Increased acidity of the stomach: how to eat properly

The increased acidity of the stomach, in the first place, is due to the presence in it of a large amount of hydrochloric acid. Normally, this level should be about half a percent of the total amount of gastric juice. To reduce the amount of this acid, in addition to taking medications, you must follow a diet that has its own characteristics. From the correctness of nutrition, the recovery of a person and the subsequent full-fledged life largely depend.
Nutrition with increased gastric acidity should include foods that do not require a large amount of gastric juice for processing. Therefore, from the daily menu, it is necessary to delete the pickles, sauces, spices, onions, cucumbers, garlic, fried dishes, fresh bread, strong tea, and also alcoholic beverages (especially beer and wine).
A person who wants the increased acidity to recede, as well as disappeared unpleasant symptoms, should clearly realize that a medical diet is one of the main conditions for recovery.
In case of abnormalities of the stomach, it is necessary to maintain a sparing diet. It is important to exclude the possibility of mechanical damage to its mucosa, as well as reduce the formation of juice. Dietary nutrition includes the use of weak tea, homemade cottage cheese, low-fat cooked meat, boiled fish, berries and sweet fruits. An important condition is the consumption of food without bread, which is allowed to eat only in dried form (only white) and only as it recovers.
If increased acidity develops, the following tips for cooking should be followed. During cooking, it must be remembered that fried food can excite gastric secretory functions, and boiled - on the contrary, soothe. Drinks should be warm, and in no case not hot. When the condition improves, it is allowed to use unprocessed boiled food. In this case, meat and fish should be eaten in separate pieces, which should be chewed as long as possible.
As general recommendations it is necessary to say that you can not overload the stomach with a lot of food, especially at night. Eating should be done every five hours.
When worried about heartburn, belching and acidity, a diet is simply necessary. However, this does not mean that you will completely abandon a varied and tasty meal.
If you have acute symptoms, you should avoid foods whose balance (pH) is less than 5. They can trigger a stronger exacerbation. Such prohibited products include citrus fruits, tomatoes, fruit and vegetable juices, mustard, sausages, hams, carbonated sweet drinks, chocolate, butter.
At high acidity, the following alkaline foods are recommended: salads, liquid porridges, turkey, boiled eggs, chicken meat, legumes, oat flakes, potatoes, pasta, agave, olive oil, honey, chamomile tea, ginger.
With the proper organization of the diet, high acidity and accompanying unpleasant symptoms will pass without taking medications.
Plus, weight loss can become a diet, as saturated fatty foods are excluded.

Disadvantages of diet with increased acidity is that it is necessary to exclude from the food a lot of products, especially with acute manifestations. Most of the recommended products have a high enough cost. Some meals take extra time.
To observe the correct diet and diet with increased acidity is necessary until the symptoms of the disease disappear completely, and then continue it for a couple of weeks. After this period, food can be gradually included in small quantities.