Foods that Cause Heartburn

...A useful way of thinking about foods which may cause heartburn is "after dinner foods". Below are foods that are more common to cause heartburn:

• Tea and Coffee (including decaffeinated)
• Fruit and vegetable juices (ie: orange, grapefruit, pineapple, tomato juice and V8.
• Carbonated beverages
• Milk and buttermilk
• Beer, wine and liquors
• Oatmeal and other fibrous breakfast cereals
• Fruits such as kiwis, apples, melons and bananas, raw peaches, plums, and strawberries
• Vegetables such as raw onions, carrots, radishes, tomatoes, cucumbers, broccoli, pepper, turnip, eggplant
• Fatty foods:
  • bacon
  • eggs
  • sausage
  • hotdog
  • cold cuts (i.e. bologna, salami, pepperoni)
  • hamburger, meatloaf, gyro
  • pizza
• Deep-fried foods such as french-fries, potato chips, hash browns, fried clams
• Spicy foods like burritos, tacos, curry, homos, Cajun foods
• Sauces (tomato sauce, mayonnaise, ketchup, mustard, horseradish, gravy, salsa)