Treat Gastric Acid with Mediterranean Diet

Mediterranean diet has been known to bring goodness to health from heart to brain. This diet emphasizes the intake of foods from fruits, fresh vegetables, olive oil and whole grains and limits red meat and refined carbohydrates.

Now, this Mediterranean diet is believed to help stomach acid and may even work better than drugs.

The study, published in JAMA Otalaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, examined data from reflux-type patients, in which stomach acid rises from the throat.


One group followed the Mediterranean diet and drank alkaline water and avoided stomach acidic foods such as spicy, fatty and spicy foods and alcohol. As a result, after six weeks the group experienced a 40 percent decrease.

Animal-based foods increase the amount of amino acids in your stomach, which in turn leads to higher levels of enzymes called pepsin and triggers stomach acid.

The diet by multiplying vegetable foods produces fewer amino acids, which decreases pepsin levels. Alkaline water offsets the acid that arises because pepsin is deactivated in a low acid environment.

The addition of weight can be one of the triggers of stomach acid. Five of the 10 people who use drugs to treat stomach acid still have symptoms. And these drugs sometimes cause side effects such as low magnesium levels and palpitations or heart problems. Some studies have even found an association between proton pump inhibitor drugs and the risk of chronic renal failure.

The Mediterranean diet has been known to be of great benefit to most individuals. In addition to lowering stomach acid, other studies have found that this diet is associated with decreased mortality rates of cardiovascular, cancer, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.

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