For some time now my husband has had this persistent cough, that mainly occurs after he eats a meal. Finally, he went to the doctor and he suggested going on this acid-free diet. There are details to the diet but we must be very strict for 2 weeks and the main things are: no garlic, onions, tomatoes, or spicy or regular peppers and of course no fruit, except for bananas, pears and some apples.
Well telling me no garlic, onions, tomatoes or peppers is like well, I don’t know what!! I’d say the only dish I cook without garlic would be duck breasts with a fruit sauce!!!
So we started this diet on Monday and I’ve been reacquainting myself with Herbs de Provence. I used it to roast a chicken last night and on some tilapia fillets tonight. Tomorrow I’m making striped bass fillets and if any of you have any suggestions, please pour it on. He also should have limited olive oil and butter, only skinless chicken or fish, no meat or fried foods.
Help!
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Sounds like reflux and something that I unfortunately have personal experience.
My suggestion is to adhere to the diet (also no red wine which is a real bummer when you have to cut out everything else, in fact alcohol isn’t so good at all), allow 3 hours after dinner before going to bed, and sleep on 2 pillows. After 10-14 days if there is an improvement, begin to introduce the forbidden foods and see what sets off the coughing. There is medication that works well too. I found that I’m most sensitive to citrus fruits, caffeine and peppermint. All very odd.Good luck. It may not be the garlic, let’s hope.
You’re so right about everything – so I stopped drinking too to help him out! We’re following the book – “Dropping Acid” – lovely name, don’t you think?