How could diet affect GERD?

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    Last Updated: November 15, 2023

    Traditional dietary advice for GERD includes eating smaller meals, avoiding meals close to bedtime, and limiting common triggers (which often include spicy, acidic, or fatty foods), but improvements are generally mild. The low-FODMAP diet is similarly helpful.[1]

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    1. ^Rivière P, Vauquelin B, Rolland E, Melchior C, Roman S, Bruley des Varannes S, Mion F, Gourcerol G, Sacher-Huvelin S, Zerbib FLow FODMAPs diet or usual dietary advice for the treatment of refractory gastroesophageal reflux disease: An open-labeled randomized trial.Neurogastroenterol Motil.(2021-09)