For those people suffering from acid reflux, eating may not be too much fun, especially if you are not sure which foods give you acid reflux, or which foods you should be eating to help reduce the effects of the stomach acid in the esophagus. Now, on the whole spicy foods cause the pain and discomfort of acid reflux , but any food or combination may be at fault. Because tomato based foods can cause the problem of acid reflux, foods like pizza get a double hit because greasy foods are often the culprit too. Spaghetti dishes that have tomato sauce in them cause stomach problems for many people that suffer from acid reflux, but the only thing you need to do is to test each food to see how it affects your stomach. If after eating oranges you get a lot of acid reflux, then may be you want to eliminate oranges from your diet for a while.

Now there are some foods that do help acid reflux, and they are generally considered to be health foods anyway. Garlic helps some sufferers, although I have seen that garlic causes reflux in others. What you should do is plan your meals so each is healthy, getting plenty of fibre enery day. Some say that a handful of almonds every day can assist digestion, although again, there are reports that some suffer with these as well.

Now, when it comes to sleeping, acid reflux can stop you from getting a good night’s sleep, but there are things you can try that can assist you. For example, the acid reflux wedge pillow is designed for you to sleep on with your head always staying above your stomach, by keeping you more upright, whether you sleep on your back or your side. This stops the stomach fluid from going back up the esophagus. These wedge pillows pillows are made to raise your whole torso, starting from the hip area, not just the neck and head. There are some small wedge pillows that just twist your neck while trying to raise it, but these are not recommended. From all the reports I’ve seen the gradual incline from waist to head works very well. But there are various things to watchout forfor pillow, wedge shaped for acid reflux sufferers.

Not all pillows are the same width, and to benefit more fully, 24 inches, or the normal width of a pillow is at least what is needed, so that you can turn over on the wedge pillow without your head rolling off it. There are various depths of wedges, from a mere 2 inches up to 7 inches, and I think I’ve even seen some more than this. The majority wedge pillows for acid reflux encourage you to use your own normal pillow on top of it, and generally speaking, these are full length wedge pillows about 30-32 inches from waist to the top of the head. Before you buy one, make sure you consider very thoroughly so you know it will suit your purpose.

So, there are just a few of the ways to reduce acid reflux, but another simple approach is to make your meals smaller, but eat more of them. By doing this your stomach doesn’t have to digest as much at the same time, your stomach has more room so there is less pressure to force it out of the stomach and back up the esophagus. Consider these ideas some consideration to see if you can reduce some of the acid reflux medication you are presently taking.