Is excess stomach acid a common problem for office workers? 5 foods to restore your health.

Excessive stomach acid is common among office workers, mainly caused by irregular meals, alternating between hot and cold food, eating erratically, a love for cold drinks and herbal teas, and anxiety and stress. So, what should you eat if you have too much stomach acid?　

1. Alkaline Foods　

Those with excessive stomach acid should eat foods with alkaline components, such as dairy products, blood, soy sauce, and fresh vegetables and vegetables like spinach, rapeseed, and cabbage. Eat less acidic foods, such as legumes, peanuts, vinegar, and fatty foods.

Cold Spinach with Cashews

2. Staple Foods　

Those with excessive stomach acid should focus on staple foods like grains and noodles, which can dilute stomach acid, and the alkali in them can neutralize stomach acid. Soy milk, congee, and other similar foods can also dilute stomach acid and protect the gastric mucosa. You can also eat more alkaline staple foods like steamed buns, stuffed buns, and noodles to balance the acid and alkali in the stomach.　

3. Tea　

Office workers can drink stomach-nourishing tea to regulate their condition. According to herbal records, black tea can stimulate the appetite, strengthen the spleen, and aid digestion, and has a harmonizing and astringent effect on excessive acid secretion. Green tea is very suitable for those with mild acid reflux. Drinking Pu-erh tea has a good therapeutic effect for patients with more severe acid reflux. According to herbal records, Pu-erh tea can stimulate the appetite, dispel cold, warm the middle, and treat nausea.

Lemon Black Tea

4. Fruits　　

Those with excessive stomach acid should not eat acidic fruits, but can eat alkaline fruits to achieve an acid-base balance, which is beneficial to health. Therefore, it is not advisable to eat highly acidic fruits such as sour pears, lemons, bayberries, green plums, and plums. You can eat some slightly alkaline fruits, such as citrus, grapes, watermelon, bananas, apples, raw pears, strawberries, and persimmons.　

5. Protein Foods　　

Eating more calcium-rich foods is beneficial for neutralizing stomach acid. For those with excessive stomach acid, it is also important to consume more protein and limit irritating foods. Due to excessive gastric juice secretion, to protect the stomach wall, it is important to consume protein-rich foods that are not irritating to the stomach, such as tofu, white-fleshed fish, milk, lean meat, soy products, and egg whites.

Osmanthus Almond Tofu