<p>I have guests coming, and there are a variety of dietary needs. Hopefully my CC pals can help. Ideally I’d like suggestions that worked for all, but that may get tricky.</p>
<p>My main concern is my 85 year old dad, with recently diagnosed acid reflux. He’s been mighty reluctant to give up his martinini (which dr said is ok) and occassional wine. So I want to be especially careful on food. I saw that high fat meats are discouraged. My plan was to do a crockpot pot roast (his favorite)… will that be ok? What about corned beef? </p>
<p>One list said cheese causes problems with acid reflux. True? Surprisingly I did not see grapefruit on the forbidden list I checked, and that is the food that they think triggered the problem (he bought a boxload from a fundraiser). </p>
<p>It will be a bonus if my meal plans work for the others too. One needs to stick with foods with low vitaminK (while taking cumadin). Another needs Gluten Free but is very good about being flexible / creative.</p>
<p>Oh my! I suppose this is a sign of things to come - for all of us!</p>
<p>For the Vit K, stay away from parsley, leafy greens, broccoli, and asparagus. There seems to green theme.</p>
<p>FYI to your cumadin guest. There is an interaction between grapefruit juice and cumadin. There is also a blood thinning affect from NON Ceylon cinnamon, such as Cassia, Saigon or Vietnamese. They are not really cinnamon, but rather powdered bark from plant related to the cumadin plant</p>
<p>Raw celery is supposed to be good for acid reflux. So is a spoon a day of organic apple cider vinegar. Apparently this gives our older bodies the type of acid needed to counter the acid reflux. i remember my Grandpa taking this ever day…but yuck!!!</p>
<p>Hopefully someone will respond with a link to an informative website. The internet is loaded with food data…but not all of it is credible. One of my favorite sites for detailed nutrition facts is <a href=“http://www.nutritiondata.self.com/[/url]”>www.nutritiondata.self.com/</a> just plug in the name of the food and make sure you go down a page on the results.</p>
<p>I used to drink apple cider vinegar in water in the 1970s, when I was in jr high & very impressionable. I think Euell Gibbons or someone suggested it as a way to help your acid balance. However balancing foods is the foundation of macrobiotics.
It really isnt bad, it wasnt any nastier for instance than the kombucha my D drinks.
[Kombucha:</a> Wonder tonic or slimy sludge? - Health - Diet and nutrition - Chew On This | NBC News](<a href=“Trendy fizzy drink is mushrooming”>Trendy fizzy drink is mushrooming)</p>
<p>often older people have difficulty digesting things, and are overweight in the stomach area, which causes the acid reflux. So I think things that are easier on the digestive system might be more tolerable.</p>
<p>A home remedy is a spoonful of baking soda in water. I dont know how much it helps, but it can’t hurt.</p>
<p>I would think that any alcohol would induce GERD.
It just depends on how much your dad wants to put up with. It may be worth it to him.
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<p>Thanks for the help!</p>
<p>Root vegetables are also high in vitamin K. And bananas. I know someone who was recently diagnosed with a vitamin K excess and she’s been giving away beets, turnips and celeriac from her farmshare.</p>
<p>Apple cider vinegar is used by people with low stomach acid. More people have low stomach acid than too much, but drug companies can’t make any money off of it.</p>
<p>The greens of root vegetables are high. The roots themselves are not. A list, one of many on line:</p>
<p>[Vitamin</a> K Levels in Vegetables : Coumadin (warfarin) Diet Information](<a href=“http://www.drgourmet.com/warfarin/vegetables.shtml]Vitamin”>Vitamin K Levels in Vegetables : Coumadin (warfarin) Diet Information from Dr. Gourmet)</p>
<p>One thing to watch in discussion of Vitamin K is that the chemical symbol for potassium is K+, and I’ve seen the two confused. Bananas are not high in Vitamin K but they are high in potassium. </p>
<p>Regarding baking soda in water, it may be helpful for heartburn, and neutralize the acid, but is a massive sodium load for anyone, especially the elderly or anyone with hypertension who needs to watch their dietary salt content. 1/2 teaspoon is 616 mg sodium, a lot for someone on a two gram sodium diet, the standard diet for anyone with hypertension or cardiac disease. </p>
<p>Heartburn/reflux is rather individual. I’d ask the person who suffers what their red flag foods might be. And hopefully they’re on a med to control symptoms.</p>
<p>My dad has been told to avoid high acid foods. But since he is far from home, it seemed wise to minimize foods known to cause reflux issues. He was put on meds, but I know he’s been itching to eventually reduce/eliminate as many meds as possible.</p>
<p>Perhaps OT, but relevant to your last comment, does he really know he has GERD caused by too much acid, or is the usual voodoo medicine with the big (profitable) purple pills?</p>