Pizza
If tomatoes are one of the most versatile ingredients, pizza tends to benefit the most from its many layers of flavors. The unfortunate fact is that pizza can cause heartburn, much more severe than if you had tomatoes on their own. Its combination of ingredients is usually high in both sodium and fat — ingredients that could potentially cause stomach acid buildup and trigger the symptoms of GERD.
However, pizza can also be versatile. In fact, it can be versatile to the point that you could potentially make it with ingredients that can help ease the symptoms of acid reflux. It’s possible to have pizza and not feel the effects of GER, but that doesn’t exempt it from the list. After all, the most popular ingredient used in pizza is marinara sauce. Tomato sauces in general are so popular for pizza that you see them everywhere.
Unfortunately, this all-time classic is something that should be avoided by those with acid reflux. As if that wasn’t enough, many of the heavy sauces used in other pizza recipes are well-known trigger foods for those suffering from GER.
