works! Just a small apple in the a.m. and if you like, one at night.

There's actually an apple 3 x a day diet out there.

A side benefit of regular apple eating is that they discourage cancer, especially prostate cancer.

Google "apples digestion" and see what you turn up.

That's very interesting about the canola oil. I didn't know about it.

At any rate, I've been reading about the use of antacids and many sources say not to use them on a regular basis. If the stomach is acidic, there's a reason and a natural balanace needs to be sought. This can be done by experimenting and staying away from the offending foods, as many have evidently done on this thread.

What are the consequences of long-term antacid use? I'm not sure about the credibility of the source, but cancer is one of them.




Cher

[Brewman_Jax]

28. Papaya enzyme

available in health food stores and even some drug stores. They work well and are natural and don't have the metallic elements found in most antacids.

[troubleinwinter]

29. Ol' fashioned baking soda in a bit of water

Baking soda is alkali and neutralizes acids. It's always in the kitchen cupboard and boy, it sure is cheap.

[yellowdogintexas]

30. extra strength liquid Mylanta. works nt