I Have Been Diagnosed With Acid Reflux – Can I Drink Coffee?

Many people who are diagnosed with acid reflux ask this question. Do I have to give up my favorite beverage – can I still drink coffee? Is there some sort of heartburn treatment? Coffee is often the one thing you don’t want to give up, but you know you have to begin some form of acid reflux diet. You already know that coffee might actually be triggering your acid reflux disease and it could be making your symptoms much worse, but you just don’t want to give it up.

There are some things you should know about your favorite foods and drinks that might actually help you to still enjoy them even if you have acid reflux. Plus there are some things you should know about what not to eat for acid reflux.

How To Ease The Acid Reflux Symptoms

In the case of coffee and acid reflux, you need to know that coffee is very acidic, which can cause you to suffer from more symptoms of this condition than if you were to not drink it, however, if you still need your coffee fix, or the fix of your other symptom causing favorites, there is a way to comfortably consume these things that won’t aggravate your overall condition.

1. Consider lightening up a little. Overall, if you adopt a healthy diet and work to avoid most of your acid reflux triggers, you will likely find that a couple of cups of coffee each day don’t really cause you too many problems. Make sure to use cream or a non dairy creamer, which helps to smooth out the texture of the coffee and make it less acidic.

2. Limit how much caffeine you drink or make it weaker. You should know that the darker the brew, the more acidic it can be, so the next time you’re shopping, look for a product which is about a medium body. Avoid the dark blends as much as possible and don’t make your coffee too strong if you can help it. Also, you don’t need to have five cups of coffee, so consider cutting it off at two for the day. Anything after two cups is just sludge in the pot anyway.

3. Drink a glass of water after each cup of coffee that you have and let it sit for a couple of minutes. Many people do this and find that it is a very effective way to be able to drink their coffee and not feel sick from acid reflux.

4. Avoid other triggers, as this can just make your love of coffee seem to be the “bad guy”, when it might not be the cause of your symptoms.

5. Don’t drink coffee on an empty stomach, because this can cause your symptoms to become very bad. Instead, drink your coffee with breakfast each day and make sure to eat something, which will help to absorb the extra acid in the coffee.

Your health care professional is likely going to tell you to quit drinking coffee and if this is the only acid reflux trigger that you have, then you will likely have to do without coffee for a while until your acid reflux is under control, but in many cases, you can still drink your coffee and take care of your acid reflux.