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Originally Posted by ring
Both my mother and I started a food diary recently,
writing down everything we eat, the amounts, and the time. (no cheating.)
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The food diary will also help you see which foods exacerbate your preexisting conditions. With GERD and IBS, everyone has different trigger foods, and so what might be okay for me to eat would not be okay for you to eat, and vice-versa. There are various resources online with lists of possible trigger foods for both conditions. I found the following website to have lots of helpful lists:
Acid Reflux Diet - Safe Foods for Heartburn Sufferers - Safe Foods for the Acid Reflux Diet I printed them off and kept them around for a long time until I figured out what caused me personally to react and what didn't.
GERD and IBS were actually two of the big problems that motivated me to change my lifestyle. Good luck, ring. It's one of the hardest yet most rewarding things I've ever done.