Acid Reflux Diet & Cookbook For Dummies E-Book

Patricia Raymond

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Fachliteratur
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 440

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2014

Beschreibung

Get rid of GERD for good

Is your heartburn making you dread meal times? No matter how delicious a feast is before you, the prospect of that burning pain, nausea, and even vomiting can be enough to make you turn away. Heartburn is a symptom of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, commonly called acid reflux, and the pain is caused by stomach acid damaging the tissue in your esophagus. It's more than a minor annoyance—GERD is a precursor to esophageal cancer, and it affects over 50 million Americans. There are medications to treat GERD, but what most sufferers don't realize is that a few simple lifestyle changes can help your medication work better—or get you off medications completely.

Acid Reflux Diet & Cookbook for Dummies is your roadmap to ending GERD for good. In it, you'll find lifestyle and diet modifications that prevent symptoms from occurring in the first place, as well as explanations about the mechanism of the condition and how and why these modifications help. The book contains over 70 practical recipes, plus tips on navigating grocery stores, restaurant menus, and the holiday season. You'll gain valuable insight on the small, easy changes that can make a big difference, and get answers to questions like:

• Is your posture and sleep position working against you?
• Can chewing gum really help or hurt?
• What supplements may work just as well, or better than, prescriptions?
• How does eating more often help prevent symptoms?

Whether you've tried every treatment available and still haven't found relief, or are hoping to avoid prescription medication completely, Acid Reflux Diet & Cookbook for Dummies is a clear, comprehensive guide to getting rid of GERD.

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2014935507

ISBN 978-1-118-83919-5 (pbk); ISBN 978-1-118-83915-7 (ebk); ISBN 978-1-118-83914-0 (ebk)

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Table of Contents

Introduction

About This Book

Foolish Assumptions

Icons Used in This Book

Beyond the Book

Where to Go from Here

Part I: Getting Started with the Acid Reflux Diet

Chapter 1: Saying Goodbye to Reflux: Your Road to a Reflux-Free Lifestyle

What Acid Reflux Is, and Why It’s Bad

Revamping Diet and Lifestyle

Cooking Your Way to Less Reflux

Tackling Special Situations

Chapter 2: The Lowdown on Acid Reflux

Acid Reflux 101

Heartburn versus acid reflux

What acid reflux does

What causes acid reflux

How acid reflux can affect your life

Who Gets Acid Reflux

Your average Jane and Joe

Pregnant women

Children

Infants

How Acid Reflux Is Diagnosed

Recognizing the symptoms

Knowing when to get checked out

Looking at the tests your doctor may run

Chapter 3: Recognizing the Dangers of the Condition

Seeing What Can Happen If Acid Reflux Isn’t Treated

Semi-serious stuff

Super-serious stuff

Tracking Your Symptoms

Rating your discomfort

Assessing your risk

Chapter 4: Digesting the Gastrointestinal Triggers (Or Not!)

Understanding How Diet Helps

The digestion process

When digestion goes bad

Food Reactions: Listening to Your Body

Identifying Trigger Foods

The corrosive C’s

Other culprits

Factoring in the Meds

Antidepressants

Anti-anxiety pills

Calcium channel blockers

Other popular medications

Over-the-counter drugs

Chapter 5: Finding Relief in the Medicine Cabinet and Beyond

Neutralizing Acid

How they work

What they’re good for

What they’re not so good for

Possible side effects

Reducing Acid Production

H2 receptor antagonists

Proton-pump inhibitors

Strengthening the Lower Esophageal Sphincter

How they work

What they’re good for

What they’re not so good for

Potential side effects

Alternative Options: Taking a Holistic Approach

Baking soda

Acid neutralizers

Herbal remedies

Digestive enzymes

Chewing gum

Natural licorice

Taking Your Complaint to the Doctor

Finding the right doctor

Before and after your appointment

Part II: Making Diet and Lifestyle Changes

Chapter 6: Getting Started on the Acid Reflux Diet

When Enough Is Enough: Deciding to Make a Change

How to tell people you’re close to and see often

How to tell colleagues and associates

Transitioning to an Acid Reflux Diet

Going cold turkey

Easing in

Taking the Nine-Day Challenge: Finding Your Acid Reflux Triggers

Days 1–3: Cutting out possible culprits

Days 4–6: Monitoring how you feel

Days 7–9: Reintroducing foods

Giving Your Kitchen an Acid Reflux Makeover

Cleaning your pantry

Stocking up on the right foods

Planning menus for the week ahead

Cooking with Acid Reflux in Mind

Chapter 7: That Thing You Do: Embracing Lifestyle Changes

Paying Attention to How Much You Eat and When You Eat It

Reducing the amount you eat at one sitting

Timing your meals with acid reflux in mind

Losing Weight

Quitting Smoking

Managing Stress

Looking At How You Sleep: Position, Position, Position

Chapter 8: Staying Fit, Inside and Out

Getting Physical

Focusing Inward

Meditation and other relaxation techniques

Food journaling

Support groups

Part III: Symptom-Soothing Recipes

Chapter 9: Beginning with Breakfast

Eggceptional Breakfasts

Bake It ’Til You Make It

Great Grains

Fruits and Veggies

Chapter 10: Fulfilling Lunches

Succulent Salads

Sandwiches and Wraps

Savory Soups

Culture Cuisine

Chapter 11: Delectable Dinners

Great Grains

Seafood

Pasta and Breads

Veggie-Based Dishes

Meats

Chapter 12: Appetizers and Snacks

Appealing Appetizers

Super Snacks

Chapter 13: Easing and Pleasing Beverages

Tantalizing Teas

Flavored Waters

Fruit Drinks

Chapter 14: Worry-Free Desserts

Puddings and Mousses

Baked Treats

No-Bake Desserts

Part IV: Solutions for Specific Situations

Chapter 15: Finding Safe Dishes When You’re Eating Out

Packing Heat: Bringing Foods When You’re Away from Home

Finding Reflux-Friendly Foods on the Menu

Chinese

Mexican

Italian

Japanese

Thai

Diners

Fast food

Chapter 16: From Pregnancy to the Golden Years: Managing Acid Reflux in Special Communities

When You’re Pregnant

When You’re Pint Size

Acid reflux in babies

Acid reflux in kids

When You’re Older and Wiser

Chapter 17: When Diet and Alternative Therapies Don’t Cut It: Surgical Options

Last Resort: Surgery

The mainstay: Nissen fundoplication

Cooking the esophagus: The Stretta procedure

Magnetic attraction: New procedures with magnets

Endoscopic mucosal resection

Esophagectomy

What to Expect from Surgery or Advanced Endoscopy Techniques

All About Recovery

What you can eat after surgery

How long it takes to heal

Long-term changes

Part V: The Part of Tens

Chapter 18: Ten (Or So) Simple Ways to Change Your Eating Habits

Writing Down Your Goals

Sharing Your Goals with a Loved One

Following the Recipes in This Book (And Finding More!)

Visualizing Yourself Succeeding

Going Easy on Yourself

Deciding Whether to Go Cold Turkey or Ease In

Giving Yourself Time to Adjust

Looking for the Silver Lining

Chapter 19: Ten Changes You Can Make in the Kitchen

Sautéing

Baking, Broiling, or Roasting

Steaming

Boiling

Less Is More

Avoiding Trigger Ingredients

Adding Soothing Ingredients

Drinking Wisely

Reduce Meat Portions

Reducing or Substituting Fat

Chapter 20: Ten Myths about Acid Reflux

The Heart Is What Causes Heartburn

Acid Reflux Kills Bad Breath

Heartburn Is No Big Deal

Prescription Drugs for Acid Reflux Hurt the Digestion Process

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Always Leads to Cancer

Only Unhealthy People Get Acid Reflux

Heartburn Is Just Part of the Aging Process

Over-the-Counter Antacids Aren’t Real Medicine

It Doesn’t Matter What Side of Your Body You Sleep On

Drinking Decaffeinated Coffee Won’t Aggravate Your Acid Reflux

Chapter 21: Ten Benefits of Getting Rid of Acid Reflux

A Good Night’s Sleep

Better Overall Health

Goodbye Heartburn

A Clearer Mind

A Brighter Disposition

Less Stress

Fewer Doctor Visits

Tame the Flame, Stop the Inflammation

Reduced Risk for Cancer

Show Me the Money!

Appendix: Metric Conversion Guide

About the Authors

Cheat Sheet

Supplemental Images

Guide

Table of Contents

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Introduction

Acid reflux isn’t fun. It isn’t healthy, and it isn’t something you want in your life. Even if your acid reflux is only a minor annoyance, you’d still like to get rid of it. Acid Reflux Diet & Cookbook For Dummies is one of the best tools you can use to curb your condition or get rid of it completely.

Other important resources: your doctor and determination. Your doctor can help you diagnose your acid reflux and monitor your symptoms and treatment. As for determination, you’ll need that to follow your doctor’s recommendations and the guidelines in this book. The diet and recommendations you’ll find here aren’t extremely difficult, but fortitude will come in handy anyway.

This book helps you understand what acid reflux is, what causes it, what the dangers are, and most important, how to reduce your symptoms or get rid of the condition all together.

About This Book

Change isn’t easy, especially when that change involves diet and other alterations to your daily life. This book, however, makes change about as easy as it can be, by offering clear advice in an accessible format. You don’t have to read this book from beginning to end. Consider it a reference manual, like an encyclopedia. You can look up the information that interests you the most. You can cherry-pick chapters by only reading those that are most applicable to you, or you can read all of them but out of order. And, of course, you can always be traditional and ready every chapter, in order.

Sidebars and anything marked by the Technical Stuff icon are skippable. Yes, these passages enhance the main sections, but the main sections will still make sense without the supplements.

In this book you may note that some web addresses break across two lines of text. If you’re reading this in print and want to visit one of these web pages, simply type in the web address exactly as it’s noted in the text, as though the line break doesn’t exist. If you’re reading this as an e-book, you’ve got it easy — just click the web address to be taken directly to the web page.

Finally, we follow a few basic conventions in the recipes that you should be aware of:

Milk is whole unless otherwise specified.Eggs are large.Pepper is freshly ground black pepper unless otherwise specified.Butter is unsalted.Flour is all-purpose unless otherwise specified.Sugar is granulated unless otherwise noted.All herbs are fresh unless dried herbs are specified.All temperatures are in Fahrenheit. (Refer to the appendix for information about converting temperatures to Celsius.)

We use the tomato icon to highlight vegetarian recipes in the Recipes in This Chapter lists, as well as in the Recipes in This Book.

Foolish Assumptions

We assume you’re reading this book because you have acid reflux or because you care about someone who has acid reflux and you want to help. Either way, we know that you realize acid reflux is no bueno. This book doesn’t waste time trying to convince you that acid reflux is annoying or painful — you already know that. You want to find out how to get rid of acid reflux, and how to do so as easily as possible.

Icons Used in This Book

We use icons to draw your attention to certain key points:

Text marked by the Tip icon is a quick-hit pointer that may or may not appear in the main text. If the tip is applicable to you, give it a try!

Anything marked by the Remember icon is a helpful bit of information to keep in mind, but it doesn’t necessarily require action.

Beware! Text marked with the Warning icon tells you what not to mess with, and why.

Some people like to hear the nitty-gritty details. The why behind the how and the how behind the why. Other people aren’t as interested. If you usually like the subtext behind what you’re reading, and you have the time to read it, check out anything marked with the Technical Stuff icon.

Beyond the Book

Check out a free Cheat Sheet at www.dummies.com/cheatsheet/acidrefluxdiet for quick-hit resources not found in this book. The Cheat Sheet content is a handy reference that you can check out over and over online, print out, and/or refer to quickly and easily when you may not have your book handy.

In addition, www.dummies.com/extras/acidrefluxdiet contains related articles such as a guide to eating out and an exercise plan to reduce reflux.

Where to Go from Here

You’ve made an important decision on the acid reflux–reduction path: You bought this book. So, where do you go from here? That’s up to you — you can read the chapters in whatever order suits you. If you already have a good understanding of reflux, you can skip to the recipes in Part III. Use the table of contents and index to find the subjects you’re interested in right now.

However you want to use these chapters and regardless of the order you read them in, we wish you a successful and relatively easy transition toward a life with less acid reflux.

Part I

Getting Started with the Acid Reflux Diet

For Dummies can help you get started with lots of subjects. Visit www.dummies.com to learn more and do more with For Dummies.

In this part …

Diagnose acid reflux.Discover the dangers of acid reflux.Find over-the-counter medications for reflux.Identify your trigger foods.Talk with your doctor about your symptoms.

Chapter 1

Saying Goodbye to Reflux: Your Road to a Reflux-Free Lifestyle

In This Chapter

Understanding acid reflux