Diet Plan for Patients of Acidity Problem

• None

• Brown bread
• Oat meal
• Brown rice
• Cereal
• Whole grains

Note – They are rich in fiber and thus good for acidity problems.

• High citrus fruits should be avoided
• Oranges
• Grape fruit
• Cranberries
• Lemon
• All sour fruits

• Watermelon
• Banana
• Musk melon
• Papaya
• Figs
• Apple
• Pear
• Guava
• Mango

Note – These are low citrus fruits and they don’t form the gas hence provide relief in acidity

• Garlic
• Onion
• Capsicum
• Taro root (Arbi)

• Asparagus
• Green beans
• Cauliflower
• Pumpkin
• All gourds are good to have like Bottle gourd, ash gourd, ridge gourd (ghiya, petha & tori etc)
• Cabbage
• Broccoli
• Mushroom

• Black gram
• Kidney bean
• Chickpeas

• Yellow lentil
• Green lentil
• Pink lentil
• Soya bean

• Avoid fried meat product

• Steamed and grilled poultry and meats
• Egg white

• Spices like red chili (lal mirch)
• Green chili (hari mirchi)
• Cloves (laung)
• Black pepper (kali mirch)

Note – These spices should be avoided in the acidity problem because they cause the heartburn and stomach upset.

• Fennel (saunf)
• Carom (azwain)
• Fenugreek (methi)
• Cumin (jeera)
• Coriander (dhaniya)
• Mint (Pudina)

• Caffeine
• Fast foods
• Carbonated drinks
• Alcohol
• High fat foods
• Spicy foods
• Hot drinks
• Smoking
• Tomato sauce

• Herbal tea made from cumin-jeera, coriander-dhaniya and fennel seeds – saunf is good to have.
• Take Indian goose berry –amla powder daily after meal.
• Mixture of Indian goose berry, fennel and licorice powder in quantity of 1 tsp is good after each meal.