Q It is much worse on days I eat certain things. What should I cut first?
A Alcohol, spicy food, fatty food and coffee on an empty stomach are the main ones. They irritate the lining directly or linger in the stomach and amplify the pain. Rather than cutting everything, reducing them during flare-prone periods already makes a difference.
Detailed Answer
Alcohol irritates the lining while slowing its recovery, and fatty food stays in the stomach long enough to drag the pain out. Coffee on an empty stomach raises both acid stimulation and tension. Overeating late in the evening combines with your sleeping posture and easily turns into night-time pain.
Korean Medicine Clinic Perspective
We suggest recording for a few days rather than memorising a list. Whatever left you most uncomfortable within two hours is your own trigger. Adjusting just those two or three items noticeably reduces how often the pain comes.
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