The diet is pretty standardized. I could recite the litany but you'd be better off doing a google search on "diet of acid reflux" or "GERD diet" - GERD means Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease. However, successful non-surgical management of the symptoms is more than just diet because the lifestyle modification play a large role too. As a general rules, nothing to eat after 8pm, weight loss, method of eating (slowly), small meals, etc etc.

Be aware that the mechanisms involved in causing GERD vary from person to person, and so does the effectiveness of treatment with medication, diet,

and lifestyle modifications.

Based on my experience I can add that sweets and cough syrups are not a good idea. Sugar free sweets are OK if you have a GERD sore throat, but no menthol, etc., sweets. It is going to involve a lot of trial and error and a lot of big mistakes, such as me trying to fit in with the crowd and drink wine and eat truffles at Xmas (that was not a good idea and my GERD raged out of control for a few days).

I have given up milk and live off steamed or poached food. A pressure cooker is a good idea if one is compos mentis enough to use it. The lack of fatty (=tasty) foods in the diet can be compensated for by buying organic products, depending on the budget, which are very tasty and give life after the GERD diagnosis a new meaning. I have also removed all artificial additives and preservatives from my diet, but that move was triggered by my MSG (monosodium glutamate) intolerance and it is suggested to be a good move if you have Crohn's.

Food which you should avoid in case of acid reflux:

- coffee (including decaf)

- alcohol

- tomatoes and tomato based foods such as pasta sauces and tomato juice

- citrus foods and juices

- garlic and foods containing garlic

- onion and foods containing onion

- spicy foods

Those foods have nothing to do with stimulating stomach acid production. They only should be avoided because they cause or contribute to inappropriate transient LES relaxation (TLESR), the mechanism by which reflux occurs in healthy people.